By Lamin Njie
Police in The Gambia on Tuesday said they are appreciative of the efforts of Lamin Marong in the murder case of a Marabou, Boubacarr Jallow.
Police at the weekend arrested Boubacarr Jallow for killing his client, cutting her into pieces and disposing of her remains in three bags.
Mama Barrow went missing on Sunday March 10 after leaving her house in Tallinding, according to a complaint lodged at Tallinding Police Station by the victim’s sister Bintou Barrow.
On Tuesday, police told reporters at a press briefing held at the police headquarters in Banjul that Mama had in fact gone to see Boubacarr Jallow in Banjullinding where she ended up meeting her death.
Jallow told the police he fought with Mama after an altercation over money she owed him.
And according to the police spokesman, the marabou Boubacarr Jallow hired Lamin Marong who works as a taxi driver to dispose of Mama’s remains.
Lamin Njie said: “We want to commend the efforts of a taxi driver Lamin Marong. He’s a taxi driver who played a crucial role… The first thing that happened when the Marabout wanted to dispose the body, he called the taxi driver and said, ‘come and help me, I have a charity that I’m giving and this charity is in the form of meat but it’s not supposed to be eaten by anybody – I have already done the rituals that I have to do and now what I’m about to do is just to throw the body away.’
“So the guy came and then realized the body language, the gestures and all the suspicions that he was going through. Immediately he did that, he went to the police station in Farato and made a report.”
