President Adama Barrow is mourning the death of army commander Lieutenant Colonel Pierre J Mendy and other senior civil servants. 

The commander of Yundum Barracks passed away on Monday aged 57.

Dr. Agnes Kallay Campbell, a member of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) died in Dakar, Senegal last Saturday July 31.

Details of the deaths are unknown but they are believed to be from natural causes. 

A statement from State House on Thursday said: “In the wake of the recent passing of prominent public servants, His Excellency President Adama Barrow dispatched letters of condolences to the families of the Late Lieutenant Colonel Pierre J Mendy, Commander of The Yundum Barracks 1st Infantry Battalion,  the late Fatou Njie-Jallow former Director of the Office of the Ombudsman, and Dr Adama Agnes Kallay Campbell, former Commissioner of the National Human Rights Commission.

“The President recognised the inspiring legacies these patriotic individuals are leaving behind describing them as exceptional public servants that the country owes a debt of Gratitude to.”

“Their deaths are a great loss to the nation and the world at large, as they have delivered exemplary services to their families and the nation at large,” the statement added.