President Jammeh demotes Bombarde to Private, demotes DIG Gaye to 1st. Class,  sacks both

By Ebrima G. Sankareh, Editor-In-Chief

The drama and political see-sawing in Banjul seems to be worsening progressively as our indefatigable State House correspondent, Kissy Mansa reports that at closing time this afternoon, President Jammeh as Commander-In-Chief has signed at State House a memo demoting Colonel Kawsu Camara, notoriously called Bombarde (i.e. the bomber) to the rank of Private and then sacked him from The Gambia National Army (GNA). Likewise reveals Kissy, President Jammeh also signed memo demoting Deputy Inspector General of Police, Modou Gaye to the lowest rank of Police Fist Class and then sacked him too from the force.

Meanwhile, both demoted officers remain incarcerated at the Maximum Security Wing of the Mile II Prisons together with erstwhile Army Chief of Defence staff, General Lang Tombong Tamba, erstwhile NIA Director General Lamin Bo Badjie, Major Omar B. Mbaye and former Fisheries Minister Yankuba K. Touray.

 As we went to press authoritative sources at the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) reveal that Bombarde is currently being questioned by their agents after he was brought in early this morning from Mile II. Quizzed on what the interrogations were premised on, our sources say the question is based on allegations of gross financial misappropriations within the security apparatus of the regime and since Bombarde was Commander of the Kanilai Camp, he was a subject of intense interrogations. According to our NIA sources, Bombarde recently married a Mauritanian lady and it is alleged that during the ceremonies, there was evidence of lavish display of ill-gotten wealth.