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| Photo: Ensa Keita |
By
Ousman A. Marong
Ensa Keita,
former sand and gravel dealer alleged that Major Sana Manjang has cut the heads
of his victims and threw their bodies to the former President Yahya Jammeh’s
crocodiles in Kanilai.
Keita who was
testifying before the Truth Commission has narrated a money problem that
occurred between himself, Azziz Tamba and former President Yahya Jammeh.
Azziz Tamba is
a nephew to the former President Yahya Jammeh who was stationed in Kanilai, the
home village of former President Jammeh. He was the one responsible for the
construction of the compound of former President Jammeh’s elders' brother.
According to
the witness, he was working in Amadou Samba’s gravel company and later proceeds
to Kanilai where he was working as a laborer.
The
56-year-old said he is a native of Baddibu Kinteh-Kunda Marong-Kunda in the
Central Baddibu.
“Azziz Tamba
was the one overseeing the building project of the former President Yahya
Jammeh’s elder brother in Kanilai. Upon completing the work and I requested my pay but Azziz Tamba kept pulling and pushing me. Anytime, I asked him about
my money he would give excuses that the former President was busy,” he
explained.
He made these
remarks at Dunes Hotel in Kololi, while testifying before the Truth Commission.
The witness
recounts his tussled with Azziz Tamba when he crabbed Azziz’s shirt and wanted
to knock him but his hand was held by a friend.
“It was during
this time that I was arrested and detained by Musa Jammeh alias “Maliamungo”. I
was arrested by Musa Jammeh and was accused of having a hand in smuggling guns
to MFDC rebels in Cassamance. Musa Jammeh asked me to accept that I was
directly dealing with the Cassamnce rebels which I refused and told him that I
was not a soldier and have little or no knowledge with regards to guns so how
could I deal with the MFDC rebels,” the witness quizzed.
He said he was
arrested by Musa Jammeh and was taken to “Woni” an area in Kanilai belonging to
former President Yahya Jammeh.
“Musa Jammeh
slapped me upon arresting me. I was locked up in a house in “Woni” where all
kinds of tortures were meted out on me. As I was serving my detention a man by
the name Kajali Jarju was also arrested and brought by Sanna Manjang to join
me. I asked the man his name and he told me his name was Kajali Jarju alias
“Lacock”. He (Kajali Jarju) informed me that he brought some cannabis to sell
in Kanaila to acquire some money to buy food and take it back to Cassamance in
order to feed his family,” said the witness.
He said Kajali
has told him that he was roaming at the backyards of Kanilai when he met
[Major] Sanna Manjang and explained his mission to him.
“He said Sanna
Manjang asked him to take him to the place where he hides the cannabis. When
they reached the place, he (Kajali) bend to pull out the cannabis buried with a
gun. As soon as Sanna Manjang saw the gun he pulled out his pistol and pointed
at his ears and said to him ‘you are under arrest!’ and escorted him,” he
asserted.
The witness
alleged that Sanna Manjang later killed Kajali Jammeh by chopping his head off
with a sword.
Describing the
gruesome killing, the witness said “Sanna Manjang was standing face-to-face
with the captive (Kajali) while exchanging words with him where he told the
captive that he (Sanna Manjang) will kill him. They were standing facing each
other when Sanna pulled out his sword to have his head chopped off.”
After chopping
off his head, the man’s head felt on the other side of the ground while his body is shaking and tongue mumbling in his mouth.
“After having
the man killed Sanna Manjang hatched his chest into pieces and cut-off his legs
and put the head in a plastic bag and took his remains to crocodiles to feed
on. I was told the head was to be given to former President Yahya Jammeh and he
benefited them with rituals,” he noted.
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