ECOWAS Court adjourns hearing in alleged extra-judicial killing of 58 Gambians

The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice on Thursday adjourned hearing in an alleged extra-judicial killing of 58 citizens in The Gambia until March 2.

At the hearing of the court on Thursday, Mr Kehinde Enagameh in a suit ECW/CCJ/APP/34/20 on Sept. 3, 2020. alleged that his brother, Omozernoje, was among the 58 citizens killed by security agents of The Gambian Government.

The applicant claimed the boat, in which 58 citizens were migrating to Europe, was seized by the country’s Navy on July 21, 2005.