Reliable reports reaching the Daily Observer indicate that ex-Superintendent Manlafi Sanyang, a former head of Government Vehicles Control Unit at State House, died yesterday in the morning.

The circumstances surrounding the death of ex-Supt Sanyang could not be confirmed at the time of going to press last night.

However, sources close to the bereaved family said ex-Supt Sanyang was taken to the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital (RVTH) when he was attacked by a brief illness at the State Central Prison, and was later pronounced dead at the country’s main referral hospital.

The deceased was convicted at the Banjul Magistrates Court on August 12, after he was found guilty of theft and abuse of office. He was then sentenced to a one year, 8 months jail term by Senior Magistrate Kayode Olajubutu.

The late Manlafi Sanyang hailed from Brikama-Ba in the Central River Region, where his body is expected to be laid to rest. The deceased was married and is survived by children.