Jarra
Colley, a native of Sintet, on Thursday testified before the TRRC, giving
account of how her parents were abducted by the 2009 witch hunters.
“I
was in Tabokoto and my son Abdoulie Darboe informed me that my mother Bojang
Darboe and my father Musa Colley, were captured by the witch hunters and taken
to Kanilai.”
According
to her, she went home the same day and met her father there. She said she asked
him about her mother’s condition but he told her that when he was coming, her
mother was yet to drink the concoction. She said her father further told her
that he didn’t drink the concoction but was released with others.
“My
mother spent three days in Kanilai. She was given concoction to drink and young
boys washed her naked.”
Mrs.
Colley said her mother was forced to confess that she was a witch. She
continued that if anyone of them failed to confess of being a witch and killed
someone, the person will be given extra concoction to drink.
“My
mother had no choice but to tell them she ate two people. She was afraid of the
persecution she would have gone through had she denied that she was a witch.”
She said those who captured her parents were sent by the former President Yahya
Jammeh.
Mrs.
Colley said she was so disappointed and embarrassed to see her parents abducted
as witches.
