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Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>Military Warrant Officer Lamin Suso, formerly stationed at the Mechanical Services Agency (MSA) in Kotu, has told the National Assembly\u2019s Special Select Committee investigating the sale and disposal of former President Yahya Jammeh\u2019s assets that vehicle cannibalization at the agency rendered several government vehicles useless.<\/b><\/p>\n

Testifying before the committee, Suso said that the practice\u2014led by Sergeant Adama Jange\u2014resulted in some vehicles being reduced to scrap metal. He explained that he had been instructed by former State Guard Commander Colonel Turo Jawneh to take inventory of vehicles recovered by Jange and his team.<\/p>\n

According to Suso, although Sergeant Jange was his junior in rank, he oversaw the day-to-day operations of MSA because, in the military, \u201cappointments supersede rank.\u201d He clarified that he had no mechanical training and was primarily at the agency to record and inventory recovered vehicles.<\/p>\n

When asked whether vehicle cannibalization was a frequent occurrence at the facility, Suso confirmed that it happened \u201con some occasions.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWas this frequent or just on some occasions?\u201d Counsel Dibba asked.<\/p>\n

He said that each time he witnessed the dismantling of vehicles, he documented it, noting that the process often reduced vehicles to scrap.<\/p>\n

During the session, Suso was confronted with a 2017 letter written by Chief Superintendent Nfamara Saidybah, the government vehicle controller, which accused him and Sergeant Jange of unauthorized interference with vehicles at the Kotu Central Workshop. The letter alleged that the two removed vehicles and engines without approval and transferred some to a private garage owned by one Alieu Gaye near Bundung Central Mosque.<\/p>\n

The letter, addressed to the Janneh Commission, expressed serious concern about the management of the Kotu workshop. It stated that a government reassessment in 2017 found over 200 vehicles slated for auction, but many had been relocated, with some engines missing or installed in other vehicles.<\/p>\n

Saidybah\u2019s letter further alleged that Suso and Jange had taken control of the facility, claiming to be acting on behalf of President Adama Barrow, and that four tractors were unlawfully moved to a private garage in Bundung. It also claimed that the soldiers seized control from the previous occupant, Siaka Jammeh, without a formal handover or documentation.<\/p>\n

Suso denied the allegations, insisting he never claimed to be acting under presidential authority. \u201cMe telling them that we are mandated by the president\u2014I have never uttered that word to anyone,\u201d he testified.<\/p>\n

He also denied forcefully occupying the MSA premises or removing Siaka Jammeh from the site.<\/p>\n

Additionally, Suso told the committee that political aide Dou Sanno once collected a trailer and a tractor from the MSA. \u201cThe time he was collecting that tractor, he came with Chief Inspector Nyah Jobe from Saidybah\u2019s office and said Dou is instructed to take a tractor and the time Dou want to take the tractor, I record it and I asked him to sign,\u201d Suso said.<\/p>\n

He concluded his testimony by stating that he personally did not purchase any items from the government vehicle auction process.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Gambia. Military Warrant Officer Lamin Suso, formerly stationed at the Mechanical Services Agency (MSA) in Kotu, has told the National Assembly\u2019s Special Select Committee investigating the sale and disposal of former President Yahya Jammeh\u2019s assets that vehicle cannibalization at the agency rendered several government vehicles useless. 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