Ensa Mendy, a former bodyguard to former Junta member, Yankuba Touray has confessed that he particiated in the killing of two soldiers at Fajara Barracks on the orders of Sanna Sabally.
He told the Truth Reconciliation and Repatriation Commission that following the July 1994 military takeover, he was assigned as an orderly to former junta member, Yankuba Touray.
He said on November 10 while he was an orderly to Touray, they got informatin that a coup was been planned. In the midst of that chaotic moment, they went to the State House with their bosses, Council Members.
He explained that there, they found Almamo Manneh who talked to the junior soldiers as Council Members to see Chairman Yahya Jammeh.
“We were given brand new weapons. They were the modified AK47s with a grenade launcher. We were also given a grenade belt,” said Mendy.
Mendy noted that after the brief meeting between the Council Members and Jammeh, they left for Yundum Barracks.
He pointed out that there, Abdoulie Faal commonly called Dot Faal and Basiru Barrow were arrested upon arrival at the barracks. The duo were beaten mercilessly and locked on orders of Sanna Sabally.
Mendy said after capturing the two soldiers, they later headed to Fajara where they captured some soldiers, too. There was where he participated in execution.
Both Ensa Mendy and John Charles Mendy have made a similar account that the soldiers were lined up and shot on the orders of Sanna. And both of them admitted firing and they Both said two people died there.
However, according to JCB Mendy the two who died at Fajara Barrack were Dot Faal and Basiru Barrow. Whereas, Ensa claimed he could not recognized the soldiers killed.
