| Joint services had absolutely nothing to do with the killings – Army Chief “I can tell you without any fear of contradiction, that the Joint Services had absolutely nothing to do with Lindo Creek, and I speak positively on the matter,” says Army Chief, Commodore Gary Best.To date,Argentina World Cup T-Shirts, relatives of the eight men who perished at the Arokium Lindo Creek mining Camp, Berbice River, are still to have closure for their loved ones, but remain hopeful that results of DNA tests from samples sent to Jamaica, will eventually offer some clues as to what transpired on that faithful day in 2008.The police insist that eight men were killed and burnt, mostly to cinder by the now eliminated members of the notorious Fine Man gang that wreaked terror on the land.Chief-of-Staff Gary BestHowever, in the public domain, speculations remain rife that ranks of the Joint Services have more knowledge about the unfolding at the now deserted location than they are letting up, which some believe could prove contrary to the official police’s position.On Friday, the Chairman of the Joint Services and Chief-of-Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Commodore Best, categorically stated that “the Joint Services had absolutely nothing to do with Lindo Creek or with the killing of anyone at Lindo Creek.”In his bid to lay the Lindo Creek issue to rest, in the face of continued speculations, Commodore Best bases this conclusion on “the nature of the engagement, the type of persons who were there, the history of the defence force and the pure humanness of the persons who were involved in the operation.”He said neither the Defence Force nor the Joint Services has any history “of killing people.”To his knowledge, following the incident, his ranks have not gone back to the location.On June 21, last year, the burnt remains of Bonny Harry, Dax Arokium, Cecil Arokium, Clifton Wong, Nigel Torres, Compton Speirs, Horace Drakes and Lancelot Lee were found at the Lindo Creek camp where the men were mining for diamonds.(By Mondale Smith) |
