The TRRC has been told General Saul Badjie was at the Police Intervention Unit headquarters in Kanifing following the rounding up of the April 14, 2016 protesters.
Modou Ngum who was seen as one of the leaders of the protest alongside Ebrima Solo Sandeng appeared before the TRRC on Monday and he told the probe former powerful military aide of former President Yahya Jammeh was at PIU headquarters alongside other security top officials.
Ngum told the TRRC: “When we got to the PIU, they took us to a hall. They asked us to sit on the floor when we got there. I sat by the door. But before that, I saw Yankuba Colley in a red hat running in and clapping for the paras (police).
“He was telling them ‘job well done, job well done’. That was where I heard him calling Nogoi by telling her ‘Nogs, you people planned a coup detat’. Nogoi said to him how could someone who had a banner and whistle plan a coup. He kept quiet.
“Later, the leaders of the security forces came. I saw senior Bai Faal (then interior minister Ousman Sonko), he was saluted by the paras (police). I saw presidential guard commander there General Saul Badjie, I saw NIA director Yankuba Badjie and his deputy Louis Richard Gomez and his operations commander Sheikh Omar Jeng. I saw the IG Yankuba Sonko, I saw Lamin Beyai too. We came from the same village Tujereng. He is NIA.”
