A former Chief of Defense Staff of the Gambia Armed Forces, Lt. General Lang Tombong Tamba and six other death row convicts on Tuesday, 4th November, 2014 appeared before a panel of seven judges headed by the Chief justice of The Gambia, Justice Eli Nawaz Chowhan, of The Gambia Supreme Court to review the death sentence handed down on them by the High Court and upheld by both the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of The Gambia.
The applicants submitted before a full bench of the Supreme Court for a review of their dismissed appeal. The six other applicants are Brigadier General Omar Bun Mbye, a former Director of the National Intelligence Agency, Bo Badjie, Lt. Colonel Kawsu Camara of The Gambia Armed Forces, former Deputy Inspector General of, Police Modou Gaye, former diplomat Gibril Ngorr Secka and Abdoulie Joof, a businessman.
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