More than 20 suspected plotters including civilians were arrested. Some were jailed and others extra-judicially killed. But the mastermind, army chief of staff Colonel Ndure Cham, fled the country. Since then reports have been circulating that he has been captured and killed. However, until now, no official confirmation has been publicly given of the circumstances leading to his arrest and reported death.
The Standard investigative team can now authoritatively confirm how the outspoken former army chief was ensnared, captured and killed. He told investigators that during Ramadan in , he was telephoned by a senior Jungler, Captain Michael Jatta, that there was an operation to arrest runaway Col Ndure Cham near Farafenni. Upon our arrival at the garden, we made an outer covering behind the fence of the garden. Ebou Lowe, Sgt. Manlafi Corr of State Guard Battalion were all involved in the coup attempt.
He also told me there was a fall apart between him, Peter Singhateh and Lang Tombong and he later told me that Edward Singhateh should be arrested immediately after the coup succeed. He continued to explain to me that their problem emanates from the choosing of leadership after the coup succeeded.
Witness added that upon arrival of Jammeh at the airport, he was informed at Yundum Barrack that Lang Tombong, who was the then deputy CDS commanded the immediate arrest of Ndure Cham, wherever he was seen. As I was returning to Yundum Barrack, a vehicle parked in front of me with full light, from which Abdousallam Mendy came out and said I was under arrest.
Major Camara said the Security Wing was filled with both soldiers and civilians, saying many people were taken to the NIA Headquarters for interrogation. Instead, he decided to stay and die in the Gambia that he loved so much. What a cruel irony of fate that Ndure eventually became a victim of the very system he set out to fix.
All these years I held out hope that my friend was still alive and living somewhere until it was confirmed recently by the very people who snuffed out his life that he was no longer alive.
What a tragedy! What a travesty of justice! What a monumental loss! What was the crime of these innocent sons of the soil? Why did they have to meet their fate like this? What did they do to deserve this kind of death? Lieutenant-Colonel Ndure Cham and many others had their precious lives taken away from them and their families. While it is easy. I believe that our holy books clearly instruct us on the sanctity of life: Exodus Thou shall not kill Bible Surah of the Quran states: Whoever kills an innocent person it is as though he has killed all mankind, and whoever saves a life it is as though he had saved all mankind.
So what happened to our faith, our beliefs and practices? Therefore I consider it my moral and spiritual duty to tell this story of a Gambian who came to be my hero. Gambians, through the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission, Friday ended public hearing of witnesses. Within the days, commission headed by Chairperson Dr. Lamin J. Sise, heard atrocities and other human rights violations detailed by witnesses committed under the watch of ex-President Yahya Jammeh.
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