Heads of the Police Intervention Unit (PIU) have frowned at President Yahya Jammeh’s plans to amalgamate the PIU with the Gambia National Army (GNA). They threaten to throw in their towel if the president remains adamant in implementing the senseless plan.
The amalgamation of the gendarmerie and police was believed to be the beginning of President Dawda Jawara’s troubles. Security experts say the amalgamation of the military and the PIU will easily get the job done. “Jammeh is scared of the military that is why he wants to turn the PIU into soldiers overnight and arm them,” said a security expert. “He is simply digging his graveyard.”
The PIU chiefs see the fusion plan with pinch of salt. They are concerned about the resulting backlash. For instance, they are worried about escalation of “bad blood” between the military and the PIU.
The PIU chiefs have since been brainstorming about the amalgamation, wondering what might have triggered the plan. “We have chosen to become police officers and see no reason why we should become part of the military. The planned amalgamation cannot work; it is not a viable option,” PIU chiefs complain.
Meanwhile, the amalgamation has been put on hold until what our sources call some serious issues are ironed out.
Over the years, the PIU has proven to be one of the most effective brutal machine for Yahya Jammeh. The unit is implicated in the besting of peaceful opposition protesters in April and May this year, resulting to the death of Ebrima Solo Krummah, the Vice Chairman of the UDP in Sandu Constituency.
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