Today, Thursday, a Sudanese court acquitted the head of the National Congress Party (former ruler), Ibrahim Al-Ghandour, and 12 others of charges of undermining the constitutional order and financing terrorism, in a final, non-appealable ruling.
A session of the Terrorism and Crimes Against the State Court was held at the Institute of Judicial and Legal Sciences in the capital, Khartoum, according to the Anatolia Agency correspondent.
The National Congress Party stated – in a statement – that “the impartial Sudanese judiciary announces the determination of the communication and the acquittal of all the accused, who are: Ibrahim Ghandour and 12 other leaders, symbols and youth of the party, after a long litigation journey that lasted about 22 months.”
He added, “The main accusation witness denied all the statements he had made and on the basis of which the report was opened and restricted, and said that they are incorrect and that all the accused are not guilty, and the Public Prosecution did not provide evidence to support the charges against the accused.”
Ghandour and 12 others were accused of undermining the constitutional order, financing terrorism, attempting to assassinate former Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok, and bombing the Empowerment Removal Committee and the Berri thermal station.
In March 2020, Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok was subjected to an assassination attempt, while on his way to the Prime Minister’s headquarters, after an explosive device exploded, but it did not result in casualties.
On April 11, 2019, the Sudanese army removed Omar al-Bashir from the presidency after 3 decades in power, under the weight of popular protests condemning the deteriorating economic situation in the country.
Since that time, the Sudanese authorities have arrested dozens of symbols of the former regime, in addition to other officers and civilians on charges of attempting to overthrow the government.
