Extract from the Independent Newspaper

 The father of the murdered former minister of Finance and Economic Affairs
Ousman
 Koro Ceesay, has called on the government to finally keep the promise made
to the
 family and investigate his son's death.

 'More than enough information has been given by somebody who is more
qualified to
 know about how Koro was murdered,' Koro's father Master Sainey Ceesay
said,
 referring to an allegation about his son's death made recently on the
Internet by former
 AFPRC spokesman Ebou Jallow.

 Master Ceesay told The Independent that his family would no longer accept
the excuse
 given by government that investigations have been delayed due to a lack of
 information from the public.

 'It is five years now since the death of my son and the promise made to us
has not
 being kept. The family is now making a special appeal to the government to
look into
 the way and manner in which Koro was murdered,' he said.

 Expressing confidence that the manner of his son's death will be made known
to
 Gambians and the world one day, Mr. Ceesay said that his late son had
informed his
 mother some three weeks before his murder that he was going to resign from
his post as
 Finance Minister but he 'battled to stay on.'

 The retired schoolmaster described his late son as very smart and full of
initiative,
 which he said, 'may be the reason why he had a lot of enemies.'

 'Koro was a man of principles. His death has created a big vacuum in the
family because
 he was the only son of his mother,' Mr. Ceesay said. 'We will continue to
feel his
 absence especially the way and manner he departed; the fact that nothing
has been
 done keeps aggravating the feelings of the family,' he stressed.

 'The way and manner his life ended was the first in the history of this
country,' he
 observed.  Ousman Koro Ceesay, 33 at the time of his death, served the then
AFPRC
 military government as Finance minister in 1995 and was last seen alive on
May 22, 1996
 when he went to see off President Jammeh at the airport. Jammeh was
travelling to
 Ethiopia to attend an Organisation of African Unity, Heads of State summit.
Mr.
 Ceesay's burnt out body was found in his official car on the Jambur road,
Kombo
 South, on May 23 1996..

"Kala ko nedo, aforti andu ko mbata"




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