 In April 2016 Yankuba Badjie was personally involved in giving orders for the torture of protesters and the subsequent killings of United Democratic Party's Organizing Secretary and deputy regional Chairman, Solo Sanderg and Solo Krumah.He was also responsible for the disappearances of Alhagie Ceesay and Ebou Jobe, two Gambian-Americans who went missing while on vacation in The Gambia.Following the Gambian presidential election, 2016 which toppled long-time dictator Jammeh, he was arrested in February 2017.