By Sainabou Sambou
In a highly charged session at the High Court in Banjul, Amie Bojang, the second accused in the sensational 2023 murder trial of two Police Intervention Unit (PIU) officers, took the stand on Monday, delivering an emotional testimony that reduced her to tears as she denied any knowledge of her brother Ousainou Bojang’s alleged involvement in the killings.
Presided over by Justice Ebrima Jaiteh, the trial—prosecuted by Director of Public Prosecutions A.M. Yusuf—sees Ousainou Bojang facing multiple charges, including murder, for the September 12, 2023, shooting at Sukuta-Jabang traffic lights that claimed the lives of two officers and injured a third. Amie Bojang is charged as an accessory after the fact for allegedly aiding his escape to Senegal.
Brought from Mile 2 Central Prison, where she has been detained since 2023, Amie, a resident of Yundum originally from Brufut, recounted her final interactions with her brother in September 2023. She described Ousainou visiting her home, complaining of severe marital problems with his European wife, who he claimed had posted his nude photos online after he spent D40,000 of her money.
“I told him we would try to repay the woman,” Amie testified, explaining that she contacted their sister in Kolda, Senegal, for “marabout” spiritual assistance. Ousainou, she said, was desperate to travel immediately. The next day, after a distressed call from him accusing his wife of “destroying his life,” Amie hired a taxi to meet him in Brufut.
She accompanied him toward the border, securing a motorbike in Dasilami to take him to the Jululung crossing in Casamance. Ousainou handed her his passport, ID card, and D2,100, which she passed to the driver. “He told me he would return the next day,” she said calmly.
That evening, while selling her “ebbeh” (traditional pudding) at home, a neighbour alerted her to social media posts in a Brufut WhatsApp group accusing Ousainou of the shootings. “I was scared,” Amie recalled. “I knew it wasn’t true because I had escorted him myself.” Attempts to call him failed; someone else answered, claiming he was “in the toilet.”
Rushing to Brufut, she found the family compound surrounded by PIU officers and learned her brother Lamin had been arrested. The next day, officers returned with Ousainou for searches. Amie described an officer forcing him to try on ill-fitting shoes allegedly linked to the crime.
When her brother-in-law advised Ousainou not to confess to anything untrue, officers arrested him too. Amie was then detained at the Anti-Crime Unit, where Commissioner Momodou Sowe accused her family of UDP political motives in sending Ousainou to kill the officers—a claim she vehemently denied, insisting they were apolitical workers.
Searches at her Yundum home found no weapons. She cooperated in identifying the taxi driver and motorbike rider but was accused of lying. Breaking down in the dock, tears streaming down her face, Amie sobbed as she recounted the ordeal, her voice choked with emotion.
The case, which has gripped the nation with allegations of political undertones and disputed evidence, was adjourned to Monday, December 15, 2026, for continuation.
