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toubab1020
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 Posted - 31 Jul 2015 : 13:46:59
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Amongst them are former CJ WOWO.
SNIPPET:
"They are Joseph Wowo, former Chief Justice; Seedou Bojang, former accountant of the national anti-drug agency, NDLEA; Karamu Bojang, former deputy director of NDLEA; Ousman Sanneh, former commissioner of operations of NDLEA; Mam Matarr Secka, former military officer; Kuluteh Manneh, former military officer; Mamud B. Sarr, former Commander of Gambia Navy; Salifu Nyang, civilian, and Yusupha Saidy also a civilian."
http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/former-cj-wowo-8-others-pardoned
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"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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sab
United Kingdom
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Posted - 31 Jul 2015 : 15:16:48
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Be interesting to see the statistics yearly of the executives/public servants (oh I don't believe that word is too acceptable to those treading on u from above)to civilians inside the ‘hotel’. Presuming management know exactly who is detained, deceased or alive.
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The world would be a poorer place if it was peopled by children whose parents risked nothing in the cause of social justice, for fear of personal loss. (Joe Slovo - African revolutionary) |
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Momodou
Denmark
11852 Posts |
Posted - 03 Aug 2015 : 13:17:15
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Prison Director General Expresses Delight in the Amnesty
By Muhammed Sailu Bah
Foroyaa: Published on August 2, 2015
The Director General of Prisons, Mr. David Colley, has expressed delight in the release of more than 200 prisoners from prison after the grant of pardon by the president. He disclosed that this would relieve the prison from congestion.
Mr. Kolley said this on Friday 24 July, 2015, at the Prisons Administrative Complex while pardoned prisoners were being released.
He said, “I feel the most blessed, and this July 22nd is my July 22nd. I have a lot of relief and hope for more to come. I did my level best to make sure the prison population is reduced and the prison relieved of congestion.”
He said the prison will be relieved of congestion because the number of prisoners that they normally accommodate is too much, to the extent that the government had earlier asked him to come up with a sketch plan for more cells to be built at the Jeshwang Prison to avoid overcrowding in the prison. “But nonetheless it is glory to me, when the president asked me to work on this thing, on all the criteria, and take it back to him, which I did. And the inmates I have recommended are all pardoned and, as at now, I cannot give you the exact figure unless, finally, we do our home work back in the office to be able to establish exactly how many have been pardoned and how many are left,” he noted.
He further said that probably there were more to be pardoned by the president. In fact more prisoners have been pardoned after the release.
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A clear conscience fears no accusation - proverb from Sierra Leone |
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Momodou
Denmark
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Posted - 03 Aug 2015 : 13:19:35
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MAGNANIMITY IS TO RENDER MERCY WITHOUT ASKING FOR ANYTHING IN RETURN
Foroyaa Editorial: August 2, 2015
The stage managed thank you ceremony is not what is expected of a state. Freed persons are not to be transformed into political tools if they are to live with a clear conscience. Prison life is a perilous one. No one should distort the experience.The Gambian people cannot forget the tears of the family members when their loved ones were brought to court in chains on ankles and wrists.
They cannot forget the tears when their loved ones were convicted and sentenced to death. They cannot forget the trials and tribulations of families who lost bread winners and were pushed into the abyss of poverty. Pardoning a person does not negate the bitter experience of detention, trial and imprisonment.
Those pardoned should therefore be left alone to put their lives together. This is the least which should be expected.
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