The ongoing trial of the alleged MFDC rebels has heard fresh revelation as another trial within trial on the cautionary statements of the 8th and 3rd accused persons, Abdou Salam Jammeh and Nuha Jammeh respectively has been precipitated.

Testifying on the trial within trial, detective Amadou Sanyang stated that he was part of the panel that questioned Abdou Salam Jammeh and Nuha Jammeh. He adduced that the 8th accused person, Abdou Salam Jammeh, appeared on three occasions before the panel, where he was asked a number of questions, of which he answered some and failed to answer others. Detective Sanyang further adduced that the accused informed the panel that the Senegalese government had given them many vehicles and air tickets, and 50m CFA to facilitate the travel of their relatives to Mecca and Rome.

Detective Sanyang further revealed that the accused, Abdou Salam Jammeh, also informed the panel that he was the one who went to Sierra Leone to buy arms and ammunition, but that the ship in which the items were being freighted sank along the coast of Guinea.

He said the accused gave his statements freely and willingly without any force, adding that the accused in fact wrote his own statement in the presence of Tijan Bah, an independent witness.

Still testifying, Detective Sanyang stated that the 3rd accused, Nuha Jammeh, appeared twice before the panel, which asked him questions as well. He said that during the interrogation the accused revealed that he was the financial officer of the group of five, confirming that they had been allocated a 3m CFA per month subvention from the Senegalese government through one Latif Hydara in the presence of an official from the Senegalese embassy in Banjul. He said that after the interrogation, the accused gave his statement freely and willingly without any force or threats in the presence of Tijan Bah, an independent witness.

Hearing was at that point adjourned to 5th December 2007.