Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission
(TRRC) says ex-President Yahya Jammeh is responsible for the killing of West
African migrants, including nine Nigerians.
Jammeh, who has lived in exile in Equatorial Guinea since
his departure from the Gambia in January 2017, was accused of human rights
abuses, including extrajudicial killings, torture, and arbitrary detention.
The TRRC was set up by President Adama Barrow, his
successor, to investigate the allegations against him.
Witnesses had told the commission that migrants bound for Europe from Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo, including their Gambian contact, were held by Jammeh’s top lieutenants in the security services before being murdered by the “Junglers,” a notorious paramilitary unit that took orders from the ex-president.
In a report published on Friday, the commission said Jammeh
alongside “Tumbul Tamba, Kawsu Camara (Bombardier), Bai Lowe, Musa Badjie,
Landing Tamba, Sanna Manjang, Solo Bojang, Malick Jatta, Alieu Jeng, Omar
Jallow (Oya), Lamin Sillah and Buba Jallow are responsible for the murder of
the West African migrants”.
The TRRC said the ex-president is also responsible for the
persecution and unlawful arrest of Gambian journalists, the killing of 17
civilians, and for the deaths, sexual violence, torture of persons accused of
being witches or wizards.
The commission also found Jammeh responsible for the sexual
abuse of three women, including the rape of Fatou Jallow, a former Gambian
beauty queen.
The TRRC said: “Any adversely mentioned individual who has
previously appeared before the commission and made a full disclosure of his or
her involvement in human rights violations and abuses and has expressed remorse
is hereby granted a period of 14 days to apply to the Commission for amnesty.
“The Government will
continue its review of the TRRC report as well as any recommendations for
amnesty and shall issue a White Paper on or before the 25th of May 2022.”
The commission recommended the prosecution of Jammeh and
payment of compensation to the victims.
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