Former president Yahya Jammeh’s half-brother Ansumana Jammeh has died aged 45, family sources have confirmed.
The younger Jammeh died at Afrimed Clinic on Saturday, the sources said.
Jammeh died at Afrimed Clinic at 11 pm after being admitted to the facility over high blood pressure. Family sources said he died of the disease.
Opposition APRC in an announcement said burial rites will be held on Sunday 23 August 2020 at 11:00 am ‘possibly at Kanilai’.
“Whoever wants to make it to Kanilai to attend the funeral rites can be on standby whilst we await confirmation,” the party said through its deputy spokesperson.
Mr. Jammeh’s death comes less than two months after the appellate court denied his stay of execution payer over his properties.
The Janneh Commission investigated him and agreed that a 2016 high court order against him be implemented; it meant he would lose his properties in Bijilo and Old Yundum. He was also fined over GMD24 million dalasis.
Last month, the Appeals Court dismissed his application for a stay of execution over his properties which effectively left the properties at the mercy of the state.
Former Gambian ambassador to Qatar Ambassador Ansumana Jammeh was laid to rest Sunday in Kanilai, Foni.
According to Momodou Sabally, Jammeh was a ‘cool and affable gentleman’.
“May Allah forgives him and grant him peaceful repose in Jannah,” he prayed.
Hydara Karara who knows him personally wrote: “A very good and humble man is gone, Allah S.W.T knows best.
“My condolences to the family. May Allah S.W.T grant you Jannahtul Firdausi Your Excellency Ambassador Ansu Jammeh.”
Fatu Camara said: “A great human being has left this world. Ansu was always very shy, calm, peaceful, and well-composed.
“I still remember telling him to stop visiting me because I no longer work at The State House and that I do not want to get him in trouble. We were good friends until I joined the fight against his brother, after which we started to drift apart. I did not blame him at all.
“My only regret is not interacting with him as we used to when I saw him a few times at a friend’s house. Instead of showing resentment, he gave me his usual smile and that was it.
“The last time we spoke was when I was in exile in Dakar in October 2013. He called on Skype asking me to head back to Banjul assuring me that everything will be fine.”
