also asked they no identification; carried victims; for of these passports for the what purpose one does not know. There was yet another attempt to interrogate the victims at the hospital in Banjul which failed because the police officers refused the request by the hospital authorities for a formal request. This request by the hospital authorities was reasonable having regard to the fact that the victims were the target of assassination and having regard to the fact that some unidentified persons identity. Why had would attempted to see the victims without disclosing their security go on duty without identification, especially given the fact that these victims had been the target of assassination just a few days ago. It is common themselves knowledge if requested authorities, if only to that security personnel by the appropriate prevent on mission persons, impersonation. in this If the have to identify case motive the medical was really to interrogate the eye witnesses why would they refuse to disclose their identity and . show some form of identification? Why would they refuse a harmless request by the hospital authorities for official communication to them? It seems to us these events must ' reasonable ' witnesses conducted have scared and a wise out of the the eye precaution way no into the murder. witnesses to flee the country to take in the circumstances. effective and conclusive and it was With the eye investigations could be Notwithstanding the fact that eventually they gave statement to the Police in Dakar, Senegal, that was the end of the investigations, for the NIA did not get back tc them iet alone to investigate the details of their statements especially the threats the deceased recounted to them. It is also to be noted that the two surviving victims of the shooting incident had expressed their fears to the police about the involvement of the NIA in threats to their own lives. Ida Jagne told the police that some personnel from the NIA had followed them even to Senegal in order to eliminate her. So there was no way ‘they would ever return to The Gambia, she made it clear to the Police. And yet this was the same body NIA that was given the task to take over the investigations from the police. Who could blame the eye witnesses for refusing to return to the country? Be that as it may justice would very body which responsibility to was accused investigate. not seem to be done of complicity was the very one The “NIA was not an in this case as the charged impartial body with the in the |