By Omar Wally and Adama Makasuba
Ensa ‘Jesus’ Badjie wept today as he revealed former President Yahya Jammeh is the person behind his 2010 arrest and jailing.
The former police chief was arrested in 2010 on bogus charges of drug trafficking, corruption and theft. He was later jailed for 10 years.
Mr Badjie appeared before the TRRC today but the 49-year-old could not hold back tears as he called out former President Yahya Jammeh over his ordeal.
Mr Badjie said: “It was Yahya Jammeh who was behind my arrest, detention and jail[ing] because anytime you advise him, he takes it differently and he thinks that you want to challenge him.”
The former IGP who was served as police chief for three years described his arrest as wrong because ‘I was not dismissed, I was not charged and I was not cautioned.’
“I was called by former defense minister Antuman Saho who informed me Pa Mbye went to Jammeh and told him that senior police and army officers are engaged in peddling drug with Silah-ba Samateh,” Badjie told the TRRC.
Badjie later handed himself to the NIA where he was handcuffed and tortured.
“I was bleeding, I had wounds on my mouth and hands. They tortured me to confess. The following day, I was taken to NIA and under a mango tree, I signed my dismissal,” the former police chief said.
