The operational framework of the alleged coup attempt as outlined by the National Security Adviser suggests a strong support for the coup efforts and availability of military hardware. The details of the alleged coup attempt as given by the NSA have convinced us here at JollofNews that L/Cpl. Sanna Fadera[Read More…]
Tag: Coup plot
Nat’l Security Adviser Hints At Conspiracy Between Military & Civilians In ‘Coup Attempt’
The National Security Adviser, Abubakarr Suleiman Jeng, has hinted at suspected elaborate web of conspiracy between civilians and some members of the Gambia’s army in an “attempt to overthrow the democratically-elected government of President Adama Barrow”. Though, he did not name names of the civilians suspected of collaborating in the[Read More…]
Alleged Coup Plotters Plan To Seize & Seal Off State House – Reveals NSA
The National Security Adviser (NSA) has revealed that Cpl. Sana Fadera and alleged accomplices had planned to seize the State House with further plans to take Cabinet ministers and senior government functionaries hostages to forestall any intervention. “The said plan shows the composition of the formations that were to participate,[Read More…]
The ‘Joint Investigation Panel’ Is Unlawful & Unethical
Almost at midnight on Tuesday December 27, the Gambia Government announced the creation of an unidentified 11-member ‘Joint Investigation Panel’ to investigate the alleged coup plot of December 21. The statement said the Solicitor General inaugurated the panel which includes various security agencies – i.e., the Office of National Society,[Read More…]
Darboe Calls On Army To Step In As January Protest Looms Larger
Political commentator Omar Bonny Darboe has called on the Gambia’s military to provide protection for citizens, who plan to descend down the streets next week, to protest the continued detention of Momodou Sabally. As citizens increasingly lose faith in the ability of the police to protect their rights to a[Read More…]
No To Investigation Panel, Go To Court Or Free Them
The soldiers who were arrested for a so-called coup should either be charged before a court of law or be court martialled or be freed. There’s no need for an investigation panel of any kind. There are laws for treason in this country. It’s in the Criminal Code and it’s[Read More…]
Gambia Gov’t Inaugurates ‘Joint Investigative Panel’ To Investigate The Alleged Coup Plot
Press Release Dated: 27th December, 2022 Banjul, The Gambia — Members of the public, the Diplomatic and Consular Corps are informed that The Gambia Government has today, Tuesday 27th December, 2022, inaugurated a “Joint Investigative Panel” to investigate the foiled coup plot against the legitimate Government of President Adama Barrow.[Read More…]
Two Officers Arrested In Connection With Alleged Coup
Press Release Dated: 26nd December, 2022 Banjul, The Gambia — The public is informed that two more soldiers linked to the alleged foiled coup plot were arrested over the weekend and are helping investigators unearth allegations of plans to overthrow the Government of President Adama Barrow. The officers are: Captain[Read More…]
Sabally’s Lawyer Reports Police Brutality
The lawyer for Momodou Sabally said he was this morning manhandled by the paramilitary deployed to break up a peaceful protest for the release of his client. A sizeable crowd of youth this morning staged a protest at Westfield as Sabally continues to be detained by the Gambian authorities. But[Read More…]
Mr. President, Let Go Baba La Commando!
Mr President, the prolonged detention of Mr. Momodou Sabally presents yet another threat landscape to our country’s convalescing democracy. The democracy that we all hope to enjoy is not given but earned through sweat, blood and lives. After staggering under the millstone of dictatorship for more than two decades, Gambians[Read More…]
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