Exclusive: The Gambia Action Party has called on the Barrow government to put a stop to the rise in murders across the country following the recent killing of a Sanyang resident. 

The party’s spokesman Sheikhna Faal told Gambiana in an exclusive interview that the government needs to get a grip on this alarming situation.

Mr Faal blamed the rampant killings on “lack of security and unemployment. 

“If the Government does not regard its citizen’s and allow foreign dominance in its economy, because such incident will keep on happening and the Sanyang incident was a combination of many factors and the murder case was just the sparkle of fire.

“The dominance of Chinese and Senegalese in our economy is a bigger concern than we think.”

Mr Faal continued: “We all expect every foreign national to abide by our laws”, and urged the government to protect the lives and properties of the citizens. 

“I believe that the Government did not have the courage to address the cases and they have failed.”

Mr Faal lashed out at President Barrow, who is on holiday at his home village, MankamangKunda, for failing to deal with the Sanyang crisis. 

“President Barrow should suspend his holiday and address the matter. How can you be on holiday as President while your people are in dilemma?”

Mr Faal called on the Government to launch a thorough investigation into the Sanyang incident. 

Reporting by Adama Makasuba