The deceased was former managing director at The Gambia Ports Authority during the first republic. He was the Managing Director of the defunct National Trading Centre (NTC).
It could be recalled that the deceased was elected president of Banjul Muslim Elders on 26th September 2016, following the demise of late Dr Ebrima Samba. At the time of going to press, it was not determined when he will be laid to rest and the cause of his death.
In a related development, Pa Habib Mbye, an adviser to the drug squad died yesterday.
Top officials of the Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation (SSHFC) on Friday visited flood victims at the Jabang Housing Estate amid severe flooding that affected about 30 households.
Ousman Sowe, the director general of the country’s State Intelligence Service (SIS) has claimed that the agency for the past five years has recorded unprecedented reforms, arguing that his administration has been tremendously working for the past four to five years in terms of repositioning, restructuring, redirecting and recasting the service with the objectives of making it the best intelligence outfit in the continent.
The determination to the question referred to the Supreme Court by the High Court of The Gambia on whether or not a former member of the AFPRC junta can be tried, has renewed hopes that Yahya Jammeh, Edward Singhateh, Sana Sabally and Yankuba Touray could be tried for crimes they committed, despite the immunity provisions inserted in the 1997 Constitution.
