Tag: Faraba

Advertisements bottom BY KEBBA MAMBURAY Witnesses testifying before the Faraba Commission, sitting at Faraba Banta yesterday, told the Commission that the PIU fired on them upon their arrival. The witnesses that testified are all residents of Faraba Banta, namely Ms Kaddy Touray, Aja Sanyang, Wonto Kujabi Samateh and Bakary Badjie. Commissioners examining the chief’s house destroyed during the incident The Commission also visited the sites as well as the demarcated, destroyed and burnt places in the village. According to the Chairperson of the Commission, Mr Emmanuel Joof, this is the…

Advertisements bottom By: Abdoulie John. Up to seven appeared before the Inquiry Panel that conducted on Monday site visit and public hearing in Faraba Banta village. The witnesses unanimously testified against Julakay Entreprise’s sand mining activities that continue to spark controversy after causing loss of lives during a bloody protest in June this year. Haddy Touray was the first to face Emmanuel D. Joof Inquiry Commission looking into circumstances surrounding the killing of three protesters during violent clashes with paramilitary forces. She told the Commission that Julakay Entreprise’s mining activities…

Advertisements bottom BY KEBBA MAMBURAY, Yesterday on the 24 of July 2018, the chairperson of Faraba Banta Council of Elders Fansu BK Conteh alias Jung Conteh appeared before the Commission which was set up by the president to probe into the unfortunate incident of that fateful day of June 18th 2018, when live bullets were sprayed on unarmed demonstrators, leaving three people or more dead and scores seriously injured. In his testimony, he said sometime around March 2017, there was a meeting held in the village Bantaba in the presence of…

Advertisements bottom By: Jallow Yerro N., July 16, 2018 Ansumana Marena, alias ‘Julakay’, appeared before the Faraba Banta Commission on Saturday 14th July 2018, to testify. The Commission was set up by the President to probe into the unfortunate incident on that fateful day of June 18th 2018, when live bullets was sprayed on unarmed demonstrators, leaving three people dead and scores seriously injured. According to Marena who testified in Mandinka, he has been in the business of sand mining for one and a half to two decades now; that after…

Advertisements bottom STATEHOUSE, BANJUL, 5th JULY 2018 – His Excellency, Adama Barrow, President of the Republic of The Gambia on Thursday, 5 July 2018, presided over the swearing-in of the Chairman and members of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the Faraba Bantang incident at a ceremony held at the State House in Banjul. The Commissioners have been appointed to look into the circumstances leading to the standoff between the community of Faraba Bantang and the Police Intervention Unit, as well as identify those responsible for the deaths, including those…