Cheyassin Secka became the Gambian Attorney General around 2000 , appointed by the Gambian president Yahya Jammeh . On 10 and 11 April 2000 , Gambian students held a demonstration against the regime of president Jammeh . In this demonstration , many student were massacred by the Gambian forces . President Jammeh was accused of giving the order to open arms against the students , although he denied the accusation . Following this massacre , Cheyassin Secka " read out the April 10 Commission Report , which indemnifies the April 10 student killers to the local press . " After reading out this report , he was relieved from his post by president Jammeh on 30 January 2001 , following " the indemnification of the student killers " . He was a barrister at law and one of the renowned barristers of the country . He joined the legal profession in 1973 as a practicing barrister . He was a member of the Gambian Bar
held a demonstration against the regime
April 2000 Gambian student massacre
Pap Cheyassin Secka