The Attorney General and Minister of Justice has said that he would consider granting bail to detain soldiers of the former paramilitary death squad,The Jungulers, after cooperating with the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC).

Mr Tambadou told QTV on Thursday that he was considering granting bail or releasing the detainees until the TRRC completes its investigation and submits its recommendations.

“On Monday and Tuesday, Malick Jatta appeared before the TRRC and has so far given information that has been helpful to the efforts of the TRRC to establish the truth.

“Certainly I will not rule out the possibility of granting them bail or releasing them for the time being until we get the recommendations from the TRRC about what we should do, not only with respect to the junglers but with everybody else.

“The idea is to encourage more people to come forward with the truth and so far I will not rule out the release of The Jungulers when they tell the truth,”said the Attorney General.

Last week former members of The Jungulers confessed to the killings of veteran journalist, Deyda Hydara, the missing Gambian-Americans, the 44 West African migrants, among many other serious human rights abuses, on the alleged orders of former president Yahya Jammeh.

The Jungulers which was a paramilitary group drawn from the presidential guard operated from the State House and the former president’s hometown of Kanilai. And they were said to have been operating on the orders of former president Jammeh and doing his dirty job of eliminating his enemies and opponents.

The six detained Jungulers were arrested in 2017 after the former president Yahya Jammeh fled the country for exile in Equatorial Guinea following a shocked election defeat to an opposition Coalition led by Adama Barrow.

11 Junglers were arrested, with five later released, leaving six in detention.

The Jungulers have been accused of widespread human rights abuses including extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, torture, and rape.