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Mohamadou Cadi Cham popularly known as M. C. Cham yesterday testified before the TRRC in its second session of sittings at Dunes Hotel in Kololi.
He narrated his encounter with Almamo Manneh, how Almamo Manneh inflicted terrible wounds on him, how he was stripped naked and meant to sit on a wet ground, beaten, kicked and tortured.
He told the Commission how he was subjected to routine exercise of torture and drills of mob execution.
He disclosed that there were about 46 detainees at the time including Omar Jallow alias O.J., Housaino Njie, Samba Batch Jallow, Ismaila Jawara, omar Bah and Malamin Fatty amongst others.
He also said some women were also detained with them as there was segregation between men and women, adding that the women were subjected to humiliation as they were naked before men, beaten and tortured.
He said the detainees had wounds but the long period of detention made their wounds to heal.
He said Yahya Jammeh was called several names with superlative phrases like crocodile, chairman and Bambo amongst others.
He described the condition of the detention centre as barbaric and the food woefully inadequate lacking vitamins and defecation was a problem.
He said he was the first to start taking showers when he started going to Banfo Commission of Inquiry.
He revealed that it was after six months of their detention that they were visited by the Army Commander Babucar Jatta, adding that his visit was a turning point for them and on his visit, he was selected to speak on behalf of the detainees and he highlighted the numerous problems faced by them.
He pointed out that before they were released Ousainou Darboe, the current vice-president was brought and detained there.
He told the Commission how one of the detainees who used to pray in the night was almost killed by soldiers and the subsequent visit of Imam Baba Leigh who came and advised them not to talk politics, but asked them to be of good behaviour.
Mr. Cham told the Commission that he spent over 30 months in detention and how he was placed on travel ban by the Junta.
He told the Commission his arrest and detention at the security wing of the Mile 2 Prisons, that he found Lie Conteh who was beaten and tortured. One Badjie, a former NIA director and later Sherrif Mustapha Dibba, former speaker of the National Assembly was brought there, beaten and tortured, he said.
He also told the Commission how Lawyer Antouman A.B. Gaye was brought and how he was roughed up and maltreated.
M.C. Cham told the Commission how he was taken out of the security wing cell, put in a pick-up van enroute Banjul, there he met Harry Sambou, the then DG of NIA, the maltreatment meted on a woman he named as XYZ and his release after three days of detention at the NIA.
M.C. Cham narrates how he was stripped naked - The Point Newspaper, Banjul, The Gambia
This may be cathartic but I still don't see this producing the results people think it will.
He narrated his encounter with Almamo Manneh, how Almamo Manneh inflicted terrible wounds on him, how he was stripped naked and meant to sit on a wet ground, beaten, kicked and tortured.
He told the Commission how he was subjected to routine exercise of torture and drills of mob execution.
He disclosed that there were about 46 detainees at the time including Omar Jallow alias O.J., Housaino Njie, Samba Batch Jallow, Ismaila Jawara, omar Bah and Malamin Fatty amongst others.
He also said some women were also detained with them as there was segregation between men and women, adding that the women were subjected to humiliation as they were naked before men, beaten and tortured.
He said the detainees had wounds but the long period of detention made their wounds to heal.
He said Yahya Jammeh was called several names with superlative phrases like crocodile, chairman and Bambo amongst others.
He described the condition of the detention centre as barbaric and the food woefully inadequate lacking vitamins and defecation was a problem.
He said he was the first to start taking showers when he started going to Banfo Commission of Inquiry.
He revealed that it was after six months of their detention that they were visited by the Army Commander Babucar Jatta, adding that his visit was a turning point for them and on his visit, he was selected to speak on behalf of the detainees and he highlighted the numerous problems faced by them.
He pointed out that before they were released Ousainou Darboe, the current vice-president was brought and detained there.
He told the Commission how one of the detainees who used to pray in the night was almost killed by soldiers and the subsequent visit of Imam Baba Leigh who came and advised them not to talk politics, but asked them to be of good behaviour.
Mr. Cham told the Commission that he spent over 30 months in detention and how he was placed on travel ban by the Junta.
He told the Commission his arrest and detention at the security wing of the Mile 2 Prisons, that he found Lie Conteh who was beaten and tortured. One Badjie, a former NIA director and later Sherrif Mustapha Dibba, former speaker of the National Assembly was brought there, beaten and tortured, he said.
He also told the Commission how Lawyer Antouman A.B. Gaye was brought and how he was roughed up and maltreated.
M.C. Cham told the Commission how he was taken out of the security wing cell, put in a pick-up van enroute Banjul, there he met Harry Sambou, the then DG of NIA, the maltreatment meted on a woman he named as XYZ and his release after three days of detention at the NIA.
M.C. Cham narrates how he was stripped naked - The Point Newspaper, Banjul, The Gambia
This may be cathartic but I still don't see this producing the results people think it will.
