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Gambia’s leading torturer dies-says Media Foundation For West Africa
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Gambia’s leading torturer dies-says Media Foundation For West Africa
.jpg) Gambia’s leading torturer dies
“Major Musa Jammeh, a man described as the leading torturer for the regime
of President Yahya Jammeh died on November 18, 2007 after a sudden
mysterious illness.Another member of the squad, Captain Tumbul Tamba also died under the same circumstances last April.” says the Ghana based Media Foundation For West Africa.
Nicknamed Maliamungu (Idi Amin’s serial killer) or Chemical Ali (Saddam
Hussein’s notorious mass killer), Major Jammeh who was a personal
protection officer to President Yahya Jammeh, also headed "Junglers", a
secret killer squad. The squad, whose members dress in black suits and
drive vehicles without number plates, has been accused of inflicting
various degrees of terror on their assailants late at night.
The squad was very active after the Gambian authorities announced the
foiling of an abortive coup attempt in March 2006. This followed a wave of
arrests of security officers, politicians, lawyers and journalists. Most
of the suspects, who never appeared before a court of law, were severely
tortured. Journalists tortured by the squad include Musa Saidykhan, Madi
Ceesay, Malick Mboob, Musa Sheriff, Lamin Cham and Lamin Fatty.
The hit and run squad was also accused of having a hand in the December
2004 shooting to death of The Gambia’s leading newspaper editor, Deyda
Hydara. They were also accused of executing the West African migrants,
including 44 Ghanaians, after accusing them of trying to overthrow the
government in July 2005.
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Posted on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 (Archive on Friday, November 30, 2007)
Posted by PNMBAI Contributed by PNMBAI
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