Senegal’s National Assembly voted on Monday, February 16, to lift the parliamentary immunity of Mouhamadou Ngom, popularly known as Farba Ngom, the deputy mayor of Agnams.
According to Senenews, 108 deputies voted in favour of lifting the immunity, while 21 voted against at the end of the vote.
The ad hoc committee established to examine the request had previously heard from the individual concerned before the plenary vote.
This comes following the opening of a procedure that sought the usurpation of his immunity in the plenary session.
Since the end of his ally’s regime, Farba has been caught in several legal scuffles.
On January 20, 2026, the public prosecutor at the High Court of Dakar officially requested the lifting of Farba Ngom’s parliamentary immunity in accordance with the constitutional guarantees protecting elected officials during parliamentary sessions, reports say.
The parliamentary procedure that led to this lifting now paves the way for the continuation of judicial investigations.
Ngom faces charges of fraud involving 31 billion FCFA, money laundering, and criminal association, stemming from an investigation by the National Financial Information Processing Unit (CENTIF), which reported suspicious transactions totalling 125 billion FCFA. He is accused of involvement in a major financial crime case centred on the alleged misappropriation and laundering of tens of billions of CFA francs in public and private funds.
Ngom is accused of illegally receiving 31 billion FCFA from a businessman, a claim he denies.
Ngom reportedly offered buildings worth the same amount as collateral to avoid prison, but the courts were not convinced.
Ngom has been in detention since February 2025. His co-accused, Tahirou Sarr, who faces similar allegations linked to the same large-scale financial dealings, has been released under judicial supervision after prosecutors did not appeal his release.
The high-profile proceedings are ongoing, with Ngom remaining behind bars pending the outcome of the appeal.
