YIRIWA RADIO FM MANAGER GRANTED BAIL

Pa Modou Bojang, the general manager of the Brikama community FM radio was intercepted on his way to Casamance at Jiboro village in the Gambia today 7 October 2008. Bojang until his arrest was involved in an ownership tussle over the community radio which he was manager for more than five years now.

He was on his way to his sister's funeral in the Casamance.At Jiboro he was intercepted and his hands were hand cuffed to the door of his own car, which was driven by the arresting officer. At the time of his arrest, he was with his wife Ya sainey Sanneh and his child was age six. The family were left starnded at Jiboro as he was driven to Banjul.At the offices of the National Intellegent Agency (NIA) his lap top and pass port were confisicated.

As manager his employers one Gambian Basiru Darbo and his Malian partner Abubacarr AL Turkey were in to disagreements as to who owns the radio. This went on for more than a month now and Bojang suffers as a result of that. Up to the time of going to press, it is not clear why he was arrested. Bojang is allowed bail at the tune of 1.5 million dalasi.