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Gambia: Chilling Details About The Ghanaians Killings In - Lamarana Jallow Exposes Jammeh

The President is increasingly worried about the outcome of the Ghanaian massacre case, currently being heard by the Abuja ECOWAS Court. My colleague and former batch mate Interior Secretary Ousman Sonko and the other indicted officials were advised not to show up in court by the President since these killings were state sponsored.

The 60 West African Immigrants, majority of whom, were Ghanaians, were murdered in cold blood by our men here at the State House. Having given instructions for the killing of these Ghanaians, the President thought that the best way to cover his callous and barbaric acts, was to prevail on the accused persons not to show up in court. Ghana should not waste its time and resources in pursing justice at the ECOWAS Court. The prime suspect is at large, who is no other person, other than Yahya James Junkung Jammeh. The Ghanaian case can only be rendered credible, if the prime suspect HE Jammeh is added on the list of suspects associated with this heinous crime against humanity. The killings took place in the Costal village of Burufut. As a senior Intelligence official, attached to the office of the President in Banjul, I deemed it crucially imperative to declassify National Security Meetings recently held in Banjul. The meeting was meant to cover these killings.

The President's Involvement!!

During our recent meeting, we agreed among other things to boycott the ECOWAS Court. The Vice President Isatou Njie Saidy, who chaired the Security Council Meeting, informed the Council about the President's instructions to bar accused persons associated with the incident from attending the said court case. The following reasons were advanced for the Presidential directive:

A. That, by attending the said case, the Government would give some kind of legitimacy to the Ghanaians allegations.

B. That, the Ghanaian Government was relying on an unsubstantiated allegations, without bothering to involve Government into any enquiry into this matter.

C. That, Ghana might file an arrest warrant for the accused persons when they showed up in Abuja.

D. That, the President wants all Security officials associated with the incident to refrain from talking about the killings-be it public or private.

E. That, the remaining bodies in the bushes of Burufut be exhumed and destroy all potential leads that might link the Government to the incident.

F. That, some officials of the National Intelligence Agency be deployed in the Nigeria, as undercover operatives to monitor and report to Government about proceedings of the pending court action brought against the Government.

G. That, the NIA agents should be hosted by Embassy Staff in Lagos, until the completion of their assignment.

H. That, these agents should under any circumstances posed as representatives of The Gambia while in Nigeria.

I. That, they should report to Government about the witnesses the Ghanaian Government had recruited to testify on their behalf.

Debriefings!!

During our meeting, it was also agreed that Government should ignore all media allegations into these killings. The Vice President said the President was reading everything reported on the internet, but had called for restraint. The reason for such silence was that, our men killed the Ghanaians. Some of the killers have died, while a good number of them are still in active duty.

The President personally issued instructions for the Ghanaians to be killed. I was present on that fateful day, when we hurriedly escorted him to the State House. The incident coincided with the July 22nd Military takeover celebrations. The intelligence we got at the time was that these were dissidents posed to disrupt the nation's democratic process. They were rounded in Barra and whisked away to the City Banjul, before they were summarily executed in grand style.

I was among the aides of the President, during the period in question. He acted on a false intelligence report to take the lives of these immigrants. This was the most security blunder ever committed by this administration. I call it an intelligence cooked up. It was based on hearsay, suspicion and miscalculations.

The information provided by our men in Barra, was never processed in the first place. They just went ahead to kill these Ghanaians, without bothering to authenticate the veracity of the reports. I personally advised the President about the dangers of such hasty decisions, but he wouldn't listen. He just remarked " Go ahead and finish them. Let set an example to our detractors. Kill all of them." Minutes later, we hurriedly escorted him to the State House, where he was constantly receiving updates from his favorite killers.

I have worked with the erstwhile President Jawara and President Jammeh. I can bet that if this was during Jawara's era, the lives of these Ghanaians would have been saved. Being the blood thirsty he is, Jammeh wasted no time in ordering our men to kill the detainees.

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