Slain Journalist’s Sister Resigns From Police

Photo: Adama Manneh

 
By Ousman A. Marong

Ms. Adama Manneh, the younger sister of the slain Gambian Journalist, Ebrima Manneh alias “Chief Manneh” has resigned from The Gambia Police Force (GPF) as a police officer.

Ms. Manneh who has worked in the police for several years, broke the news of her resignation on her Facebook page on Sunday, 19 January 2020.

“I am no more a police officer, I have discharge voluntarily,” she revealed.

When contacted by this reporter as to the reason (s) for her resignation which she said was a “personal” matter.

“My resignation is personal,” she responded.

Family sources revealed that Adama has traveled to Spain where she currently lived.

It could be recalled that Ebrima Manneh alias “Chief Manneh” was a former employee of The Daily Observer Newspaper who was arrested by state security agents at his office in July 2006. He has whisked away in the presence of his co-workers at the office premises. He was secretly held in police detention from different police stations across the country.

Since then his whereabouts were not known until after the change of government when the government of President Adama Barrow established the Truth Commission. It was after the establishment of the Truth Commission where Gambians came to realize that Chief Ebrima was dead through testimonies from alleged “junglers’ in the person of Malick Jatta.

“The last time I saw Chief Ebrima Manneh was when we took Ousman Rambo- Jatta to Sarra Ngai Police,” said Malick Jatta.

Malick Jatta was a member of President Yahya Jammeh’s hit-squad known as “Junglers”