Mamadou
Bah, a brother to RSM Alpha Bah, has said former President Jammeh, former
Interior Minister Ousman Sonko and their team should face the International
Criminal Court to answer for their actions during their time in power.
Mamadou
Bah was speaking during an interview with journalists on Friday when more than
200 people recited the Koran for RSM Alpha Bah at his compound in Kololi. They
also prayed for Daba Marena, Sergian Corr, Lt Alieu Ceesay and Lt Low who also
died after being accused of a coup plot.
He
said that RSM Bah was captured and killed by Jammeh’s regime which later
informed the public that RSM Bah and his team were involved in a car accident
en route to Janjangbureh prison; a claim he said was false.
He
added that since that time nobody had investigated the issue and that even
those family members who went to investigate where the vehicle had the accident
were arrested.
“I
don’t want to inform the mother but I already know that they have killed him. I
am calling on Adama Barrow’s government to make efforts to bring all those who
were involved in this issue to justice. We also want to see where they buried
them. RSM Bah left two children behind and these two children are going to
school. We are calling the government to help in the children education.”
Bah
also mentioned that after the arrest of RSM Bah, a few days later, some members
of the military came to the compound and took all his things including his
vehicle to Fajara barracks. “Still we could not see that vehicle as well as his
bank book including his compound documents which are also missing,” he said.
Sulayman
Jorbateh, a friend and a brother to Alpha, also said his brother has gone but
his legacy lives on.
He
stated that he was a school dropout and only continued in education because
Alpha, with the help of God, paid his school fees. He added that this was one
of the driving forces behind his search for truth in Alpha’s case.
Mariatou,
Alpha’s mother, said they got the news
from Taranga FM that her son Alpha had been killed. “I was thinking that he was
just in jail. Since he was arrested we were afraid to make a follow up,” she
told reporters.
Fatoumata
Bah, Alpha’s wife, said, “I was informed by people that Alpha is arrested and
his reason of arrest was that he was involved in a coup plot and since that
happened I was not thinking that he was killed. We got the information from the
radio that he was killed.”
She
continued, “During President Jammeh’s time people always feared revealing
information. When the President made the announcement that he has forgotten
some prisoners we were thinking that Alpha is among those released prisoners,
but later we came to know that he is not one of them. What I want this
government to do is to make efforts to investigate where they buried them and
who are the people who killed them.”
Madam
Bah added that the two children she had with Alpha during their ten years of
marriage also deserve to know where their father is buried.
