A
source from the Gambian Ministry of Agriculture has made revelations
over the dog that killed the son of Gambian President, Adama Barrow.
Gambian President, Adama Barrow
A dog that killed the son of Gambian President Adama Barrow has
been put down, an agriculture ministry source said, with mystery over
the circumstances sparking witchcraft rumours amid political turmoil in
the country.
8-year-old Habibou, one of Barrow’s five children, died after the
attack last month, days before his father’s contested inauguration at a
time when then-president Yahya Jammeh was refusing to step down.
Jammeh’s refusal to cede power to Barrow, who won a December
election, triggered a crisis in the small west African nation, before
the longtime leader eventually agreed to hand over the reins to his
successor and leave the country.
The timing of the boy’s death, and lack of details on the
circumstances surrounding it, has inflamed the imagination of Gambians,
giving rise to rumours of sorcery.
The dog was put down on Tuesday, the source in the veterinary unit
of the department of agriculture told AFP on Wednesday, on condition of
anonymity.
“We concluded that it was not wise to allow this dog to
continue roaming in the streets. We carried out some test and realised
that the dog is not infected with rabies,” the source said.
Barrow returned to The Gambia last week to a jubilant welcome
marking the beginning of the west African nation’s first democratic
transfer of power.
He had been living in Senegal for safety reasons since mid-January.
Jammeh went into exile in Equatorial Guinea under threat of regional military intervention.
-NAN
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