This is nothing but another sick and dirty ploy by this illegal government
to deflect the heat they have been under lately; nothing but the actions of
a paranoid common criminal. We are dealing with two things here. First, Yaya
and his cohorts are scared cowards that cannot stand the heat heaped at them
in the aftermath of the UDP ambush. When they realized that Gambians are no
longer willing to roll over and let them walk all over them, they panicked
and are doing what they do best. In the cover of darkness, send heavily
armed thugs to people's homes to abduct them. They do it to the least
suspecting individuals that have no desire or ability to take over the
government.
Second, am sure Yaya must not have been confident with the assurances his
party members gave him about the role they were going to play in discussions
regarding the crude oil scandal. Being the paranoid fool he is, he must have
believed that his men were going to sell him out. Consequently, he ordered
the arrest of innocent people in order to create another controversy that
will eclipse the outcome of any discussion regarding the scandal.
Well if this latter scenario was the only problem, now Yaya has his answer.
His people are not going to allow a darn thing to be done to him for the
emptying of our government coffers. They are saying loud and clear that they
do not care if he stole all the money in the vault at the Central Bank. He
can have it all. They do not care if their constituents (farmers) work all
year round and have nothing to show for it while Yaya fattens his Swiss bank
accounts with public funds. They don't care if Yaya orders the kidnapping
and murder of their colleagues in parliament. They don't care if Yaya orders
the mowing down of their neighbors' children in broad daylight. In short,
the message to Yaya from his partners in crime from the parliament is YAYA
WE DO NOT CARE ABOUT THE GAMBIA AND ITS CITIZENS. STEAL ALL THEIR MONEY.
KILL ALL THE POLITICIANS. SODOMIZE (because he cannot rape) ALL  THE WOMEN.
ARREST AND TORTURE ALL THE CHILDREN IF YOU WANT. ALL WE CARE ABOUT IS FOR
YOU TO STAY HERE AND RULE US. I hope that Yaya reads this message clearly
and know that he is off the hook on the oil scandal; his friends stood by
him and rescued him. So now that he's off, he does not need to fabricate
another coup and murder those arrested in cold-blood. Let the people go back
to their families. Yaya knows that they are innocent. When we strike him,
there will be no warning and no one will be arrested. We will take no
prisoners.
These people are innocent. The parliament let Yaya off and UDP are not
prepared to launch an unprovoked attack against the government. So if Yaya
wants to get off the hook on that one too all he needs to do is drop the
charges against Darboe and his supporters and quit harassing them during the
campaign season. Yaya does not need to add to his problems by murdering
other innocent Gambians. Again, we urge the opposition to be vigilant and
stand by each other. It is only last week that we were saying that it was
Darboe's turn and we did not know who was going to be next. Well our answer
came sooner rather than later. Is it going to be Halifa Sallah next? Amat
Bah?
Mrs. Saho is doing a tremendous job in publicizing this matter. This is the
best course to take now under the circumstances. It is important that the
Saho family establish beyond any doubt that Doumo was abducted by Pika and
Co. Strange, isn't it? The world has been turned upside down. Now victims of
crimes have to prove that they are victims. These police are despicable. We
sympathize with the families of the victims. The days of the Pikas and the
Baabaa Jobes are numbered. Every effort is being made to get rid of this
cancer in our society.
KB



>From: Ebrima Ceesay <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
><[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Massive "Arrests" and "Disappearances "in Gambia
>Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 18:34:09 GMT
>
>Gambia-L:
>
>As usual, the e-mail below has come from one of my sources in the Gambia.
>
>Ebrima ceesay
>
>__________________________________________________________________
>
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Massive "Arrests" and "Disappearances"
>>Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 16:23:29 GMT
>>
>
>Hello Ebrima,
>
>I can tell you that if we, as Gambians, do not quickly rescue our beloved
>Nation from these criminals, then the consequences would be too serious for
>all of us. Ebrima, this regime is just hell bent on destroying anything
>"good" in the Gambia.
