A Fajara Barracks court martial handed two death sentences and one life to Modou Njie after finding him guilty on three counts over the December 30, 2014 attack on State House, the TRRC heard on Wednesday.
Modou Njie formed part of an eight-man team that attacked State House six years ago in an attempt to seize it and end then-President Jammeh’s rule. All the attackers had military background.
But the attack failed following the killing of the leader of the attackers Lamin Sanneh. And Modou Njie who was with Sanneh detailed on Wednesday how he rammed a vehicle into the gates of the compound leaving them open.
He told the TRRC: “Sanneh shouted for me to take the vehicle. I ran to get to vehicle and I rushed towards the gate with the vehicle. I rammed into the front gate. But I knew there was another machine gun and knew he too was going to shoot. I flattened the car seat and that saved me. I passed and then rammed into the second black gate. I then alighted from the vehicle and went to take cover.”
According to Njie, he watched on as Sanneh and Njaga Jagne were shot and killed as they entered the State House.
Njie was arrested and military court martial sitting at Fajara Barracks later sentenced him to death on two treason counts and life imprisonment on a charge of desertion.
Luck however smiled on him when Jammeh lost the election in 2016 as he was released after spending two years in Mile Two.
