Gambia: Ex-Police Officer Explains How He Las Labelled a Wizard

A former police officer has on Tuesday told the Truth Commission that he was demoted after refusing to take the concussion offered by the Yahya Jammeh's witch hunters in January 2009.

Former Sergeant Mustapha Ceesay said his demotion came about when he refused to go with the witch-hunters to Baba Jobe's compound in Kotu to take the concussion. He said he was identified as a wizard by the Yahya Jammeh's squad of witch - hunters on the 13th January 2009.

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