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Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>By Binta Jaiteh Fish smokers within Greater Banjul Area have rejected a circulated rumour of using sniper insecticide to preserve smoked fish, an allegation they have described totally fake and unfounded a rumour.<\/p>\n

Kebba Touray, one of the fish smokers at Tanji, exclusively told The Voice newspaper saying \u201cI totally deny this rumour because it\u2019s a fake rumour on media.<\/p>\n

We don\u2019t have anything or business with sniper when it comes to smoking and preservation of fish.<\/p>\n

\u201d<\/p>\n

Asking \u201cWhat has sniper [insecticide] got to do with fish smokers?\u201d adding that sniper is very dangerous and I am sure if we use it then by now the news will be different.<\/p>\n

\u201d<\/p>\n

He said he has being in the business of fish smoking since his childhood till today, \u201cbut when I received the audio yesterday (Sunday), I was very disappointed about the accusation, because we know sniper is a dangerous insecticide to humanity.<\/p>\n

\u201d<\/p>\n

According to him, he was baffled at the gravity of the rumour directed at their business, adding \u201cwe store the fish for three months and nothing will happen to them.<\/p>\n

\u201d<\/p>\n

Aja Oumie Trawally, also a smoked fisher, said she has never witnessed such act of using sniper insecticide on smoked fish, she urged people to stop spreading fake news to the public domain.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Sulayman Kebbeh, another fish smoker said: \u201cwe came across the rumour also about the issue of using sniper on smoke fish but I can tell you that I have been in this business for twenty years and some are here for many years but this kind of rumour has never emerged in this country.<\/p>\n

\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTo my own knowledge I have never seen anyone using it on smoking fish.<\/p>\n

We don\u2019t practice such anybody who is engaged in that I can tell you the person is dangerous and he doesn\u2019t want the progress of this country.<\/p>\n

But I want you to know that there are bad people outside there that can come up with rumour just to ruin others life and business.<\/p>\n

The number of people eating smoked fish is too much.<\/p>\n

And if fish smokers are using sniper there will be mass death before now.<\/p>\n

So let the government responsible for this sector make sure that this issue immediately addressed,\u201d he appealed.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt can happen but I tell you that we are not involve in the act.<\/p>\n

We depend on this business.<\/p>\n

So, I am calling on people to stop spreading fake news it can have an impact on our business.<\/p>\n

People will not trust us again and that can cause trouble for the fish smokers because we feed our families on this business,\u201d Salifu Touray cried out.<\/p>\n

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