By Ousman Saidykhan
Ousainou Bojang confessed that two people had died in his hands, a day after two Gambian police officers were ‘brutally’ murdered, said the State’s 13th witness on Tuesday during his evidence in court.
“He said two people ‘died in my hands,’” Alfusainey Dari, who is a driver and head of a garage in Jululung, Casamance.
Bojang is standing trial for allegedly killing two police officers on September 12 last year at Sukuta-Jabang Traffic Light. Another officer was left critically injured in that incident.
Mr. Alfusainey Dari said the accused met him at their garage in Jululung and told him he needed a seven-sitter vehicle to go to Ziguinchor. He said he told the accused that there was no vehicle and that he had to call Janna, after which they talked about the fare.
“After, he was sitting crying. I asked him what happened, and he told me he had a problem with his wife – a white lady,” Dari told the court.
The witness said the accused told him he wanted to see a fortune-teller.
He said he told the accused there was a fortune-teller in Jululung from The Gambia and that his name was Mama Jabbi.
Mama Jabbi is the 3rd witness called by the Prosecution in the ongoing murder trial.
Mr. Dari told the court that he had arranged a motorbike and taken Ousainou to where Mama Jabbi was lodged.
“A lady called me and told me the man I directed was only talking about death. When I got there, I asked Ousainou what was happening. He said two people ‘died in hands.’ I told him I can’t take that responsibility,” the witness said.
The witness said he decided to go to the gendarmerie base to report the matter. He said he met the gendarmerie chief, Ababacarr Sarr, who told him to go back and talk with Ousainou. According to him, the accused was still talking about killing when he returned.
He said: “I want back to the gendarmerie chief and told him Ousainou was only talking about killing. He [Ababacarr Sarr] came by his vehicle in civilian clothes. He took him to their base.”
However, during the cross-examination, the defense counsel, J. Darboe, said the witness fabricated what he narrated before the court.
“You have not been truthful to this court when you said Ousainou cried at the garage,” the defense counsel said.
“I believe in the Qur’an and came all the way from Casamance. I say what I see and hear,” the witness replied.
The witness was also asked whether he, Mama Jabbi, Yaye Faal (Mama’s Host), or Ababacarr Sarr had recorded their encounters with Ousainou. He replied that he did not record it or see or hear any of them record it.
The witness denied knowing Mama Jabbi, but the defense counsel insisted he knew her well because he had directed Ousainou to her.
The defense counsel said Mama Jabbi recruited the witness, Alfusainey, to tell “this fabrication here.”
“Other than the fact that Ousainou came to the garage, all you said is a fabrication,” said Counsel J. Darboe.
“What I saw – what I heard – is what I said,” replied the witness.
Defense counsel said: “I’m putting it to you that Ousainou did not tell you anything other than the fact that he needed a marabout to fix his relationship with his white lady.” “What I saw – what I heard – is what I said,” the witness maintained.
