{"id":91989,"date":"2022-05-12T11:33:14","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T09:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/?p=91989"},"modified":"2022-05-12T11:33:15","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T09:33:15","slug":"gambia-will-government-prosecute-returned-jammeh-hit-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/91989-gambia-will-government-prosecute-returned-jammeh-hit-men.html","title":{"rendered":"Gambia: Will the government prosecute returned Jammeh hit-men"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Nine former soldiers and members of the infamous \u201cJunglers\u201d hit-squad of former president Yahya Jammeh have returned to Gambia from exile and remain at large. Pending a government White Paper on the implementation of the Truth Commission recommendations,&nbsp;due to be published by May 24, the Ministry of Justice has not yet decided whether to prosecute them, to the confusion of the victims.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>In December last year an infamous right-hand man of former president Jammeh, General <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/42026-gambia-full-terror-exposed-before-the-trrc.html\">Sulayman Badgie<\/a>, returned to the Gambia from exile in Equatorial Guinea, along with no less than eight other soldiers, four civilians and two children.\u00a0Jammeh remains in Equatorial Guinea, where he appears to be protected by that country\u2019s long-time dictator<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the returnees, at least three\u2014 Lieutenant General Sulayman Badgie, Major Landing Tamba and Warrant Officer Class 1 Musa Badgie\u2014 were accused of serious crimes, including murder, by Gambia\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/41754-time-for-the-truth-in-gambia.html\">Truth, Reparations and Reconciliation Commission (TRRC)<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For over a decade, General Badgie, otherwise called Saul, was a popular yet elusive figure in The Gambia. To Gambian dissidents who lived away from the reach of the dictatorship, he was the \u201cde facto vice-president\u201d during Jammeh\u2019s rule. Yet very little was known about him, nor about the hit-squad\u2014the Junglers\u2014he reportedly led until 2016. His real name is Karafa Bojang, a native of Bwiam, a village some 17 minutes\u2019 drive from Jammeh\u2019s native village of Kanilai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2004, Badgie became a member of a team of 30 Junglers, the second to be trained. As was revealed by investigations of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission, the leadership of the paramilitary hit-squad was fluid. However, Badgie, who was the commander of the State Guards\u2014an elite team guarding the Gambian President \u2014 was reportedly the overall commander of the Junglers for over a decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Badgie accused of summary executions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Volume-8-The-Junglers-Unlawful-Killings-Tortures-and-Other-Human-Rights-Violations.pdf\">The Truth Commission found him\u00a0personally liable <\/a>for the murder of Mamut Ceesay, Ebou Jobe, Mustapha Colley, Tumani Jallow and Abdoulie Gaye. He was also found to have participated in the execution of nine death row inmates in August 2012. Badgie also reportedly participated in the execution of Jammeh\u2019s one-time ally Baba Jobe and the torture of several political detainees.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investigations by the Commission held Jammeh and General Badgie, among others, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Volume-8-The-Junglers-Unlawful-Killings-Tortures-and-Other-Human-Rights-Violations.pdf\">responsible<\/a> for Colonel Ndure Cham\u2019s death. In 2006, forces loyal to the former Gambian leader Jammeh foiled a coup. Jammeh was away in Mauritania. Colonel Cham, the leader of the coup who was the chief of defence staff, reportedly fled the country.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The aftermath was bloody. Several senior ranking soldiers were arrested. Intelligence chief Daba Marenah, soldiers Manlafi Corr, Ebou Lowe, Alpha Bah and Alieu Ceesay were arrested and later executed. The government announced that they had escaped as they were being transported to Janjanbureh prison.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The average Gambian thought Cham had fled the country. However, Kaddy Cham\u2014his daughter\u2014was secretly meeting him at his garden in Farafenni, some two hours\u2019 drive from the Gambian capital Banjul. One day, Cham dropped out of reach. It was a testimony of Jungler Omar Jallow before the TRRC that would confirm to Kaddy what happened to her father. \u201cI felt relieved that we knew the truth. A lot of rumours surrounded my Dad\u2019s disappearance,\u201d Kaddy told Justice Info.