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Barrow loses son to dog bite as Gambia’s S’Court fails to rule on Jammeh’s petition

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7 years ago

January 17, 2017

Embattled President-elect of the Gambia, Adama Barrow who is now exiled in Senegal, has more emotional trauma to deal with after losing his 8-year-old son Habibou who died on the way to the hospital after a dog bit him in Manjai near Banjul.

The sad news was revealed to local Gambian news portal Freedom Newspaper on Monday by the president-elects’s media team.

“Yes, Habibou Barrow passed away last night after being bitten by a dog. He was the 8 years old son of the second wife of Adama Barrow. He will be laid to rest today at 2 pm,” they quoted an unnamed member of Barrow’s team.

Meanwhile, Gambia’s Supreme Court has declined to rule on President Yahya Jammeh’s petition to overturn his election defeat.

Reports say the Supreme Court has not sat for over a year and all the judge’s seats except that of the chief justice are unoccupied.

Jammeh has hired judges from Nigeria and Sierra Leone to hear the petitions, but they have failed to arrive in The Gambia.

“It is crystal clear that the justices from Nigeria and Sierra Leone are not coming,” Chief Justice, Emmanuel Fagbenle, said.

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