By: Nicholas Bass
The alleged shooter of three paramilitaries, Ousainou Bojang, continued his testimony at the Banjul High Court on Monday.
Ousainou is undergoing trial for allegedly killingpolice constables Pateh Jallow and Sang J. Gomez and causing serious injuries to Constable Ancy Jawo.
Testifying before Justice Ebrima Jaiteh yesterday, the suspecttold the court that one of his childhood friends, Famara Sarjo,reported him to Brusubi police station, stating that Famaratold police officer Seedy Sonko that he [Ousainou] threatened him with text messages.
Ousainou said that upon his arrival at the Brusubi police station, Famara also entered the same office that he was ushered into, adducing that officer Sonko told him thatFamara lodged a criminal complaint to the station that he threatened him. Bojang went on to say that when police officer Sonko confronted him with the allegation, he dismissed it, adding that he did not threaten Famara as he alleged.
Still testifying, Ousainou told the court that Famara told his girlfriend, one Clandeth, that he mismanaged her money, stating that his girlfriend also warned him that he would regret for the rest of his life if he is not careful.
According to the accused, officer Sonko advised them to settle the matter at the police station, stating that Sonko advised them not to give in to anything that would divide them.
”Famara and I have been friends since our primary and junior secondary school days, but we parted ways at senior secondary school,” stated the accused.
He stated that after apologizing and shaking hands with Famara while standing at the police station, his girlfriend Clandeth phoned Famara but ”Famara was not willing to receive the call”, stating that when he phoned his girlfriend after stepping out of the police station, her number was busy.
Ousainou gave his Africell number to the court, adding that it was the only phone number that he was using at that time.
At that juncture, defense lawyer Lamin J. Darboe applied to tender 19 pages of his client’s call log as an exhibit, statingthat the 19- pages came from Africell, who were subpoenaed to produce his client’s call log from 1st August to December2023. The defense lawyer’s application was granted and the call log was admitted into evidence and marked as exhibit D16.
The case was then adjourned to tomorrow for the continuation of Ousainou’s testimony.