By Lamin Njie
The spokesman of the Gambia Immigration Department has said that he is not aware of any complaint of a GID officer ripping apart a man’s ID card.
What’s on Gambia reported Monday that an immigration officer tore up Ebrima Touray’s ID card into pieces ‘because he wasn’t convinced that he was a Gambian’.
“The Immigration guy approached me and asked for my ID card. He further asked if I’m Gambian and I said yes. I told him I was born in Kololi. He looked at me and said being born in Kololi doesn’t mean I am a citizen of this country. He then cut my ID card into pieces and threw it,” Touray told the outlet.
The alleged incident is said to have happened at the weekend.
The Fatu Network reached out to the public relations officer of the Gambia Immigration Department Mamanding Dibba and he said he wasn’t any of any formal complaint against an officer.
“Should it come to my notice, of course I will prefer an investigation into the matter,” Dibba said.
