By Lamin Njie
The Ecowas Mission in The Gambia has announced the death of one of its peacekeepers, Staff Sergeant Bamidele Akinwale of the Nigerian Contingent.
Akinwale, 45, passed on in the early hours of Friday 3 May, 2019 after a suspected cardiac arrest, a statement by ECOMIG on Friday said.
The body of the late Soldier is currently being kept at the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital Morgue for an autopsy while arrangements being made to convey the body home (Nigeria) for the necessary rites and burial in accordance with national, traditional and military customs, it added.
Meanwhile President Adama Barrow has condoled with the family of Staff Sergeant Bamidele Akinwale.
Director of press and public relations Amie Bojang Sissoho said in a statement on Friday said President Barrow “has received with deep sadness the news of the untimely demise of Sergeant Chief Bamidele AKINWALE of the Nigerian Contingent of the ECOWAS Military Intervention in The Gambia.”
“On behalf of the Gambian people, the president sends his condolences to the family of the deceased. Thank you to the late Sergeant AKINWALE for his bravery and dedication to peace and security in The Gambia and the subregion,” she said.
