By Lamin Njie
A former member of the Gambian army on Tuesday told the TRRC Lamin Colley lied regarding his testimony in the killing of Fafa Nyang.
Lamin Colley, a Class Two Warrant Officer in the Gambia Armed Forces last week testified on the 11 November 1994 massacre of soldiers accused of plotting a coup, where he admitted to shooting fellow soldier Fafa Nyang.
Colley said he shot Nyang by accident as he ran to him to help him.
But Modou Lamin Bah who claims to be a frontrow witness of the hideous event testifying before the commission on Tuesday rubbished the then medic-soldier’s evidence.
“It was an aimed shot. It was a deliberate one Because if it was an accidental shot, it would not have hit his target,” Bah said.
“There are procedures in firing. You must have to look through the foresight blade to the target. You have to align these two… AK47 is not like any other weapon.”
