By Lamin Njie
A former jungler Omar A Jallow on Tuesday said he took part in the torture of at least three Gambian imams.
Jallow who was member of former president Yahya Jammeh’s elite killing crew appearing before the TRRC said he participated in the torture of Imam Ba Kawsu Fofana as well as the torture Imam Baba Leigh.
Jallow who testified on a number of sick human rights violations on his part told the investigation: “He (Baba Leigh) was brought. The then DG of NIA Yankuba Badjie was sitting. His deputy Leese was also sitting.
“They brought in Baba Leigh and they started asking him questions. Nuha was also there. Nuha ordered us to torture him and we tortured him. We beat him with sticks, some [used] pipes.”
On Ba Kawsu Fofana, the ex-jungler said: “Ba Kawsu also [it was] the same. He was brought and I think Mustapha [Sanneh] was the one asking him questions. Nuha was there. Nuha gave the orders for us to torture him. We did torture him. He was reciting the holy quran [and] he was [crying].”
Ba Kawsu Fofana and Baba Leigh are among The Gambia’s most respected imams. They were arrested at different times between 2013 and 2015 and detained at the National Intelligence Agency. It was at the NIA that the imams were tortured by the junglers.
