Basiru VP Mahoney lauya ne, ɗan siyasa kuma alƙalin Gambiya wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin Babban Lauyan Gambiya daga 27 Agustan 2014 zuwa 9 Janairun 2015. Ya taba zama Babban Lauya da Sakataren Shari'a tsakanin Mayu 2013 da Agustan 2014 da kuma Alkalin Babbar Kotun tsakanin shekara ta 2009 da 2013. Basiru Mahoney a yanzu haka yana Alkalin Kotun daukaka kara ta Gambiya. Basiru Mahoney an haife shi a Cape Point, Gambiya kuma ya yi karatun firamare da sakandare a Marina School Banjul da Gambiya High School. Bayan kammala karatunsa na 'O' sai ya tafi Ingila inda ya yi karatun koyar da sana'oi na Bar kuma ya cancanci zama Barista a Ingila da Wales sannan daga baya ya koma Gambiya a shekara ta 2002. Basiru Mahoney ya tsunduma cikin harkar sirri a Gambiya kafin nadin nasa a matsayin Alkalin Kotun Majistare. Daga baya za a daga shi zuwa Babbar Kotun a shekara ta 2009 kuma ya yi aiki a can har zuwa lokacin da aka nada shi a matsayin Babban Lauya a watan Mayu 2013. A cikin garambawul a watan Agustan 2014 an nada shi Babban Atoni Janar da Ministan Shari'a, mukamin da ya rike har zuwa Janairun shekara ta 2015.