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Gambia News : Rui Jabbi Was Assigned To Provide Ammunitions Witness Tells Cour
Testifying as the state witness 15th in the on going trial involving Lang Tombong Tamba and seven others before justice Amadi of the High Court in Banjul, Sukuta Jammeh a National Intelligence officer, informed the court yesterday, that Rui Jabbie pw2 was assigned by Ngorr Secka to provide them with ammunition.
He stated that this was revealed to them during an investigation to ascertain whether he jabbie would be able to provide them with arms in Bissau. He adduced that jabbie was the one assigned to carried out that duty but this assignment never materialized as this ship was provide by jabbie to anchor the gun in Bissau to bring them to the Gambia.
He continued that they traveled to Khechew in Bissau to ascertain the whereabouts of the ship called Mar’de Bissau. And he also came to realize that this ship was anchored at Khechew during the time of their investigation and they were also able to know the owner of the ship who is called Rui Damas.
He asserted that prior to their departure to Khechew they were accompanied by one officer from the detention center where they saw the same ship and they interacted with an engineer who informed them that the owner of the ship traveled to Portugal. He said with the help of the security officer, they were able to take the photos of the ship.
He said after that process they went back to Bissau adding that prior to their return to the Gambia they handed over the witness’s statement to the Bissau securities so that upon the return of the ship owner, his statement could be obtained with the help of the securities at the Gambian Embassy in Bissau. "December 18th 2009 with the help of Lt Colonel Sano we visited Samateran Restaurant where the alleged meetings took place.
The owner of the restaurant, Muhammed Nyang a Senegalese National informed us that he knew Rui jabbie Gassama who frequently visited the restaurant on a daily basis and had refreshments with Gambians.
A photograph of the restaurant was taken by one member of the security prior to our departure. Ngorr and Kukoi Samba Sanyang told Rui jabbie that they will provide him with a four wheel drive for the possible transportation of the Gambian dissidents with other machineries in the sub region to travel by land from Gulumbu (Giunea Bissau) TambaKunda, Kaolack, Barra and finally to Banjul."
The witness also told the court that prior to this Rui informed them that he visited the Gambia. He said when they were coming back they came along with Rui jabbie and Kabiro Saidy. "Upon our arrival in the Gambia we decided to interrogate Ngorr Secka as alleged in Bissau during which he confessed that he was the deputy head of mission in Bissau and he used to move with Kabiro Saidy as his erran boy and they were living in the same compound in Bissau."
He said in the Gambia Ngorr Secka was confronted at the NIA office which was on the 1st December 2009. He added that prior to the identification parade Ngorr was called and informed about the identification of the photos. He noted that before the panel of investigators Rui was at incommunicado at somewhere else where no one can reach him.
At the panel thirteen people were paraded including Ngorr Secka and was asked to position himself, and after that the parade started while Rui was brought where he identified Ngorr by touching him on his shoulders. He said the people who were on the parade were from the engineering unit, technical unit, mechanic unit from the NIA. He posited that none of the personnel who were paraded had access to Rui jabbie when he was in detention. At the parade Secka and Rui were interrogated during which Secka stated that he didn’t know Rui jabbie.
The witness adduced that on the 24th December 2009 a second identification parade was conducted and one was Bo Badjie and prior to that Badjie was informed that if he could change his clothes before the parade which he did and was brought before the thirteen people who were brought for identification purposes where Rui was brought again and he recognized Bo Badjie as the suspect adding that those paraded before the panel had never seen Rui before and after that identification parade Rui was returned to where he was kept. "On the same day another identification parade was conducted and this time it was the Ex CDS.
Prior to that he was informed by him (the witness) and his boss that an identification parade is set to be held Ex CDS replied that there was no need for that and later the thirteen people including him were called for identification including Ex CDS, Bo Badjie and were told to change their positions and Rui was brought where he identified Ex CDS."
The state witness disclosed that later the Ex CDS was confronted and he said he did not know Rui jabbie and before that confrontation the witness stated he asked Ex CDS whether he knew Rui Jabbie and he replied in the affirmative since he has visited Bissau for so many times.
The lead investigator said Ebrima Bojang was arrested on the 19th November 2009 after found spying on security installations at Farrafenni Military Camp in the North Bank region, and brought to the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) headquarters."
He said when Ebrima Marreh was interrogated, he alleged to be sent by former Chief of Defence Staff, Lt. General Lang Tombong Tamba, and the former Deputy Inspector General of Police, Modou Gaye.
He said Ebrima told the panel that the purpose of the meetings was to overthrow the democratically-elected government of Yahya Jammeh. He said this statement was corroborated by Rui Jabbi Kassama during investigations.
"We effected the arrest of the suspects except Ngorr Secka," he told the court.
"The accused persons were confronted with Ebrima and they denied knowing about the coup, and said they had nothing to do with Rui Jabbi Gassama. During their interrogation at the NIA, the 6th accused was not arrested.
The contact numbers of the suspects were taken, including witnesses, and their contact numbers were short-listed by me. I wrote them and at the end I signed, including the witnesses," he stated.
"On our arrival at Guinea Bissau on the 16th of December 2009, we visited our embassy where we were accompanied by one Lieutenant Colonel Sano and Mr. Suwa, the Financial AttachÈ at the Gambian Embassy in Guinea Bissau, and we met Rui Jabbi Gassama at a detention centre in Bissau."
"Lt Colonel Sano handed over a copy of the Daily Observer newspaper to them with the headline "Major Shake up in the Army", and told them the said copy of the Daily Observer was found in the possession of Rui Jabbi Kassama at his residence in Bissau."
See next edition for the continuation of the testimony and cross examination.
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