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>From: Ebrima Ceesay <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Is Obasanjo in dispute with Jammeh?
>Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 06:29:11 -0700
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>Gambia-L:
>
>The e-mail below, as usual, came from one of my
>sources in the Gambia. By the way, I have more e-mails
>from sources, but they are stocked in my
>[log in to unmask] account which I cannot again
>access the whole of this morning! I'll try it later on
>or tommorow!
>
>Ebrima Ceesay
>
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>
>Hello Ebrima:
>
>You guys on the L, are giving a hell of a time to the
>APRC regime, these days. And you have to keep it up!!
>
>Anyway, three big stories for you today. (1) There is
>currently a serious behind-the-scene diplomatic
>tension between the Gambia and Nigeria over
>allegations that the Gambia and three other unnamed
>countries in the Subregion, are actually fuelling the
>ethnic/religious tensions in Nigeria. The State House
>Imam is in the frame.
>
>Ebrima, the tension is such that the Gambia High
>Commissioner to Abuja was summoned to the Nigeria's
>Foriegn Office and told pointedly, Abuja's concerns
>over the issue.
>
>Nigerian intelligence said that the late Sani Abacha's
>cronies, including Yaya Jammeh, are still bent on
>destablising Nigeria, so that they can continue to lay
>their hands on that country's oil wealth.
>
>So, no wonder for the last two Heads of States Summits
>held in Abuja, Nigeria, Yaya Jammeh delibrately
>refused to attend, fearing, of course, that Obasanjo
>will raise the issue.
>
>Also, don't forget Jammeh was the first president to
>endorse the late Sani Abacha's demand that Nigerian
>dissidents, opposed to his (Sani) rule outside
>Nigeria, should be arrested whenever they visited any
>of the countries in West Africa.
>
>So, given the fact President Obsanjo was one of those
>people who were critical of Abacha at the time, Jammeh
>is therefore having a problem in facing him.
>
>(2) The President (Jammeh) has cancelled his planned
>trip to Senegal and Mauritania today Friday, following
>reports in Senegal that President Wade was not ready
>to receive him but instead a very Junior Minister was
>assigned to meet him (Jammeh) to discuss that
>country's border crisis with Mauritania.
>
>Yaya Jammeh, knowing the type he is, a laughable
>maron, wants to mediate in this crisis, but Abdoulaye
>Wade is treating him like a toddler.
>
>(3) For your information, it is not only Tamsir Jallow
>and Sulayman Massaneh Ceesay who are unhappy in the
>Jammeh camp, but even Edward Singhateh and a few
>others are also unhappy.
>
>I will send all their names later. Edward's problem
>with Yaya Jammeh is that he ( Edward) is very much
>opposed to the idea of the revival of the July 22
>movement and turning them into an APRC's youth action
>group.
>
>He, Edward, believes that this will do no good to the
>Gambia's alreadly bad image. He is also opposed to the
>apparent hijacking of the regime by Baba Jobe and a
>few
>businessmen in the country.
>
>Now, Yaya Jammeh, because of the type of man he is,
>saw this act by Edward as a betrayal and for four
>months now, Edward Singhateh has not been receiving
>his usual or full salary.
>
>Instead, two-third of his salary is directly being
>paid to Yaya Jammeh to settle a loan that Edward was
>said to have taken from him during the transition
>period.
>
>The story is that there was a kick-back given to
>Edward following the recognition of Taiwan by Gambia
>as a State. All Council members in then AFPRC were
>supposed to be given some kick backs, in addition to
>the US$35 million dollars given to them.
>
>But the whole sum Edward got from Taiwan was never
>revealed to Yaya Jammeh and, upon realising this
>subsequently, he, Jammeh, urged Singhateh to pay the
>balance to him personally (Jammeh) in the form of a
>loan.
>
>And Edward started to pay Jammeh, but when Edward
>could not qualify for the vice president post because
>of his age at the time, Yaya Jammeh symphathised him
>and told him to "forget the repayment of the loan
>thing".
>
>Now, Edward has since been asked once again by Jammeh
>to pay him back, and Edward is paying him because Yaya
>Jammeh sees him (Edu) as a betrayer. So something is
>brewing between these two men, and this is why you
>guys on Gambia-L should continue the pressures.
>
>By the way, I was very angry with you the last time,
>in your argument with Edi Sidibeh, because you nearly
>revealed your sources.
>
>Don't mind these jesters! They are only trying to
>deviate the real issue. Anyway, I have now forgiven
>you because you have upgraded (laugh).
>
>Thanks!
>
>
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