Reports leaked to forGambia Tuesday, say Gambia’s intelligence network renamed SIS has gathered findings of planned demonstrations in the tiny West African nation this coming Monday, September 9th 2019. Sources alleged the demos are reactionary to  local court’s denial of a bail request to 36 youths including outspoken Killa Ace being pursued for last month’s similar protests in the Serrekunda area.

Gambia’s Police Anti-Crime Chief, Gorgui Mboob’s house was torched by an angry mob. We spoke to Mr. Mboob since last  month without publishing. He uttered nothing more than three exclamations after confirming his identity as well as the arson attack on his residence in Ebo Town.

Forces in The Gambia security are reported to be gearing up for a full alert mode following intelligence reports reviewed by the National Security Council that youths across the nation are planning a nationwide protest.

According to our sources, the youths were inflamed by the way and manner thirty-seven colleagues were arrested and detained at state central prisons in Banjul and subsequently denied bail.

A court hearing Tuesday denied the bail amidst rough handling by security forces outside court doors as dozens were escorted to a waiting van back to the Mile II Central prisons. Gambians across all walks of life are venting anger and frustration at President Barrow and the police for treating the youths thus, especially considering the role they played to his ascension to power only two-and -half years ago.

That short rule rule, so far has beheld challenges of multi-faceted dimensions. But protests, arrests, arson, and sometimes deaths have stood out for a regime that swore to replace a brutal predecessor with a marked difference in granting civil liberty, including right to assembly.

From deaths in a Faraba protest, similarly by angry village youths, to Gunjur’s Golden Lead saga, Taaneneh cemetry strife, or the stir against Brikama’s town council, Barrow’s peaceful resolution of public indignation continues to be elusive. But Haruna Jatta, the first casualty of an exercise of  such right to free speech and assembly, and perhaps a lesser agitator without a stone-throw, let alone an arson attack on any property was the first straw on the camel’s back.

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