The Gambia has established an investigation panel to look into a coup attempt that occurred last week. The group will have 30 days to give its findings after the suspected coup plotters are apprehended.
A government spokesperson said in a statement that the 11-member inquiry panel, which President Adama Barrow swore in on Tuesday, was made up of representatives from the justice ministry, the office of national security, the military forces, the police, and intelligence agencies.
According to an official statement, two of the alleged coup plotters detained in the failed attempt were a captain and a lieutenant who were “helping unearth claims of attempts to overthrow President Barrow’s government.”
The Minister of Presidential Affairs under former leader Yahya Jammeh, Momodou Sabally, is among those arrested in connection with the coup and is currently on detention.
Before the coup attempt, Sabally had appeared in a video in which he allegedly suggested President Barrow would be “deposed” prior to the upcoming municipal elections, which the government say could be tied to the attempt.
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