Cow wee no get tail, Na God go dreb am fly!! Cheers!!! >From: Madiba Saidy <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Strasser ping pong between Britain and The Gambia? > (Independent) >Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 14:26:02 -0800 > >To which I say... Hehehehehehehehehehehe! A new tenant at Pademba Road? > >Madiba. > >On Fri, 10 Nov 2000, Yusupha Jow wrote: > > > November 10, 2000 > > Banjul > > Captain Valentine Strasser a former military head of state in Sierra >Leone > > was returned to The Gambia on Tuesday, barely four days after he was >deported > > from this country to the United Kingdom where he had been residing since >his > > removal from power in 1995. > > Captain Strasser was made head of the National Provisional Ruling >Council > > (NPRC) when the Sierra Leone army overthrew the government of President > > Joseph Saidu Momoh in April 1992. > > However in 1995 he was also deposed in a palace coup and replaced by > > Brigadier Maada Bio who saw to the transition from military to civilian >rule > > in 1996. > > Since then, Strasser had fled to Guinea where he lived for a while >before > > surreptitiously reaching the United Kingdom where he became a student in >a > > college in Warwick. He arrived in The Gambia on October 27, apparently > > without the knowledge of the Gambian authorities. Strasser had told his > > compatriots living her that he had come to The Gambia to escape Sierra > > Leoneans in the UK who wanted to kill him. However four days after his > > arrival in The Gambia, he was arrested and deported by the Gambian > > authorities. The British authorities however refused him entry to the UK >and > > early this week they flew him back to The Gambia. > > When contacted a senior official at the British High Commissioner in >Banjul > > confirmed Strasser's refused entry to Britain because he said he >(Strasser) > > did not get the proper document to enter that country. He added that >they > > were taking him back to Freetown > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >You may also send subscription requests to >[log in to unmask] >if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your >full name and e-mail address. >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------