carried no identification; they also asked for the passports of these victims; for 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 had attempted to see the victims without disclosing their identity. Why would 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 knowledge that security personnel on mission have to .identify themselves 'if requested by the appropriate persons, in this case the medical authorities, if only to prevent impersonation. If the motive 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 have scared the eye witnesses to flee the,, country and it was ,., reasonable and a wise precaution to take in the circumstances. With the eye witnesses out of the way no effective and conclusive investigations could be conducted into the murder. 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 to them let 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 N.IA 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 not seem to be done in this case as the very body which was accused of complicity was the very one charged with the responsibility to investigate. The NIA was not an impartial body 8 in the