Captain Oumar Touré, principal investigator in the Adji Sarr/Ousmane Sonko case, has just tendered his resignation from the Gendarmerie.Suspected of being on the side of the opponent Ousmane Sonko, he claims to be the subject of all-out attacks by elements of the Senegalese National Intelligence Directorate. The captain informed his hierarchy, but it was total lethargy, no serious action was taken. He continues to be closely monitored and his calls are bugged. This cabal that he considers insane pushes him to submit his resignation from the National Gendarmerie. Here is his letter of resignation published this Sunday, March 7, 2021
Dear Senegalese and Senegalese.
My name is Oumar Touré. My name is not unknown to you because it appears in the minutes of the case between Miss Adji SARR and the honourable MP Ousmane SONKO.
I am only a captain of the Gendarmerie, who is obliged to speak at the risk of my life because to the impossible, no one is required.
Since the leak of the minutes concerning this investigation I have been followed by individuals whose real motivation I do not know until I was informed that they were elements of the National Directorate of Senegalese Intelligence. On a private matter, I was rather surprised by this measure.
I entered my hierarchy by correspondence dated March 03, 2021, of my fears for my safety and that of my family.
Since then, no action has been taken and the individuals continue their forfeiture by following all my movements, going as far as wiretapping my communications by anticipating all my actions. Which is a violation of my constitutional rights. All this because I am wrongly suspected of being in the pay of an opponent whom I did not meet until the day of delivery of his first summons of which I was the bearer, thus doing my work according to the orders of my leaders.
It is true that I am bound by the right of reservation. However, when the State does not apply reciprocity by respecting its commitments to me, by endangering my life and that of my family, I am entitled to denounce and take the Senegalese to witness. I would like to inform the national and international community that anything that happens to me or to a member of my family will be the exclusive responsibility of the State of Senegal and the national gendarmerie which has done nothing to stop the violation of my rights. Who says nothing, consents then I cannot remain inert in the face of everything that may happen to me in the days to come.
I defy anyone to produce material proof of my contact with MP Ousmane SONKO except for the aforementioned reason.
There’s no reason to be watched like a common criminal as a public officer. If a gendarmerie officer can suffer such discrimination to please an individual I wonder how the Senegalese lamda will be treated. All these people who take office as a livelihood, wanting at all costs to maintain themselves even if it is necessary to plot to please the leader must take example on what happens to me today. The day you change sides or are suspected of being in the pay of an opponent you will be treated the same way.
Therefore, I am today submitting my resignation to the President of the Republic of Senegal by hierarchical means, voluntarily and absolutely renouncing the prerogatives attached to my rank.
I prefer hunger with a quiet conscience than opulence by losing my sleep and my security.
All my life I have fought injustice and now I am the object of it.
My greatest honour was to serve the homeland through the Gendarmerie, made up largely of men of integrity and worth, whom I will not forget until my last breath.
I deplore everything that is happening in our country for a simple matter. I offer my condolences to all those families who have lost their loved ones over the past few days.
Senegalese youth do not listen to the inciting speech of this irresponsible interior minister, do not listen to Idrissa SECK’s sleepy speech, which has ended up being the laughingstock of history, and do not listen to those who manipulate public opinion with words. Look instead at the legacy of Sheikh Ahmadou Bamba, El Hadj Malick SY and Baye NIASS and so many others.
Do not ask for the resignation of the President of the Republic because he was elected, let us wait for the electoral deadline not to tarnish our democracy but nevertheless, the Minister of the Interior, the Minister of Justice and the Public Prosecutor of the Republic of Dakar must resign.
I want to give my support to all those Senegalese who have lost a being or a good.I also support all those who have called for justice in this country.
I thank Commander Mbengue and all my collaborators in the Research Section.Everyone I have served with knows that I love and respect the gendarmerie but not at the cost of my dignity
I hope that peace will return to our beloved country. Thank you.
