Update on The Independent-BABA GALLEH JAllOW INDEPENDENT'S  CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.

Today, Friday, March 31st, marks five full days after the offices of The Independent newspaper were sealed off and the paper's editor-in-chief Musa Saidykhan and General Manager Madi Ceesay were arrested and whisked off by security forces. Up till this evening, the offices remain sealed and guarded by armed paramilitary officers and Ceesay and Saidykhan remain held. They have not been charged with any crime and we are still not able to establish the reason for this outrage. Even the company's lawyer has not been able to establish the reason for this action. Senior police officers involved in the arrests told our lawyer that they do not know why they are holding Ceesay and Saidykhan.