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Momodou
Denmark
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 Posted - 17 Oct 2006 : 02:33:04
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HEADMASTER OF KUDANG LBS ARRESTED
By Isatou Bittaye
The headmaster of Niamina Kudang Lower Basic School, Mr. Tamba M. Fofana, was arrested since the 13th of September 2006, at around 2.30 pm. According to the wife, Maimuna Mboob, the Station Officer of Bansang Police Station, S.O Jawo, came to their house and asked for her husband; that she replied that he went out, on the said date; that the S.O further asked where he frequently goes to, and she responded in the negative.
Maimuna added that the S.O revealed to her that he received orders to arrest her husband; that from there, the S.O left; that afterwards, she sent her daughter to look for her father at the Bansang Police Station, where he (Tamba) was first taken to. “My daughter came and said that her father told her that he was ordered to stay at the Police Station. I later sent another person and he gave me the same response,” the wife said. The wife indicated that later the husband sent someone to her to inform the family that he was being taken to Banjul.
The son of Mr. Fofana said that he went to the Yundum Police Station and was told by the Police officers on duty that his father was not in their custody. However, he said some of the detainees at the Yundum Station told him that he was there, but had been taken away by the Police.
Mrs. Fofana indicated that they have visited all the security offices, but her husband could not be found. She said that the whereabout of her husband is not known and they could not tell why he was arrested. She appealed to the authorities to help inform her and the family of the whereabouts of her husband. The family received information that Mr. Tamba is at the Sibanor Police Station, but that when they visited the place, he could not be found.
On receiving of information that Mr. Tamba Fofana was being detained at Sibanor Police Station, this reporter went to Sibanor to verify this. However, when he arrived there he was told that Mr. Fofana had indeed been detained there for more than twenty days. According to sources there, Mr. Fofana was brought there by security forces and later collected and taken to Kanilai.
At Sibanor, our reporter met with a Parent Teacher Association (PTA) member from Kudang who said they also had information that Mr. Fofana was kept in Sibanor and he was there to visit him and found out what their school master must have done that warranted his arrest. He however confirmed that Fofana was arrested by Station Officer (SO) Omar Jawo of Bansang Police during the campaign period.
When contacted the Police PRO Superintendent Aziz Bojang, said he cannot confirm the arrest of Mr. Tamba Fofana, whom sources disclosed is under Police Custody.
Source: Foroyaa Newspaper Burning Issue
Issue No. 89/2006, 16-17 October, 2006
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kayjatta
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Posted - 18 Oct 2006 : 18:08:23
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Did the detainee's , the headmaster's family has access to an attorney to see if they can have a motion of harbeas corpus filed on his behalf , and maybe later sue for false imprisonment ?
Is there an equivalent of United States' Miranda Rights in the Gambia ? I am sorry , i am assuming that there is rule of law in the Gambia. |
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