The Gambia has lost another hardworking son. He will surely be missed
by all those who knew him. May he rest in peace.
Courtesy of
http://www.thegambiaecho.com/Homepage/tabid/36/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/944/Default.aspx
Malanding
Breaking News:
Lamin Sanneh Dies
By Ebrima G. Sankareh, Editor- In-Chief
According to our State House operative Kissy Kissy Mansa, Mr. Lamin
Sanneh a reputable civil engineer, a career civil servant and erstwhile
Permanent Secretary passed away at the Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH)
early this morning under mysterious conditions. Sanneh, until his
one-and-half-year incommunicado detention at the Mile II Central Prisons
(Africa's Hell On Earth) was Permanent Secretary, Department of State
for Health & Infrastructure.
In 2006, Sanneh took two days off work and flew to Dakar,
Senegal to see off his daughter a student in a Canadian university. On
his return to Banjul, the unassuming Permanent Secretary was arrested at
the foot of the aircraft at Yundum and whisked to Mile II Prisons where
laments Kissy "he was detained incommunicado under grueling and very
dehumanizing conditions for six months." According to Kissy, while at
Mile II, Lamin Sanneh endured both physical and mental torture during
interrogation by the NIA; his passport and academic documents were
confiscated. He was discharged and immediately dragged before the courts
charged with bogus allegations of lethargy. Following numerous
appearances, the Magistrate for want of prosecution quashed the case but
Sanneh could never leave The Gambia nor take up employment as the NIA
still have custody of his documents.
Early this week reports Kissy, Lamin Sanneh complained of
stress and general body pains and was hospitalized at the RVH. In the
end says Kissy, Sanneh could not talk and following a brain surgery, he
succumbed to death this morning.
According to Kissy Lamin Sanneh's case mirrors the
lamentable tale of the average Gambian detainee; Gambians are generally
a very proud lot and remain discreet about their ordeals in the hands of
the notorious NIA. Says Kissy, no one returns from Mile II with a sound
mind and body especially, after a visit to the NIA. I therefore,
suggests Kissy, "that Gambians ensure their detained relatives to
undergo very intense physical and metal evaluations/tests once released
from jail
posted @ Friday, December 07, 2007 2:33 PM by egsankara
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