Sabally           Singhatey        Touray
Bajo                       Jatta

Following  their  grand style execution by the then military junta led by
former Chairman Yahya Jammeh, doubts and uncertainty continues to grip
bereaved families, regarding the whereabouts of the November 11 alleged
coupists. The government of the Gambia has always  been trying to bury  the
killings of these gallant officers under the carpet, with little or no vital
information provided to their loved ones. Today, the Freedom Newspaper is
publishing a graphic report about former AFPRC Council Members, who
witnessed  the killings of  these soldiers, thanks to a loyal source close
to the corridors of power in Banjul. Former GNA officers who witnessed the
killings were also identified in this  damning report, which is no doubt
bound to rattle Jammeh's cage. According to our well trusted source, almost
all the council members with the exception of President Yahya Jammeh
witnessed the killing of Abdoulie Dot Faal, Basiru Barrow, LT.Saye,
Lt.BubaJammeh and others. Among the AFPRC Council Members in
attendance at the mass
execution ground includes Sana B Sabally, former Vice Chairman, Edward
Singhatey, Former Defense Minister, Sadibou Hydara, former Interior
Minister, Yankuba Touray,  former Tourism Minister and Lamin Kaba Badjo
former Local Government Minister. While at the execution sites conducted in
different locations, namely  Nymbai Forest, Yundum and Fajara Barracks ,
Sana Sabally was said to have been in  constant touch with President Jammeh.
Prior to the murdering of these officers, our source hinted that the coup
suspects were briefly detained at the Mile Two  Central prisons, where they
were exposed to severe torture by their captives. Both Dot Faal and Basiru
Barrow sustained serious degrees of injuries at the material time. The
report went on to state that Sana Sabally who was wild and dangerous
resorted to slapping one prison warden  SGT.Manneh. Sabally who could not
justify the assault he effected against this  poor prison  Warden quickly
ordered his men to escort Faal, Barrow and co to the execution centers
mentioned above.

Prior to the killings of these soldiers, the  report continued, Captain
Momodou Marong former commanding officer of the Yundum Barracks advised
Sabally, Singhatey, Hydara and others not to go ahead with the planned
execution of the said soldiers, but his repeated appeals went into deaf
ears. Marong,  a former Gendarmerie officer with verse knowledge on local
policing told Sabally and co that since there were laws put in place to try
alleged coup plotters and its perpetrators, the best thing they could have
done was to take the accused persons before the law and not to expose them
to extra-judicial killings. Little did Captain Marong knew that he angered
those at the seat of power,  by making such comments which were viewed by
the then junta as treasonable. Marong's troubles with the junta started
following his call for  Sabally and co to allow the rule of law to take its
cause.

According to the report, Marong's opposition  to the killing of these
officers never went down well with Sana Sabally and other Council Members,
who resorted to terminate his service months later. Marong was jailed
without any charges proffered against him. His only crime was speaking out
against the planned killings of Faal and others. There was  no evidence to
link him with the coupists, but the state at the time was figuring out ways
and means of indicting him. His arrest and subsequent detention was
triggered by Sabally and co. Jammeh acted based  on the information he
received from Sabally about Marong's call to spear the lives of these
soldiers.

Another Gambian army officer named in the said report was Colonel Lawrence
Jarra. Jarra was at the execution ground, but could not stand the situation.
He later called his boss Baboucarr Jatta, the former army commander. Jarra
informed Jatta about moves taken by Sabally and co to execute the soldiers.
Jatta's reaction was kind of a shock and disbelief. He was opposed to
extra-judicial killings. According to the report, Baboucarr Jatta warned
Sana Sabally and co not to go ahead with the planned execution, while citing
the inhumane nature of such a move. Jatta wants the accused lives be
preserved since according to the report they were yet to be convicted by a
competent court of law. As usual, Sabally known to be aggressive and
arrogant insisted to go ahead with the planned execution.

The report also named former military police Lieutenant Kejaw Touray  as one
of the officers in attendance at the execution sites. The report did not
linked Touray who is currently in the UK  to the killings of these officers,
but hinted that Kejaw  was indeed a living witness to the incident, which
shocked some GNA officers. Kejaw who is a true Gambian soldier should give
his side of the story for the sake of posterity.

According to the report, while Kejaw was standing, the executions were in
progress. Lieutenant Buba Jammeh later handed his watch to one of the
soldiers to give it to his wife. Minutes later LT.Jammeh was killed.
Jammeh's wife according to the report incidentally happens to be the sister
of Alagi Martin,  alias "Lagos." Jammeh's  favorite hit man today. In our
next report, we will publish the detailed report, which featured how Sabally
and his boys tortured leading Gambian politician Omar Amadou Jallow, Yaya
Ceesay and other PPP Ministers. Stay tuned….

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