"The former prosecutor’s lease": Yaya Abdoul Kane defends Serigne Bassirou Guèye

Yaya Abdoul Kane, the former head of Sogepa, says the emphyteutic lease granted to Serigne Bassirou Guèye for a villa in Point E was lawful. According to L’Observateur, Kane contacted the former Dakar prosecutor to express regret and reassure him, citing a 2013 decree authorizing Sogepa to grant leases. Kane says there was only one villa, which was renovated and assigned to Guèye as official housing before the lease was approved by the competent authorities. He maintains that former President Macky Sall’s intervention was part of the normal process and that other senior officials received similar allocations.