Defence Minister Sheikh OmAr Faye visited Garawol Kuta Village in the Upper River Region on Wednesday, nearly three months after Senegalese gendarmerie illegally entered The Gambia and shot a Gambian and then fled with him.
Sulayman Trawally was pursued into the country on March 8.
Defence Minister Sheikh Omar Faye (SOF) has now visited the village, nearly three months after the incident.
“The visit was to reassure the great people of Upper River Region and the people of Garawol Kuta in particular that the Government of Mr Adama Barrow has been working tirelessly since 8 March 2020 when the shooting incident occurred and the subsequent arrest of one of our own Mr Sulayman Trawally,” according to a statement by the ministry of defence.
It added: “He (defence minister) assured the people that the Government of the Gambia will never abandon her citizens and the immediate deployment of a patrol team that crossed into Senegal to follow up the case it’s a clear indication that the security forces and the government will never abdicate their responsibilities.
“At the diplomatic level according to him a mediation team has been composed to work out modalities to avoid the reoccurrence of this kind of incident but however the mediation efforts has been marred by this global pandemic Covid-19.”
