By Lamin Njie
The Gambia Students Association in Morocco has said no Gambian student in Morocco has been subject to any form of brutality, pushing back at claims police in the kingdom have been brutalising Gambians.
“This [alleged police brutality] does not affect any student in the kingdom. All students in the kingdom are doing okay and they have nothing to do with this so-called police brutality,” Muctarr Jallow the president of the association told The Fatu Network on Tuesday.
It comes amid reports Gambians in the kingdom have been on the receiving end of brutality from police in the kingdom.
“It was meted out to few Gambians who broke the law of the lockdown and later they claimed that the police stole from them which I cannot verify,” Jallow told The Fatu Network.
Jallow added in a statement shared with The Fatu Network: “While I cannot speak for all Gambians in the kingdom, I can speak for all Gambian students in the kingdom to say no student is a victim of [the brutality].
“While there are many Gambians in the kingdom who are not students, over 200 of them are students who have their worried parents texting or calling them on a daily basis to know their conditions.
“For any parent of a student out there, these are not your children. Your children are safe and sound and are not victims of any abuse.”
