Twelve
years since one of Gambia’s illustrious sons, Deyda Hydara, was gunned down, no
clue as to who killed him is yet to come by, even as a proper investigation
into his death is still demanded.
Deyda
Hydara was gunned down in cold blood for contributing to meeting the needs and
aspirations of the Gambian people and humanity at large, through the discharge
of his professional duty as a journalist.
Born
on 9 June 1946 at Dobson Street in Banjul, Deyda Hydara was gunned down by
unknown assassins on the night of the 13th anniversary of The Point newspaper,
the paper he co-founded and for which he served as Managing Editor until his
gruesome murder.
In
observance of the twelfth anniversary of the assassination of Deyda, media
chiefs and heads of The Gambia’s various media houses and colleagues in the
media have reiterated their call for proper investigations to be done to bring
the culprit(s) to book.
The
following are statements by various media chiefs on the occasion of the
anniversary:
