Saul, thank you for your vivid depiction of these vermin. Reading your piece
made my blood boil. One thing I can never stand is ungratefulness /
disloyalty. They all belong before a firing squad facing the barrel of the
gun. You are darn right about not giving ground to bullies. The only reason
I gave Darboe that option was because I know how reluctant that man was to
get involved in politics and how easy it is for these animals to murder
Darboe and get away with it. Believe me brother, like you, if I were in
Gambia, I will not give Darboe that option because I will be side by side
with him marching to Kanilai to get rid of that monster. If I were convinced
that his people would be 100% behind him, I will never ask him to go
underground. I counseled him that in the same spirit Nelson Mandela and
Oliver Thambo went underground. Not as an act of cowardice, but a tactical
move in the face of a loose canon like Yaya. That is why I also called upon
his people to take the goats (not even bulls) by the horns. From the reports
am seeing, although Darboe supporters are trying very hard to secure his
release, they do not seem prepared to go the extra mile and demand that
these bogus charges be dropped and Darboe and all his supporters be released
forthwith, without conditions attached. Apart from Darboe supporters, you
have other opposition members even questioning the justification of the
execution of that Njie reptile. News of Darboe's impending release are
welcomed. But his supporter should not rest on their laurels. They should
attack the high court if Pap Cheyassin Secka attempts to file murder charges
against Darboe and his supporters. Thank God I did not know these Jobes.
Despicable characters. I hope people will learn from your piece that we are
dealing with cowards of the highest order. I can volunteer any day to
vapourize these people. The days of the Jobe brothers are numbered. When we
catch up with them, they will wish they never heard of the name Yaya before.
In conclusion, I join you in again calling upon the UDP people to stand up
for their leader.
KB
>From: saul khan <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: OUSAINOU DARBOE ---- THE LATEST VICTIM OF A NIHILIST
> GOVERNMENT?
>Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 18:46:03 GMT
>
>Dampha,
>
>I agree with you except for the "go underground bit." Under no
>circumstances
>should Darbo go underground! I'm still pissed at him for running to the
>Senegalese embassy back in '96. For the life of me, I cannot farthom why
>any
>true leader would do that. Darbo should stand his ground, and dare these
>suckers to touch him. If they want an all-out war, let's have it. This
>savagery has to stop! These people are out of control because any time they
>use thuggery, Darbo and co play nice. That needs to stop! This may sound
>selfish 'cause I'm far away from the scene, and advocating tit-for-tat, but
>god knows I'll do exactly what I'm preaching if I ever become a Darbo/Amat
>Bah, etc. One's manhood has to count for something! Sorry to say this, but
>I
>have very little respect for/patience with "leaders" who balk when the
>going
>gets tough. Darbo SHOULD NOT LEAVE Basse Polica Station without ALL his
>people. If they want to let him go, and hold unto others, he should simply
>decline their offer. Nelson Mandela had done it! And regarding pleading, he
>needs to look at any magistrate/Police cmdr in the eye, and tell him to go
>to hell. It is universally understood and accepted that a person has a
>right
>to self defence! These people were attacked for merely exercising their
>god-given right. If anyone is to be prosecuted here, it should be the thugs
>who accosted them. So, some punk ass died in the process of them defending
>themselves, too bad. If these govt-sanctioned thugs had not tried to kill
>innocent people, none of this will happen. BTW, I hope the s.o.b. rots in
>hell. This Alieu Njie character deserves what he got. A punk ass is a punk
>ass - dead or alive! And coming to the role of Baba Jobe and his "brother,"
>let me tell you a little story about them.
>
>You see Baba Jobe and Modou Soma (not Sama) Jobe are from the same cloth as
>Fatumata Jahumpa. Both Jobes owe everything they have to the PPP
>establishment. But, contrary to popular notion, the two are not that
>closely
>related. They're cousins. Baba Jobe's father, the late Alh. Kajali Jobe was
>the PPP area chairman in West Jarra. That man worshipped Alh. Yaya Ceesay,
>the local MP. In return, he was awarded public contracts by the PWD in
>Mansakonko from the 60s until his death in the late 70s. He also went to
>Mecca thanks to that same patronage. Remember the first public buses that
>came to Gambia = GLAPTC. Well, that cosy relationship between Jawara and
>Ghaddafi generated scholarships for the Gambia. Around '76, Libya offered
>the Gambia some scholarships. The PPP elite dished it out to the children
>of
>their cronies. In West Jarra, Yaya Ceesay gave the two he had to the sons
>of
>some of his most loyal supporters. Guess who got one of them? Yes, Baba
>Jobe, son of Kajali Jobe! Baba, never a bright person, was attending
>Pakalinding Sec School in Mansakonko at the time. He never finished. But,
>off to Libya, he went. (The other scholarship went to Seedy Fofana, a
>Sankwia boy. I understand seedy is also back, but unlike Baba, that guy
>actually went to Al-Fatah university to study. You just need to look at
>Baba, to figure what it is this guy was studying in Libya.) Fast forward to
>'90. Baba came home full of revolutionary -Jamahiriyya- ideas. I actually
>met him then. And anyone who knows this guy will tell you, he's a loose
>canon. He went off on Yaya Ceesay -his benefactor- in the latter's office.
