Gambia: 'Police Threatened to Electrocute My Private Part If I Don't Admit'

One Omar Mbye, who was charged with stealing, yesterday revealed before Principal Magistrate Sallah-Mbaye of the Kanifing Magistrates' Court that police officers"threatened to electrocute" his private part if he refused to admit allegation of stealing.

Mbye was testifying in a voir dire . He said he was questioned by the police and was forced to admit he stole but he refused. He further told the court:"The police told me that if I did not admit, they would beat me. I maintained my position that I did not steal. They started beating me. I was screaming because of the pain. I told them that even my friends can testify that I am a hardworking man and I don't steal. They then told me that if they finished dealing with me, I would speak the truth. The following day, they handcuffed me with my hands in front. They asked me to stand between two chairs.

He narrated that one of them told him that if he admitted, they would let him free. He said he then admitted, and when his people came to visit him, the police told them that he had admitted the allegation of stealing.). To contact the copyright holder directly for corrections — or for permission to republish or make other authorized use of this material,, representing a diversity of positions on every topic.

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