[4][6] On 2 April 2010 she met Kim Yong-nam, President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea during a goodwill visit to Gambia.
[9][10][11] It was alleged that Ndow-Njie and nine others within her department and the national petroleum company had "intentionally caused detriment to the economy of The Gambia between 2015 and 2016".
[10][12] Ndow-Njie was remanded in custody and denied all bail, in an unusual move supposedly at the request of Jammeh.
[11] During this time she was held in Gambia's Mile Two Prison, where she was said to have suffered from a poor diet and low standards of medical care.
[6] The prosecution against her and all others accused was dropped in April 2017, coming after the replacement of Jammeh by President Adama Barrow.