Bailed Gambian Journalist Describes Cell Conditions As Hell

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Bailed Gambian Journalist Describes Cell Conditions As Hell

Wednesday, 02 November 2011 21:05

Saikou Ceesay

(DailyNews) - Mr Saikou Ceesay of The Daily News has described the conditions of his detention cell at the headquarters of The Gambia Police Force in Banjul as hell.
“Tom (namesake) there is no proper toilet here, we rest in a can. I slept on a bare cement floor. Here is hell,” said journalist Saikou Ceesay.
Saikou Ceesay was arrested on Monday by Brusubi police at around 8:00am and transferred to Mile 7 prison in Old Jeshwang in the afternoon. He was finally

Saikou Ceesay, a Gambian journalist and blogger

moved to Banjul police where he spent a night before he was bailed yesterday.
The journalist made himself available at the police. His wife was briefly detained few days earlier while journalist Ceesay was attending a two week workshop at Njeliba hotel at Kololi.
She was asked to produce her husband.
Though he was released on bail yesterday, after spending a night in detention, journalist Saikou Ceesay is yet to be charged for any crime.
However, his arrest is allegedly linked to the bail of Nanama Keita, a former Daily Observer deputy editor, who jumped bail and fled to U.S to attend a fellowship.
Ceesay is Nanama Keita’s surety. He will be arraigned this morning at the magistrates’ court in Banjul.
Bailed at a tune of hundred thousand dalasi, Nanama was facing false information allegations at the magistrates’ court in Banjul when he petitioned The Daily Observer Managing Director to the office of the president, claiming wrongful termination of his engagement and financial mismanagement by the Observer management.
He had denied any wrong doing.
Written by Saikou Jammeh