Moroccan Mayor Surrenders to Police After Nationwide Warrant Issued

The president of the urban commune of Ajdir, in the province of Al Hoceima, surrendered of his own free will to the gendarmerie brigade when he learned that the Court of Appeal of Al Hoceima had ordered the competent prosecutor’s office to issue a nationwide arrest warrant against him. He would be involved in a case of forgery and use of forgery and is now being prosecuted in detention, reports the daily Al Akhbar.

According to the daily, the man decided to surrender because he knew he was trapped and had no more escape. According to the sources of the daily, the president of the commune and a land surveyor architect would be accused of forgery and forgery in a case of dispossession of a real estate property belonging to a very well-known family in the commune of Aït Youssef Ou Ali, in the same province.

As for the defense lawyer, he speaks of a political settling of scores in order to influence the course of events. He promised that he would hold a press conference in this regard to explain everything.