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hosted by government<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>After the return of the ex-soldiers and Junglers, they were initially put in \u201cprotective custody\u201d at a government-owned Friendship Hostel in Bakau, some 15 minutes\u2019 drive from Banjul. But to everyone's surprise, no charges were brought against them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Justice applied for the court to detain them for 90 days, purportedly pending the outcome of the White Paper due to be published on May 24. But the Ministry\u2019s application was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fatunetwork.net\/breaking-court-orders-release-of-general-saul-and-co\/\">rejected<\/a> by the High Court in Banjul on February 4, setting them free. The Ministry\u2019s&nbsp;deputy director for civil litigation, Tah Kimbeng, said to Justice Info they have appealed the case. \u201cFollowing the rejection of our application, the State has filed an Appeal. We are waiting for a hearing date from the Court of Appeal on this matter,\u201d Kimbeng told Justice Info on May 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe application was made for detention pursuant to a practice direction which allows the court to order the detention of a suspect who has been accused of an offence but not formally charged. This procedure has been used before in the <a href=\"https:\/\/foroyaa.net\/police-arrest-50-people-following-riot-in-sanyang\/\">Sanyang Riots Case<\/a> and in fact in other jurisdictions such as with the five-year detention of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/44218-ousman-sonko-a-view-on-the-swiss-case-from-gambia-s-truth-commission.html\">Ousman Sonko<\/a> pending the filing of formal charges before the Swiss Courts,\u201d continued Kimbeng.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe state\u2019s application has no basis in law,\u201d says lawyer Abdoulie Fatty, Solicitor at Courts of England &amp; Wales and Barrister at the Supreme Court of The Gambia. \u201cYou cannot detain people like that without charging them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Critics point to deliberate attempts by the Ministry to release Badgie and others. At the end of last year, a popular member of a faction of Jammeh\u2019s Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction party, Bakary Jaiteh, <a href=\"https:\/\/standard.gm\/gambia-news\/aprcs-bakso-expresses-angst-over-saul-badjie-detention\/\">said<\/a> the return of General Badgie and others were part of their condition for a potential coalition with the actual president Adama Barrow. This was never officially acknowledged.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was a precedent, treated very differently. In 2019, two generals - Umpa Mendy and Ansumana Tamba - returned from Equatorial Guinea. They were arrested and court martialled. But they were freed on the desertion charges because they claimed they were asked by a superior, General Badgie, to accompany Jammeh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTherefore, now that Saul Badgie himself, who also deserted the army, is back in town, why hasn\u2019t he been charged with desertion?\u201d asked activist Madi Jobarteh.&nbsp;However, the army <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fatunetwork.net\/army-will-not-take-action-against-general-saul-badjie-for-desertion\/\">said<\/a> they could not charge Badgie and others because their return was negotiated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Victims Centre calls for arrest<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the Victims Centre, among a chorus of criticism against the government's handling of the case, in March called for the prosecution of Badgie and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey should have been arrested. There should be justice. If you even let these people free, it is not safe. People are very angry. Some people can hurt them,\u201d said Kaddy Cham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kimbeng, however, argued: \u201cI know and understand the calls for prosecution, but the TRRC was a truth-seeking process and not an investigation. The findings still need to be reviewed and accepted by Government before any action can be taken. Once this process completes and the Government releases its White Paper, there will be more certainty on the way forward with regard to prosecution.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"articleLink articleLink--editorRecommanded articleLink--textInImage articleLink--textTop\" style=\"\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"articleLinkSurTitle\">Recommended reading<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<a class=\"articleLinkImageLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/86069-trrc-final-report-gambia-between-prosecutions-and-amnesties.html\"><div class=\"articleLinkImageContainer \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gambia_Yahya-Jammeh-police_@Marco-Longari-AFP-540x360.jpg\" class=\"articleLinkImage backgroundImageTag w-100 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Yahya Jammeh in Gambia\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gambia_Yahya-Jammeh-police_@Marco-Longari-AFP-540x360.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gambia_Yahya-Jammeh-police_@Marco-Longari-AFP-730x487.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gambia_Yahya-Jammeh-police_@Marco-Longari-AFP-1110x740.jpg 1110w, https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gambia_Yahya-Jammeh-police_@Marco-Longari-AFP.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/div><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/86069-trrc-final-report-gambia-between-prosecutions-and-amnesties.html\" class=\"articleLinkTitle articleLinkTitle--default\">\r\n\t\t\tTRRC Final report: Gambia between prosecutions and amnesties\r\n\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nine former soldiers and members of the infamous \u201cJunglers\u201d hit-squad of former president Yahya Jammeh have returned to Gambia from exile and remain at large. 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