Tag: police

News, Security

Suspect shot in the buttocks while trying to escape – Police

Police have reported the shooting of a suspect in his buttocks on Saturday, 15th June 2024 while trying to escape control from the patrol team of the Police Intervention Unit (PIU) in Fass Njaga Choi, North Bank Region. A statement from the Gambia Police Force disclosed that Momodou Jallow, a suspect […]

News, Security

Former IGP Ensa Badjie Passes Away

The death has been announced of the former Inspector General of Police Ensa Badjie widely known as Jesus, LamToro News was reliably informed. “He died a few minutes ago at the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital in Banjul where he was receiving medical treatment,” said a source. The late ex-IGP […]

News, Opinion

Analysis: The prevalence of government demolitions of illegal structures, alongside the legal counterclaims by citizens regarding their properties and public properties, highlights issues of heavy-handed law enforcement

Part I Alagi Yorro Jallow Fatoumatta: Property rights are constitutionally safeguarded in The Gambia. The Constitution of the Republic of The Gambia, 1997, in Chapter IV concerning the protection of fundamental rights and freedoms, explicitly provides for the Protection from Deprivation of Property in Section 22. This section guarantees that […]