The
Voice newspaper understands Pa Lamin Darboe, 63, died on June 16 at the State
Central Prison, Mille 2, where he was remanded on allegation of being in
possession of 10 kilograms of cannabis.
On
Tuesday, his younger brother Kemo Darboe confirmed Pa Darboe’s demise.
Prison
officers contact us on Monday to inform us of his death. They said Pa Lamin
Darboe was found death in his prison cell, Kemo said, while noting his brother
was laid to rest the same day at Old Jeshwang cemetery.
The
late Pa Lamin Darboe was arrested and detained together with Alieu Dibba and
Musa Touray who were charged with aiding and abetting. The two are still
remanded at the prison. The three were being tried at the Kanifing district
Magistrates Court, presided by Magistrate Sheriff B. Tabally.
Two
days before Pa Darboe’s death, Magistrate Tabally ordered for him to be taken
to hospital for medical examination after the accused announced at the court
that he was ill.
However,
the family said they could not ascertain whether the prison wardens complied
with the court order, since they’ve not visited him after the June 14
proceedings.
Meanwhile,
Kemo revealed that Prison wardens have asked them whether they would prefer a
postmortem to determine the cause of death when they went to see the body at
mortuary of the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital.
“…but we did not agree to that. The fact that
our family member died in custody means there is no need to find out what cause
of his death is,” he said, meaning the cause of death of the old man who was
living with leprosy can never be known.
He
died on Saturday, and we were only informed on Monday, Kemo said, while arguing
that Pa Lamin Darboe and his co-accused spent one year six months in prison following
their arrest in January 2011 at Jarkoi Bintang, Foni Bintang district, West
Coast Region
Asked
to comment on Pa Darboe’s death, the spokesperson of the National Drug
Enforcement Agency (NDEA), Superintendent Abdoulie Ceesay, refer our reporter
to the authorities of Gambia Prison Service.
“Anybody
at Mile II is under the prison authorities,” he said. “The prison service is
the right place to contact.”
This
paper could not however establish contact with the prison service at press time.
Source: The Voice
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