The Point Newspaper
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Over 50 compounds were on Thursday demolished at Farato Bafuloto village in Kombo South.
The demolition exercise, ordered by Sheriff Division of the High Court, came following a court ruling in favour of Manor Real Housing Estate, who is said to be the rightful owners of the demolished area.
The exercise was conducted, amid high security presence by personnel of the Police Intervention Unit (PIU).
According to an official from the Sheriff Division of the High Court, who came along with the case files, the demolished compounds were illegally sold to the affected people by the ward head of Bafuloto Madina Nema Suu.
Our reporter also saw both the approved letter for demolition and the writ document from the Sheriff Division.
However, in our attempt to get the version of the Alkalo of Bafuloto village proves futile.
One Ousman Jallow, a native of Bafuloto village and a clerk to the Alkalo, disclosed that the said demolished compounds belong to one Mr. Bittaye in Banjul, who was using the site as garden before selling it to the said Housing Real Estate in the late 1980s.
Also speaking to The Point, Omar Ndow, one of those affected, said he was sitting in his compound when he saw a group of people including the PIU officers asking him to vacate his compound so as to carry out the demolition exercise.
“I was sitting with my sister when we saw a group of people coming towards us and later asked us to vacate all our belongings so they can carry on their demolition exercise. But any time we ask them the reason for the demolition exercise, no one answer us. And no notice for demolition was given to us. All what I have worked for is invested into this house, so losing it in a single day will just create another setback for me and my family. We have nothing to do right now but only to rely on God,” he said.
Author: Yusupha Jobe
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