The foreign ministry said on Friday the 16-year-old Gambian who continues to be detained in Senegal will be released.
Ousman Ceesay was earlier this month arrested by the Senegalese Parks and Wildlife Officers for allegedly illegally fishing in a protected zone of the Senegalese territorial waters.
The foreign ministry in a statement on Friday said it has been in consultation with competent Senegalese authorities with a “view to resolving the matter and having Mr. Ceesay released at the earliest opportunity”.
“Consequently, the general public is hereby informed that after due consultations and negotiations the competent Senegalese authorities have agreed to release Mr. Ousman Ceesay on 3rd November 2020 subsequent to the fulfillment of all legal and administrative formalities to grant effect to his release.
“To this end, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad extends profound thanks and appreciation to the competent Senegalese authorities for their understanding and cooperation, and in seeing to it that all administrative and legal requirements have been undertaken within a short duration to facilitate the release of Mr. Ceesay back to his family in The Gambia,” the foreign ministry said in their statement signed by spokesman Saikou Ceesay.
