Former police chief Tamsir Jasseh had a full heart on Monday as he recalled how he got his first cold drink in six years.
Jasseh got 20 years after being convicted over over the March 2006 coup. He spent six and a half years at Mile 2 before being pardoned by former President Yahya Jammeh.
“We were taken from there (Mile 2) directly to the airport and we had to dress in the clothes we had six years earlier that was so out of style. Not that I cared,” Jassey recalled laughing.
He then said amid a full heart: “And for the first time for six and a half years, I had a cold drink. Then I realised you don’t ever take anything for granted. Nothing!
“Who would care about a cold drink? But when you have it for the first time after six and a half years, you realise God can give it to you and take it any time he wants.”
US civil rights activist Reverend Jesse Jackson made a case for Jassey and Dr Amadou Scattred Janneh following his 2012 trip to the country. The duo hold American citizenship and were released.
