Senegal denies involment in Gambia foild coup plott.
After a two hour meeting with Gambian President Yahya Jammeh, Senegalese State Minister of Foreign Affairs Cheikh Tidiane Gadio on Wednesday 12th April 2006 denied that his country had been involved in an abortive coup plott in neighboring Gambia.
Despite the recent accusations labelled on the Senegalese ambassador Njogou Ndiaye and the attack on the Senegalese government by the Daily Observer newspaper which run by a senior member of Jammeh’s party, the APRC (Dr Saja Taal) and a press officer at the Gambian State House (Mam Sait Njie) asking the Senegalese authorities to break their silence regarding the presupposed role they played in the foiled coup plott on March 21, the Gambian government officially denies such accusations, Gadio said in a statement issued.
There were no Senegalese government or other high-ranking officials involved in the Gambian coup, said Gadio, who promised to hunt down any suspects hiding in his country.
Jammeh believed that the most important task at the moment was to make joint efforts to remove any misunderstanding over the issue between the two countries and capture the suspects on the run, according to Gadio.
The Gambian Secretary of State for foreign affairs Lamin Kaba Bajo presented a communiqué to Cheikh Tidiane Gadio on Friday the 7th of April 2006 denying that the Gambian government has accused Senegal for any involvment in the foild coup plott.
Many high-ranking officers have been arrested in connection with the coup against Jammeh and some has been released with no official explanation yet.
The report also said the crime's suspected mastermind, former Chief Defense of Staff Ndure Cham, had gone into hiding and the authorities believed he might be in Senegal.
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Posted - 13 Apr 2006 : 13:31:48
