Gen. Omar Bun Mbye , former deputy chief of defense staff ; Col. Lamin Badjie , former head of military intelligence at The Gambia armed forces ; Lt. Col. Kawsu Camara , former head of Kanilai Family Farm ; Modou Gaye , former deputy inspector general of police ; Gibril Ngorr Secka , former head of mission at the Gambian Embassy in Guinea Bissau ; and Abdoulie Joof and Yousef Ezziden , both of whom were businessmen . ` A judge has sentenced eight men to death for their part in a coup plot in The Gambia . The convicted men and their relatives wept as the judgment was read . They were accused of plotting against President Yahya Jammeh's government, which is based on Islamic Sharia law.
A judge has sentenced eight men to death for their part in a coup plot in The Gambia . The convicted men and their relatives wept as the judgment was read . They were accused of plotting against President Yahya Jammeh's government, which is based on Islamic Sharia law.