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Honourable Madi MK Ceesay, the MP for Serrekunda West Constituency and a onetime victim of Jammeh era has said that he is relief in the current on going trial of Ousman Sonko in Switzerland. 


“As a victim I feel big relief, I am confident and optimistic that i will soon get justice that I waited for too long.


 There is nowhere criminals can hide. Because the long arm of justice will find them wherever they go” he said.


Ousman Sonko was arrested in 2017 in Switzerland for aiding and abetting the rights violations committed during Jammeh era. 


The trial started on Monday. The defence counsel for Ousman Sonko raised lot of objections, saying the Switzerland court is not  competent to cover the case. All his objections were rejected by the presiding judge.


Speaking to Outpost Media in a telephone interview, Madi MK Ceesay who is currently in Switzerland witnessing the trial recounted his ordeal.


“I for one, was arrested by the police in 2006, and I was taken to the police station. Later taken to the NIA, and got tortured by the NIA. 


But I am blaming the police for that, because it is the police that have arrested me and handed me to the NIA .


 So whatever i got it is the responsibility of the police. And Ousman Sonko, was the then Inspector General of Police at the time.


 So I hold him wholeheartedly responsible for the torture and other things that were meted out on me. So it was the police who were stationed at my office, that was the Independent Newspaper premises for two consecutive years.


 So the police could not have station themselves at my office without the authority of the Inspector General of Police. 


Also they could not have arrested me without the Inspector General of Police, which I am holding Ousman Sonko responsible, for violating my rights. I am hopeful to see justice sooner or later.


 I am so pleased that Ousman Sonko is tried thousands of miles away from where he committed the crime. 


So it is a clear signal that you cannot trample over people\

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2024-01-10 15:22:00

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