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The unedited e-mail below came from a highly-placed source in the heart of
The Gambia Government. I have to add that in all these years that I have
known him/her, this particular source of mine has never got it wrong when it
comes to Gambia Government matters. Therefore, if Tombong Saidy comes to the
L and denies my source's e-mail, just LAUGH and move on! This particular
source of mine is an unsual authority on Government matters.

Ebrima Ceesay

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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: TOMBONG SAIDY - I FEEL YOUR PAIN
>Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001
>
>Coach,
>
>Unless something happens out of the ordinary, I will refrain from reporting
>on Tombong, effective from this posting because of what I have known about
>the problems he now faces. Looking closely at him, you'll be able to see
>that he is going through a lot. An old American comedian used to have as a
>punch line which says..."the devil made me do it."  This punch line might
>as well be Tombong's.
>
>He is getting it not only from Yahya Jammeh but from every section of
>Gambian society.  His old comrades-in-arms feel betrayed by a guy they
>never expected would sleep with the enemy. The student activists of
>yesteryear at GHS, Saints and Muslim High School who used to hold him in
>high regard and emulated him are now dazed at the vehemence he defends the
>APRC.
>
>His latest problem with Yaya Jammeh cannot easily be papered over. The
>problem culminated in the interview with West Africa's Adama Gaye. Tombong
>Saidy arranged it and apparently agreed on a fee for the "advertisement",
>but when it came for payment, Yahya thought that his interview was a
>newsworthy item and therfore required no fee. However  Adama and Tombong
>had a different idea. So Yaya blew up on Tombong and insults were hauled at
>Tombong Saidy who had ended up by telling Yahya Jammeh that he (Yahya
>Jammeh) was being very "rude". Of course, Tombong had had it by this time,
>after being fired twice before with insults. Yahya will never forgive
>Tombong Saidy for calling him a rude President. Although Isatou Njie-Saidy
>had saved his job, it is only temporary. Yahya Jammeh will fire Tombong
>Saidy, I tell you today.
>
>What has Tombong to show for all his troubles with his friends, his former
>comrades, his mentors, some of whom are on the List? Nothing except a cell
>phone shop which Bakary Njie considers to be conflict of interest. Strange
>isn't it? Conflict of interest is not in the APRC dictionary.  They are all
>engaged in dubious businesses and deals that make a cell phone shop looks
>like a spare change that you throw at a panhandler in a London subway.  To
>add to his problems, they are digging dirt on Tombong, including the
>now-famous pajero raffle, the drawing of which is delayed because the cost
>has yet to be covered by the ticket sales. How he got the Pajero from Tarik
>is still not clear. They will fabricate stories to MAKE it stick like a
>juicy-fruit chewing gum. Morr Fadam and Mike Tyson wrestling match is also
>being dug up with more dirt to fill the venue of the match.
>If Tombing reacts to this story, he is doing so out of sheer shame and to
>pretend as if nothing has happened.  He may be still Director of GRTS, but
>he is also in possession of his latest termination letter which Yahya will
>only change the date and have it re-issued at a moment's notice.
>
>Coach, I mean it! Nothing on Tombong again from me. I am going to spend the
>rest of the campaign period keeping a close eye on Gabriel Roberts to make
>sure that he plays fair with the Gambian people for his sake, the sake of
>his family and for the redemption of the good name of this respected
>Roberts family in The Gambia. Cheers!!
>


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