It has been suggested that Sanyang may have been preparing an attack on Yahya Jammeh prior to the elections, and then seize power. Sanyang, Sheriffba Jobe and Mohammed Sowe escaped on May 11. Their pickup was organized by the UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) office who were alerted to their presence in Bissau's Justice ministry, while the Justice Minister was arguing with the Army Chief's services and refusing the impromptu transfer of the trio to his jurisdiction. Both Jobe and Sowe were accorded refugee status prior to their arrest, and are now under UN jurisdiction. Death Sanyang died in Mali in 2013. See also Mustapha Danso References 1952 births Gambian military personnel 2013 deaths Conflicts in 1981 Gambian revolutionaries