Gambia: Violence Mars Rambo's Victory

The family members of the newly elected councillor for Bakau, Ousman Jatta, alias Rambo, said their victory resulted in a violent confrontation that involved UDP sympathizers and their opponents .They said the brawl resulted in the arrest of three members of their family by the police and six sustained injuries. They alleged that as they were celebrating at around 10:00pm on the election night, stones started raining into their compound from the compound of a prominent APRC Member (name withheld).

They said they reported the matter to the police, but the police failed to take action. They lamented on the arrests of three of their family members, namely Yama Fatty, Ebrima Jatta and Jai Bojang. They said that the three were taken to Bakau police station but were immediately moved to Kairaba police station. They said the arrests were carried out by two senior police officers, namely one Kemeta Sambou, officer commanding Kanifing Division and one Kanjura, with some PIU personnel in riot gears. They said six of them were injured and none of their adversaries was arrested in connection to it. They said those who sustained injuries are; Nancy Cham, Mabintu Manjang,, Sulayman Jatta, Fudia Camara, Isatou Jawara, and Fatou Dibba . They alleged that dozens of stones dropped in their compound. Councillor Jatta explained that it was the intervention of the personnel of the Gambia National Guards that arrested the situation. He noted that he could not tell who called the GNG, but noted that their intervention was timely. He called on both parties to maintain calm for the sake of peace in their town.

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