Former
police chief, Essa Badjie alias Jesus has been reinstated into The Gambia
Police Force as the commissioner responsible for Crime Management, people
familiar with the matter told The Point.
Jesus,
as he is widely called, was sacked on 2 March 2010 as Inspector General of
Police (IGP), arrested and charged. He was also tried, found guilty and
sentenced for life on drug and armed robbery related charges during Yahya
Jammeh’s regime, but was later pardoned in 2015. He, however, refuted these
charges during his TRRC testimony.
Mr.
Badjie, who is now the crime coordinator at the Police Headquarters in Banjul
was also accused for abuse of power during Jammeh’s time.
Jesus
Badjie after his reinstatement was spotted at the Police Headquarters on Monday
3 Feb. 2020.
In
a similar development, President Adama Barrow has also reinstated former boss
of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Pateh Jallow as deputy police
commissioner responsible for Operations.
