The new IGP Mr.Brenard Jammeh, in a statement assured the general public about his office’s desire to run a professional force. Jammeh who happens to be a former inmate at the Mile Two Prison, due to his alleged involvement on  the abortive 1981 rebellion, has been accused by his colleagues of being “too involved” in APRC political activities. A former graduate a UK   Community College, Jammeh made repeated attempts to pass his law exams. Critics say Jammeh was not a trained lawyer, contrary to his claims of being a trained legal mind. Sources said Jammeh was yet to be called to the Bar and as such it is  “wrong for him” to baffle his colleagues and the Executive as a trained lawyer.

Both Bruma Dibba and Jatta Baldeh spent numerous years in the Force.  A former Police Commissioner who left the Service told the Freedom Newspaper that “tribal politics” was creping into the Force. The officer said Jammeh’s tribe men have taken control of “key positions” in the police Force and the army. The former police chief said due to frustration and “unnecessary” discrimination, some of his colleagues have no choice but to quit the Force. Jatta Baldeh said the source,  lacked “principles” and as such would not mind to answer to Jammeh’s calling at any given time. Jatta continued the source, was “never loyal to the establishment”  and will never be loyal. The officer said he was never surprised about Jatta’s move to accept Jammeh’s appointment.

A well placed source said he met Jatta Baldeh in New York, about a month ago and was openly complaining about Jammeh’s “oppressive tactics” against Gambians. Jatta was heard calling names to Jammeh and had even said he regretted serving the government of the day. Our source was with Jatta throughout his stay here.  Baldeh flew from New York to Texas where he visited a family member of his. At some point, he was contemplating staying in the US, but later changed his mind.  State House called to relay the “position” reserved for him by the President. Jatta Baldeh’s sudden change of heart beats the imagination of many. People can change over night. Here was a person calling Jammeh,  a devil, an evil man, a hypocrite, thief and all of a sudden regrouped with the very Jammeh he calls an “international criminal.”

A top police source in Banjul says Jatta’s reinstatement was a “ploy” designed to get him arrested and dumped in jail. The source said Jatta Baldeh was linked to corrupt practices prior to his first removal and the state thought that the best way to allow him to hang himself was to rehire him while investigations were in progress. The source would however, not disclose what these allegations against Baldeh are, but maintains that Baldeh took a great risk to accept an appointment from Jammeh.