The Senegalese Agency for Rural Electrification (ASER) announced, in a communiqué made public on Thursday, 18 September 2025, that it had seized justice following the declarations of M. Pape Mahawa Diouf during the Faram Facce show, broadcast on Wednesday 17 September. According to the ASER, the former minister and political communicant publicly accused the institution of being involved in a vast embezzlement. “A misappropriation of 37 billion would have taken place within the ASER”, said M. Diouf à l’antenne, provoking a vivid reaction from the public agency.. Considering these propositions as “an accusation of extreme gravity”, the management of the ASER indicates having lodged a complaint for defamation and dissemination of false news with the procureur de la République at the Tribunal de grande instance hors classe de Dakar. “In the interests of transparency and respect for the rule of law, we have seized justice through our legal counsel. This approach aims to allow M. Pape Mahawa Diouf de présenter, devant les juridictions compétentes, les preuves de ses déclarations “, is specified in the communiqué. L’agence souligne par ailleurs rester ” pleinement engagée à poursuivre [sa] mission au service des populations rurales, dans le strict respect des règles de gouvernance, de transparence et de redevabilité “.. (the agency stresses that it remains ” fully committed to continuing [its] mission at the service of rural populations, in strict respect of the rules of governance, transparency and accountability “…) Exclusif.net is a
Diffusion de fausses nouvelles: Pape Mahawa Diouf is the subject of a complaint from the ASER
