After Five Days in Police Custody UDP No. 2 Released The Independent (Banjul) NEWS November 29, 2002 Posted to the web November 30, 2002 By Pk Jarju Banjul The number two man in the United Democratic Party leadership has confirmed his release after five days. After five days in police custody in police cells. Yaya Jallow told The Independent Wednesday that he was just told by the Bundung police to go home after he was held by them for five days in what later passed off as a weekend raid in the homes of members of the UDP leadership among them Ousainou Darboe who is still being held. Shyngle Nyassi and Lang Marong are still not accounted for, although there is strong suspicion that they are being held at an undisclosed location. An unperturbed and softly spoken Yaya Jallow said he was refraining from explaining why he was arrested and detained because those who were responsible for his detention did not inform him. 'I was only told to go home and that was all' he told our reporter. Asked whether he would in any way drag the state to court for unlawful arrest and detention, Jallow was non-committal, saying he cannot issue any comment over the matter because it was being studied by his lawyer. Up to the time of going to press, no official confirmation was made about the reported arrest of two other UDP members Rawan Secka, and Baba Drammeh, who face the same charge as Darboe, Nyassi and Marong. Mr. Jallow who was arrested on Friday together with Ousainou Darboe, Shyngle Nyassi and Lang Marong was released on Tuesday noon shortly after the suite filed by a team of lawyers seeking their unconditional release was left in the files by Justice Abdukarim Savage. Although the rationale behind his sudden release by the state remains unclear, yet sources informed The Independent that his release was on the grounds that he was not among the six UDP members facing murder charges at the High Court ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~