>
>They've seized people's hard-earned properties and assets; they've detained
>people wrongly; they've sacked people arbitrarily from their jobs; they've
>killed innocent people. But all of this is not enough.  Ebrima, I can tell
>you that this Jammeh regime is still determined to slaughter more Gambians.
>In fact, they have prepared a "list" of the names of people they want to
>"eliminate" before the next Presidential election. Anyway, as soon as I lay
>hands on the "list", I'll send it to the L, through you.
>
>Actually, the reason why I am writing this e-mail is because I have seen a
>Press Release, which was intended to be issued to the Gambian Media by the
>Government, but after a second thought, Yaya Jammeh was advised that that
>Press Release should be withheld, because it didn't make any sense at all.
>So, in the end, the press release was not issued because it was full of
>lies
>which even a primary one pupil would have detected.
>
>And guess what is on the Press release? No wonder, Ebrima, former
>commissioner Kanteh fled the country, because, according to this press
>release I saw, Alagie Kanteh was going to be accused of planning a coup
>against Yaya Jammeh.
>
>So commissioner Kanteh, after all, did the right thing by fleeing to
>Dakar, Senegal, because Yaya Jammeh had already given instructions to the
>soldiers who went to arrest him to "kill him" on the way to Banjul from
>North Bank Division. Therefore, Kanteh has got every right reason to flee
>the country.
>
>Ebrima, according to this Press release being withheld, it was going to
>disclose that five people had been "arrested" or more appropriately
>kidnapped by the Yaya Jammeh thugs for their alleged involvement in a coup
>which was at its planning stages. The chief "kidnapper" of Yaya  Jammeh,
>these days, Momodou "Pika" Jallow, was instructed to kidnap Kanteh and his
>group of alleged plotters. By the way, Momodou Pika is sometimes referred
>to
>as "Mo".
>
>Ebrima, these five persons are known to be missing and all of them were to
>be accused, according to the press release withheld by the Government, of
>planning a coup with Alagie Kanteh to overthrow the government of Yaya
>Jammeh:
>
>1. Lalo Jaiteh - former ADC to the President
>2. Omar Darboe - Deputy Commander, State Guard
>3  Ebrima Yarbo - GAMTEL (Transmission/Distribution Dept.)
>4  Ebrima Barrow - civilian
>5. Ebrima Marenah - civilian
>
>Ebrima, I know you do not believe in this idea of tribalism going on in the
>Gambia, but take it from me that it is in fact the order of day since
>Jammeh
>came to power in 1994. Look at all the names of these five people arrested,
>or kidnapped, and you'll discover for yourself that they are all Mandinkas.
>Why?
>
>And in addition to these five people, of course, is Mr Momodou "Dumo" Saho
>who has also gone "missing". Anyway, Ebrima, I used my contacts in the
>various security forces in the country and I can confirm to Anika (Dumo's
>wife) that an order was indeed given to the NIA to arrest Dumo Saho.
>Momodou
>Pika Jallow, who was also one of those thugs that kidnapped Shyngle Nyassi,
>was instructed to arrest Dumo, according to my information.
>
>And the BMW license number is known to all; the driver or the man in charge
>of this operation is also known to all. He was being called "Mo". Ebrima,
>this is none other than Momodou "PIKA" Jallow. Also, according to my
>contact
>at the NIA, Dumo, for reasons only known to Yaya, was on the "list" of the
>people targeted for "elimination".
>
>And now they are thinking of cooking up a story that he (Dumo) too was
>named
>by Lt Jaiteh, Kanteh and Co as being one of their sympathisers. What
>rubbish! Ebrima, I know Dumo well, and I know that he is very sensible and
>upright person. So he will never do what he is about to be accused of by
>this brutal regime. Do you remember Baboucarr Saho, the goal keeper? Well,
>Dumo is his brother. Anyway, we are all glad to see that the L has already
>started the campaign to have Dumo released as soon as possible. His wife is
>doing everything necessary to see the release of her husband.
>
>On another issue, Buba Baldeh has (re)joined the APRC. He is now the Deputy
>National Mobilizer of the APRC. What a shame! By the way, a serious tension
>is also brewing between Yankuba and Edward, but I do not have time right
>now. Next time, I'll mention it.
>
>
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