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Gambia: In Court Martial Police Detective Discharged
Lamin Njie & Sanna Jawara-,
In the ongoing trials at the Court Martial in Yundum Military Barracks in connection with the charges preferred against 10 officers of the Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) for the March 21th 2006, foiled coup plot, led by Colonel Ndure Cham, ex-Chief of Defence Staff (CDS).
Justice Agim, who presided over the case told Police Detective 1580, Abdoulie Sowe to stand down from the witness box and informed him that he was discharged from the court without prejudice to the rights of any of the accused persons, but however, you must appear before the court if we need you", he said.
Justice Agim further informed the Police Detective to inform the court whenever he is to travel out of the jurisdiction of the country, adding that, "being discharged does not mean that you cannot be secured in court whenever the need arises", he said.
Emanuel Febenle, Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) had informed trhe court that, he has more witnesses to call in, but that he had on several occasions tried Captain Seckhan on his mobile phone but to no avail, while corporal Saine one of the witnesses had travel out of the jurisduction.
Meanwhile, Defence Counsel, Boury Touray, complained to the court martial about the prison authorities unwillingness to give medical attention to his client, Captain Yaya Darboe, despite several orders made by the court to that effect, saying his client had medical appointment since November 6,2006 to date, and he was not given the opportunity to seek medical attention.
Justice Agim at that juncture called Mr Bakary Kujabi, alias (wharf), the prison's medical officer to take the two accused persons, Captain Wassa Camara to hospital for medical treatment, especially on a non-sitting day of the Court Martial, to which Mr Wharf responded in the positive.
Subsequently, the Station Diary of Action and the investigation reports were all tendered and marked as exhibits in the Court Martial. The case continues.
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