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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