An eyewitness who was present at the time of the dreadful event, explained how one Ebrima Sanneh, a resident of Brikama, was attacked, beaten and tortured on his genital by the Head of Anti Crime Unit (ACU), Gorgi Mboob and his men. They allegedly beat him on his private part leaving the 26  year old unable to pass urine.

The witness said, Mr. Mboob fired bullets to scare detainees while forcing them to do some grueling labour in the fields.

“Another thing I forgot to mention was while we were out in the farm weeding the plants, Gorgi Mboob and his Anti Crime Unit Officers started firing shots. People started going crazy. It’s like they were doing a training exercise but we are civilians and we were scared. If you said a word they threatened you.”

The eyewitness confirmed that  they did everything they were instructed to do but, Mr. Mboob seemed to wake up from the wrong side of the bed and inflicted severe pain on Ebrima for a simple mistake he committed while executing his duty.

“We couldn’t do nothing we just had to obey and do everything we were told. We did everything they told us but this boy just made a simple mistake and this guy (Gorgi Mboob) I dont know where he got his anger from came and did that to him (Ebrima Sanneh).” The witness lamented.

By: Fatoumatta Samateh