President Adama Barrow has arrived in Sierra Leone to attend the 60th Independence Anniversary ceremony of the country.
The president arrived at the Lungi International Airport Monday afternoon, according to the country’s ministry of information.
Crime: 18 people are arrested by police, dangerous knives seized
Police have arrested 18 people amid their new clampdown on crime in the country.
Police over the weekend said their Anti-Crime Unit during patrols “arrested 18 suspects and recovered dangerous knives”.
“Similarly, Patrol Teams of West Coast Region arrested 9 suspects with quantities of suspected drugs,” police said in a statement.
Malang Jarju: Police explain how missing 13-year-old boy died
Police said today the 13-year-old boy who went missing in Gunjur drowned in a pond near Berending.
Police in a statement, said: “The Inspector General’s Office hereby informs the public that it has received a report of the missing of Malang Jarju, a 13 year old boy on the 23rd April 2021 at Gunjur Police Station.
“An investigation was opened into the matter of the missing child and search conducted in collaboration with parents.
“On Sunday 25th April 2021, it was discovered that the boy had drowned and the body was recovered from a pond around Berending village.
“The Police are working with family members for necessary actions in handling the situation.
“Community members, parents and care givers around the quarry where this pond is situated are urged to be vigilant and employ due care by not allowing children to go swimming at the pond.
“The cooperation and understanding of the public particularly residents of the area around the pond, is highly solicited.”
December election: Barrow will win 80% of votes in Baddibu, MP says
Lower Baddibu MP Alhagie Jawara has said President Adama Barrow’s chances in Baddibu are great as his triumph there in the December poll could go up to 80%.
Jawara stated this during an exclusive interview with The Fatu Network.
Baddibu is typical a UDP stronghold but Jawara said the table has now flipped.
“The only places NPP may not do well is Salikenni and Njaba Kunda but the president will score at least 80%,” Jawara said, adding “those saying President Barrow is not popular in Baddibu do not know Baddibu”.
Gambians will go to the polls this December to choose a new president, the first presidential election since the overturning of former President Yahya Jammeh’s dictatorship.
President Barrow will seek re-election in the election.
Frank Judd dies: Nick Maurice pays tribute to vital supporter of Marlborough Brandt Group
By Nick Maurice
The death of Frank Judd leaves the world a considerably poorer place given his extraordinary, committed and passionate career both in the international development charity sector as onetime Director of International Voluntary Service (IVS), Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) and Oxfam and in the world of politics as Labour MP for Portsmouth West, Parliamentary Private Secretary to Harold Wilson, and Secretary of State for the Navy, for International Development and Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in the Callaghan Government.
It is no exaggeration to say that Frank had the greatest influence on and provided more support for my life, particularly in the field of international development, than any other of my many friends and colleagues.
I first met Frank in 1982 soon after a group of us in my community of Marlborough in Wiltshire, in response to the publication of the Brandt report (North South – A Programme for Survival), had created the Marlborough Brandt Group one of whose aims was to bring the issue of the importance of international development to the wider public. We invited Frank, at that time Director of VSO, to speak on the subject to a large audience in Marlborough Town Hall.
I remember, prior to his captivating lecture, discussing with Frank an idea that we were developing, to form a partnership for mutual learning between our community and a community in the developing world. His passionate response was “Go for it!” This became the catalyst for the close relationship that subsequently developed between Frank and Chris and Kate, my wife and myself.
That relationship was reinforced by my time as a trustee of Oxfam while Frank was the Director from 1985 -1991.
Frank became a vital supporter and Patron of the partnership between Marlborough and the predominantly Muslim community of Gunjur in The Gambia and in 1993 came with a small group of us to Gunjur, living with a family in that community without access to electricity, piped water or proper sanitation, having to squat over a hole in the ground and wash from a bucket of water carried by women in the compound from a nearby well. In writing about the experience, and this I believe demonstrates Frank’s commitment to international peace, prosperity and justice, he wrote :-
“I was moved and invigorated by the week in Gunjur. Twinning of this sort, if it can avoid bureaucratisation and retain its spirit of spontaneity and directness, has an immense contribution to make in both the South and the UK and to building the real sense of international community so urgently needed if the threatening clouds of nationalism, exclusivity, ethnic cleansing and the rest are to be rapidly dispersed”.
At a meeting he arranged for us in 1995 with Joan Lestor, Shadow Minister for Overseas Development Frank spoke saying “In every dimension of life, the inescapability of interdependence is more obvious than ever. Yet paradoxically, too often our formal politics becomes more parochial than ever, totally failing to accept the challenge. The linking movement is significant evidence that people are leaving their political leaders behind – they are getting on with the exciting task of building a global community. It’s a trend that deserves all possible support”.
