GMC leader Mai Ahmad Fatty has reacted to comments made by Modou Ngum that GMC members were informed about the April 2016 Solo Sandeng protest but did not turn up.
Ngum who featured in the protest told the TRRC on Monday that Solo Sandeng told them that NRP, PPP and GMC were all informed about the protest.
“Mr. Ngum must have had his facts partly wrong. At the time I was already living in exile and not in The Gambia, and had no contacts with anyone within the UDP in The Gambia except Honorable Ousainu Darboe himself. GMC was also not present at such a meeting as alleged, and we were not notified as a Party. I believe Mr. Ngum made an innocent mistake for which he would acknowledge,” Mai Fatty said in a message posted to his official Facebook page.
The GMC leader added: “Hon Ousainu Darboe, the UDP Leader with whom I had a long telephone briefing while I was in exile, on the morning of their protest, would himself corroborate this fact. I am sure he agrees with me on this.
“There were many Gambians including journalists who were with me at the time living in exile, some of whom attended the international press conference I sponsored and held at Dakar Radisson Hotel on the death of late Sandeng, including the political volatility of the moment. It is important that the records be put into correct historical context.
“It is rather unfortunate that there are those ill-conceived minds that are bent on expanding misinformation out of Mr. Ngum’s mistaken testimony, and making cheap politics out this tragedy for partisan reasons. I condemn the shameless politicization of such a national tragedy.”