Editor,

Allow me space to use this medium to help my brother to take the force to higher heights. I want to congratulate you for the appointment and trust you have earned yourself - thanks to your good family. My advice to you is forget infighting.

No room for side talks, no groupings, no fans clubs, no revenge - just be a professional. You are the IGP and remember: you cannot be left out from criticism particularly the media in the dispora. Start from where IGP Benedict stopped and continue from there.

He of course did so many good things so it’s from the good things you start and amend his bad ones. Learn how to forget all those whom you think were fighting you. The Police Force is there to stay. Set good precedents. Just take a good example of Tamsir Jasseh. When he was in authority, he arrested people himself, parked vehicles at Bakau longer than required by law, physically assaulted foreigners and even tortured people. Later he became the worse enemy of society!

Follow and respect the Constitution, the Police Act and all other Laws of the Land. Encourage the young ones. Put the relevant people in the relevant places. Don't forget that you alone cannot make it so put everybody on-board, then we will have a professional police force.

With all this advice, you shall never be removed disgracefully but elevated to higher heights. The reason is, when you were enlisted you swore on the Qur’an and said some things so when you do otherwise Allah will punish you.

Long live Jesus-IGP. Long live the Police Force. Long Live the Gambia.

Mariama Jallow