BY AKALEKE, OUR BANJUL CORRESPONDENT
Highly placed sources at the army headquarters in Banjul, have confirmed the arrest of the fired army Chief of Defense Staff Assan Sarr. The disgraced army chief was arrested over night and is accused of gross misconduct and abusing powers conferred on him, as army chief. Military sources say Sarr is currently held at the State Central Prisons called the "Mile Two Prisons."
JAMMEH PRESENTING MEDAL TO THE SACKED
ARMY CHIEF ASSAN SARR IN THE RECENT PAST
In a terse statement yesterday, the President Yahya Jammeh tried to justify the sacking of Assan Sarr by saying that"Sarr is always abusing senior military officers, and sometimes physically assaulting officers working under him". The Jammeh administration therefore accuses the dismissed army chief of trying saw seeds of "discord and hatrate within The Gambian military."
Meanwhile, the government has announced the appoint of Ndure Cham, as the new army chief. The new chief of defense staff is viewed as a hard working man who had previously held key position in the army. He onetime serves as the Fajara barracks camp commander, as well as the commander of The Gambia National Guards (GNG). "Ndure has undergone many training both nationally and internationally. We trust the man and I know he is capable of handling the post" said an officer in the army.
In another development, military sources also unveiled about the presence of Pakistanis intelligent agents in The Gambia. "No official reason is being forwarded to explain why they are here."said our sources. But highly placed sources in the army say the said Pakistanis agents were assigned by the President to investigate top army officers suspected of trying to overthrow his government. "The said agents are seen within the state house and in some army barracks" said our sources. According to our sources, The Gambian leader seem to distrust some senior officers within the army had suspended his future overseas trips, until such a time that normalcy returns in the army.
Our correspondent say the presence of the said foreign security agents in the country, is worrying Gambians and soldiers. The government is yet to confirm or deny such reports, but military sources say the Pakistanis security agents are in The Gambia. The detained former army chief , has not been charged yet, but sources say the government had lined up some soldiers within the military to be arrested in days to come.
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