The Daily Observer (Banjul)

Gambia: State Guards Commander Demoted, Dismissed

22 October 2009

press release

The president of the Republic and Commander-in-chief of the Gambia Armed Forces, His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya AJJ Jammeh, yesterday, demoted Lt Colonel Gibril Bojang, commander of the State Guards to Private and dismissed him from The Gambia Armed Forces with effect from yesterday, Wednesday, October 21st, 2009, a press release from the Office of the President revealed.

The release reads:

The Office of the President hereby informs the general public that His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Yahya Jammeh, President of the Republic and Commander-in-chief of The Gambia Armed Forces has with effect from yesterday 21st October, 2009 demoted Lt Colonel Gibril Bojang, Commander of the State Guards to Private and dismissed him from The Gambia Armed Forces.

Tagged: Arms and Armies, Conflict, Gambia, Legal Affairs, West Africa

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