Farato
Police Station, The Gambia—In the wake of a story alleging that some Nigerians
are apprehended in Busumbala, West Coast Region, attempting to traffic
children, please be informed that the entire story is patently false.
Instead,
earlier this evening two Gambian brothers with their seven children all under
10, were literally ambushed by a mob of vigilante in Busumbala falsely accusing
them of being Nigerian children smugglers.
Unfortunately,
one of the men is vocally handicapped (dumb) and could not explain his
relationship with the children. His brother, who was nervous, frantically tried
to explain to the mob that this was a family headed to Fajikunda after a trip
to the provinces to no avail. The Busumbala mob finally seized the men and
subjected them to the most harrowing barbarity ever imaginable. The duo has
since been hospitalized at Kanifing Regional and Brikama Hospitals with severe
juries to their heads while their children reunited with their mothers at
Brikama Police Station with social workers comforting them as police unearth
this mystery story.
According
to police at Farato where the duo and children were first rescued to, the mob
also seized the family’s C-Class Mercedes Benz, popped the engine-hood and then
set the car ablaze. When the firefighters came to the scene, the mob threatened
to fight them as the incinerated vehicle was in flames.
Singed,
Ebrima
G Sankareh
The
Gambia Government Spokesperson
