By Adama Makasuba
A man who has been sentenced to life imprisonment has told the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) that his filed case has been dragging for 16 years.
Testifying before the TRRC, Baba Galleh Jallow said “For 16 years my appeal is not granted and many people are there that their appeals are not granted. And an appeal shouldn’t take more than 45 days.”
He added that when applicants remind them the response from them is that one should ‘bear patience and my appeal are not completed,’ he explained.
His testimony comes after the testimony of three serving prisoners – all charged and sentenced for capital offences. He was jailed at Mile II, where he has served 16 years of his sentence.
Giving his testimony he explained “Lamin Sowe put his hand in my anus. They said they were going to screen us and they took three of us in.”
“After they did that, they took nine of us to security wing and when we got to the security wing we were dispersed, some were taken to number five confinement, some were taken to number four confinement and they took me to number one confinement,” he added.
Detailing his arrest at Welingaraba, Mr Jallow said: “the officers told me to undress and I asked Famara Jallow why I should undress my clothes completely? And he replied to me that you should undress or what we did to Samba Doro we will do more than that to you, so I removed my trouser and underpants and I remained naked.”
“And during that Omar Dumbuya picked up small stones and he came and made heaps and told me to kneel on them. And I knelt down on it while Famara Jallow was seated on top of a tyre and he took the tyre and asked me to raise up my hands and placed it on my hands. He said Baba Galleh if it fall we will kill you,” Jallow explained.