>The man kicked him out. Broke, and getting increasingly frustrated, he got
>involved in a coup plot (the one foiled in late '90/early '91.) He was
>arrested and locked up at Mile 2. So, what you're witnessing is
>mis-directed
>anger. First, he lashed out at the hand that fed him (the PPP), then at any
>Gambian who dares stand up to the APRC. And his older brother Sidy Saine
>benefitted the most from PPP patronage: Armitage School, Agric/hydromet,
>studies in East Africa, then Ghana, etc. (See Yaya Ceesay's hand again?)
>For
>reasons, I don't want to go into, I'll ignore the rest of that Jobe family.
>But, no family in the whole of West Jarra benefitted more from the PPP.
>Just
>ask around!
>
>As for Modou Soma Jobe, what can I say? (His dad's name is Kemo Jobe for
>those who care. I won't go into how the old man made his living. Quite
>honorable, but not the easiest livelihood even by Gambian standards.) But,
>Soma Jobe has always been an idiotic boffoon all his life. Ingratitude and
>hypocrisy runs in his veins. Soma Jobe (so-called because though a native
>of
>Karantaba, he was raised in Jarra Soma,) who cannot write or read a simple
>sentence did for the PPP exactly what he's now doing for the APRC. After
>"attending" secondary school in Mansakonko, Yaya Ceesay, then Minister of
>Agric took him under his wings. Soma Jobe was actually part of the failed
>Rural Dev Project that was HQ'ed in Mansakonko in the mid-70s. The project
>field workers were given a Honda70 motor bike. It was no secret to anybody
>in the area at the time what Soma Jobe's real role was. That man was
>responsible for the firing of many NCP/UP supporters in that whole region.
>Just ask around. After the failure of that project, Yaya Ceesay absorbed
>him
>back into mainstream Agric Dept, and sent him to Basse. In '84, and again
>thru' Yaya Ceesay's connections, he was one of (7?) workers who were sent
>to
>the US to observe farming techniques for three months. If he has any
>education at all, that was it. Now just imagine what these people are
>saying
>about, and doing to the PPP and UDP people. And there is one more thing
>about Soma Jobe. He married a blood relative of mine, the details of which
>marriage I'll spare you because it still boils my blood though it's been
>over twenty years after the fact. If anybody belongs in jail, it's this
>ungrateful idiot!
>
>But, not to digress, his (Soma Jobe's) first wife (the relative of mine,)
>has a single brother. This guy (and here's the twist) joined the Gendarmes
>the same day as Yaya Jammeh. In fact, they were room mates during their
>training. And yet again, they were all part of Jawara's security detail up
>to the coup period. As corny as this may sound, this cousin called me many
>times on a cell phone in the first week after the coup. Twice, he told me
>he
>was calling from the "Chairman's Office." I could distinctly hear a voice
>in
>the background that I today won't mistake in my dreams. However, because of
>Yaya Jammeh's paranoia, this guy, whom he sent off to the Farafenni camp
>weeks after the coup, was picked up and jailed for two years - without
>being
>charged anything -after the "attempted coup" of Nov. '94. Reason? "He was
>too friendly with Lt. Baisru Barrow, and they're all Jaranka people!" To
>this day, the guy is under constant surveillance, and gets harrassed all
>the
>time by the NIA people. Meanwhile, Soma Jobe who destroyed this gentleman's
>only sister's life, continues to ruin careers, supervise the harrassment,
>and intimidation of APRC opponents just like he did for the PPP. Some
>people's ingratitude and hypocrisy is ineffable! Due to the respect I have
>for Soma Jobe's younger brother, who is a decent person, I'll spare you all
>the dirt on him, but there's so much there that will pop your eyes out.
>But,
>some day, it will all come out.
>
>But, here is the 411 on these Jobe brothers: Baba was ruthless even as a
>boy, but when you stand your ground, he'll back off. I've witnessed someone
>do that to him. So, UDP people should call his bluff anytime he tries to
>intimidate them. If they balk, he'll continue to have a field day at their
>expense! As for Soma Jobe, he HAS NEVER beaten a man in his entire life.
>There simply couldn't be a bigger coward. Frail, and eternally sickly
>looking, this loud-mouthed, empty-headed, mosquito-legged blood sucker will
>run 990 when cornered. Take it from one who's seen it! This is a small
>scoop
>on these chief thugs of Yaya Jammeh. At heart, they're all cowards. They
>only prey on defenceless people. Pick up a knife, and they'll throw away
>their AK-47!
>
>So, like Dampha, I'm exhorting all UDP supporters to be prepared to drive
>to
>Basse and demand the unconditional release of ALL their people. There won't
>be another April 10/11th. If this criminal govt can arrest eighty people
>for
>being part of an entourage that WAS FORCED to defend itself against
>savages,
>why can't they arrest every member of the Paramilitary Intervention Unit
>that shot at, and killed fourteen kids? Enough of this bull shit, enough of
>the cowering, enough of the foot-dragging, enough of the "wait for the
>outcome of the investigation," enough of the "we don't want to destroy this
>country!" This APRC regime is banking on that type of mentality to continue
>to wreak havoc on decent law-abiding citizens. What type of nation is it
>that people get killed for just saying "we think this country could do
>better." Some of us are spending too much money on medication to calm
>ourselves down. This nonsense has got to stop!
>
>Saul.
>
>>Anybody that remotely knows Ousainou Darboe will respond to this question
>
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