By Lamin Njie
Prince Ibrahim has reacted to the death of Ansumana Jammeh saying the former Gambian ambassador to Qatar and brother to former President Yahya Jammeh could not survive ‘wicked’ witchhunt.
Jammeh died on Saturday at Afrimed clinic at 11pm after being admitted to the facility over high blood pressure. Family sources said he died of disease.
“My heart is HEAVY. The forces that united us are intrinsic and greater than the superimposed wickedness that keep us apart. Your gentle heart couldn’t survive their 4yrs of wicked witchunt! You been hurt, humiliated and betrayed. May Allah SWT grant you Jannah firdaus FOREVER IN MY HEART DEAREST FRIEND & BROTHER,” Kiang Batteling royal Prince Ibrahim said on his Facebook alongside a photo of Jammeh and himself on a groundnut farm. The duo were both investigated by the Janneh Commission.
Mr Jammeh’s death comes less than two months after the appellate court denied his stay of execution prayer over his properties.
The Janneh commission had investigated him and agreed that a 2016 high court order against him be implemented; it meant he would lose his properties in Bijilo and Old Yundum. He was also fined over 24 million dalasis.
Last month, the Appeals Court dismissed his application for a stay of execution over his properties which effectively left the properties at the mercy of the state.
