Hundreds of Gambians including President Adama Barrow and senior political leaders are gathering in Banjul for the state burial of Ebrima Solo Sandeng seven years after his death in state custody.

According to the ministry of justice, the Gambian President Adama Barrow will attend a “honouring procession for the dead from the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital to the Never Again Arch in Banjul”, adding that the remains of deceased will finally be buried at his hometown in Dippa Kunda.

The late politician was killed by security officers of the National Intelligence Agency now renamed State Intelligence Service in 2016 for staging a protest calling for electoral reforms during the Jammeh dictatorship.

The seven NIA officers accused of killing him have been sentenced to death. 

Reporting by Adama Makasuba