{"id":87167,"date":"2025-10-02T17:44:54","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T17:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/dr-sallah-claims-his-properties-seized-by-jammeh-not-returned"},"modified":"2025-10-02T18:29:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T18:29:44","slug":"dr-sallah-claims-his-properties-seized-by-jammeh-not-returned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/dr-sallah-claims-his-properties-seized-by-jammeh-not-returned","title":{"rendered":"Dr Sallah Claims his Properties Seized by Jammeh not Returned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Prominent Gambian medical doctor Adama Sallah on Monday claimed before the parliamentary panel of investigators that properties seized from him by former president Jammeh are still not returned, despite assurances given to him by the Janneh Commission of Enquiry.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>He said this include one in Batokunku.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt first, we were simply asked to move our fence back by 50 meters to create a \u2018buffer zone\u2019. But years later, Jammeh returned and forcefully confiscated my land including a developed garden and a house I intended to use as a weekend retreat,\u201d Sallah told the panel.<\/p>\n<p>He also revealed that Jammeh took three additional properties he had bought for his children who were studying abroad as gifts meant to encourage them to return home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite engaging the Solicitor General\u2019s office no action has been taken to date. I even approached the former attorney general recently and he told me the volume of land claims was too much, and a special commission was supposed to be set up but it never happened,\u201d Sallah said.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Sallah said it is important for the public to distinguish what rightfully belonged to Jammeh and what he took from people which were then broadly labelled \u2018Jammeh assets,\u2019 but never truly his.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also revealed his frustration when, despite submitting all required documents to claim back his properties through the Janneh Commission, his efforts remain unanswered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo our claims were left pending until now, and they\u2019re still lying there,\u201d he lamented. \u201cThe parliamentary committee affirmed the recommendation by the Janneh Commission for victims to be compensated and advised Dr Sallah to continue pursuing the matter through the Ministry of Justice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Gambia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. Prominent Gambian medical doctor Adama Sallah on Monday claimed before the parliamentary panel of investigators that properties seized from him by former president Jammeh are still not returned, despite assurances given to him by the Janneh Commission of Enquiry. He said this include one in Batokunku. \u201cAt first, we were simply asked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":87166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-87167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dr Sallah Claims his Properties Seized by Jammeh not Returned - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Prominent Gambian medical doctor Adama Sallah on Monday claimed before the parliamentary panel of investigators that ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/dr-sallah-claims-his-properties-seized-by-jammeh-not-returned\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dr Sallah Claims his Properties Seized by Jammeh not Returned\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Prominent Gambian medical doctor Adama Sallah on Monday claimed before the parliamentary panel of investigators that ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/dr-sallah-claims-his-properties-seized-by-jammeh-not-returned\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-02T17:44:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-02T18:29:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/sm_1759417156.250751.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/dr-sallah-claims-his-properties-seized-by-jammeh-not-returned#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/dr-sallah-claims-his-properties-seized-by-jammeh-not-returned\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Dr Sallah Claims his Properties Seized by Jammeh not Returned\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-02T17:44:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-02T18:29:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/dr-sallah-claims-his-properties-seized-by-jammeh-not-returned\"},\"wordCount\":295,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/dr-sallah-claims-his-properties-seized-by-jammeh-not-returned#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/sm_1759417156.250751.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/dr-sallah-claims-his-properties-seized-by-jammeh-not-returned#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/dr-sallah-claims-his-properties-seized-by-jammeh-not-returned\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/dr-sallah-claims-his-properties-seized-by-jammeh-not-returned\",\"name\":\"Dr Sallah Claims his Properties Seized by Jammeh not Returned - 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