By Adama Makasuba
Former Lance Corporal of Gambia Gendarme has slammed the State Intelligence Services (SIS) for tampering with evidence of brutality held by the former government National Intelligence Agency.
Abdou Karim Bah told the Truth Commission mandated to probe human rights crimes and atrocities happened under Jammeh on Skype from Washington, United States of America.
Bah, who fled from the country for over two decades after his arrest and torture by the AFPRC military regime to America, laid blamed on President Barrow’s administration for keeping perpetrators in his government.
Meanwhile, he urged the Gambian leader to terminate their services and take them to justice immediately.
“Now I am following the TRRC, and have understood the people very well that; the TRRC Commission went to the NIA headquarters which is now known as the SIS quarters in Banjul. What was showing on the TV and what we were shown out here in the media is not what we expected. We don’t expect all these atrocities to have happened.
We are hearing people talking about Bambadinka; with videos on what they have shown that day was not what they were explaining at the TRRC. The victims that went through such sufferings there would not tell lies. They are not lying,” he said in tears.
He then added that: “Someone has tampered with it now that is going to hinder your job by trying to reconcile people. We want justice to be done; let’s have justice for the victims.
The government should do something about it, they are killing the system. How safe are we, how safe are the civilians, and how safe is Barrow when he is having killers within his ranks.”
He also said that despite Jammeh has left the country but that of his methods are still running the affairs of the country. He then added that “Yes, Yahya is gone but Yahya is still in The Gambia because his methods are still running the country, stressing that how can perpetrators be in charge of your evidence and you expect to love that person. You cannot let a perpetrator be in charge of your evidence.”
