{"id":91537,"date":"2025-12-08T09:44:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T09:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/udps-manneh-says-arrest-of-borry-s-touray-was-unwarranted"},"modified":"2025-12-08T10:01:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T10:01:33","slug":"udps-manneh-says-arrest-of-borry-s-touray-was-unwarranted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udps-manneh-says-arrest-of-borry-s-touray-was-unwarranted","title":{"rendered":"Udp\u2019S Manneh Says Arrest of Borry S. Touray was Unwarranted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Lamin Manneh, Deputy Secretary for External Affairs of the United Democratic Party (UDP), has condemned the arrest of party member Borry S. Touray, calling it politically motivated and lacking legal basis. Speaking to Teledal TV, Manneh argued that Touray\u2019s comments did not amount to any offense warranting police action.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe did not say anything outrageous. He didn\u2019t say anything that required or warranted him being arrested,\u201d Manneh said.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, Touray was receiving medical treatment and preparing for surgery when police summoned him for questioning. Manneh added that officers even visited the hospital to verify Touray\u2019s condition before he eventually complied with the police request. Despite this, Manneh said, Touray was detained upon arrival.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile he was sick and due for surgery, they detained him. We went there yesterday at 10 o\u2019clock in the morning, and they charged him for incitement of violence,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Manneh emphasized that Touray exercised his constitutional right by refusing to provide a statement, arguing that this should not have affected his eligibility for bail. \u201cHe declined to give a statement because that is his constitutional right, and they said if he declines to give a statement, then they wouldn\u2019t release him on bail, which is wrong; it\u2019s unconstitutional,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Describing the accusations as baseless, Manneh said the party is prepared to contest the charges in court. \u201cThis is a frivolous charge; we will fight it in court,\u201d he added.<\/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. Lamin Manneh, Deputy Secretary for External Affairs of the United Democratic Party (UDP), has condemned the arrest of party member Borry S. Touray, calling it politically motivated and lacking legal basis. Speaking to Teledal TV, Manneh argued that Touray\u2019s comments did not amount to any offense warranting police action. \u201cHe did not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":91536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,10,2366],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-91537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-parties","category-to-homepage","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>Udp\u2019S Manneh Says Arrest of Borry S. 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