Frank continued to provide vital support through, in 2001, the setting up, and participating in regular meetings of the All Party Parliamentary Group “Connecting Communities” giving us access to key politicians. For example, Charles Clarke then Secretary of State for Education who became committed to the development of partnerships between schools in UK and in Africa and Asia in particular and Clare Short Secretary of State for International Development who put considerably funding into the development of these partnerships.
In 2007 Frank chaired a vital meeting at Marlborough House, the Headquarters of the Commonwealth with Nobel Peace Prize laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu at which the Archbishop launched a recently published Toolkit for Linking communities.
But while all this amazing international work was being undertaken, Kate and my close relationship with Chris and Frank was developing and included regular holidays in the Dordogne, France and latterly in Anghiari, Italy while Chris and I were members of the Parliamentary Choir and performing in that lovely medieval, hilltop town in Tuscany.
We have meanwhile paid frequent visits to our homes in Thackthwaite and in Marlborough. Visits to Thackthwaite included glorious walks in the hills of the Lake District which sadly became fewer and shorter as Frank became increasingly disabled. But he retained his great sense of humour and was a constant source of fun. And there was always the lovely garden, with its red squirrels, in which to relax and share a cup of tea or glass of wine or sit in the glorious field alongside the garden with its mixed plant and wildlife and views over the hills.
Frank was a committed Christian of Scottish Presbyterian background and an annual event in our calendar was to attend a performance of Bach’s St Matthew Passion at the Royal Festival Hall given by the London Bach Choir conducted by the late Sir David Willcocks and more recently by David Hill a recording of which accompanied him as he lay dying in hospital.
It has always been clear to us that the role Chris played in Frank’s political and social life was absolutely central and that without her support, which he would be the first to accept and pay tribute to, his achievements would have been drastically diminished.
In paying tribute to Frank for his charisma, his passion for social and international justice and the huge contribution he has made to making the world a safer, more peaceful and just place for us all, let us also remember at this sad time Liz and Pippa and their families and in particular Chris for the care and love she has demonstrated throughout the sixty years of their marriage and, more recently, coping with his increasing disabilities.
We understand the grief and huge sense of loss that the family must now feel following Frank’s death, and which we all share.
Sankareh announces programme to reverse low salary problem of nation’s civil servants to be completed soon
The Gambia government is engaged in efforts to improve the salary and allowances of civil servants, government spokesperson Ebrima Sankareh said in a statement today.
Sankareh said the government is determined to revise the pay–scale of the service across the board amid the impact of low salaries and allowances of civil servants especially under the Covid-19 pandemic.
He said: “Currently, the Personnel Management Office (PMO) is comprehensively reviewing the allowance structure for civil servants including nurses and paramedics. The Vice President assisted by the Secretary General has studied the draft of the proposed adjustments of allowances that are being fine-tuned by PMO prior to submission to the Cabinet.
“Simultaneously, PMO has been developing an augmented Civil Service pay and grading structure with consultants from Public Administration International (PAI) in the UK.
“Regrettably, the COVID-19 pandemic has also affected this important exercise. However, notwithstanding the pandemic-related lull, PMO is now at the final stage of costing the pay options developed by the UK consultants. Upon completion, these new options will be presented to Cabinet for Executive consideration and then submission to the National Assembly for the legislative action.
“President Barrow’s Government is aware of the domestic and international socio-economics dynamics affecting the standards of living of many people and is diligently working towards ensuring that Gambian civil servants and their families enjoy maximum quality work-life balance with ideal living incomes.”
Chad junta hunts rebel leader in Niger
By AFP
Chad’s new ruling junta on Sunday vowed to root out a rebel leader accused of “war crimes”, seeking help from neighbouring Niger to track him down along with his fighters.
The army has “located the enemy spread out in small groups, now regrouping in Niger territory,” said junta spokesman Azem Bermandoa Agouna.
He accused the Libya-based Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT) of killing several dozen Chadian soldiers and said the rebels’ leader Mahamat Mahadi Ali was “sought for war crimes by Tripoli’s prosecutor general”, adding that his assets had been frozen for “financing terrorism”.
According to the army, several columns of heavily armed vehicles rolled in from Libya on April 11 — election day in Chad — attacking a customs post at the border in the province of Tibesti, some 1,000 kilometres (600 miles) from the capital N’Djamena.
Agouna appealed to Niamey “to facilitate the capture and bringing to justice of these war criminals.”
FACT, which has a non-aggression pact with Khalifa Haftar, the military strongman of eastern Libya, emerged in April 2016.
On Saturday the rebels said they were prepared to observe a ceasefire, but Agouna said the two sides were at war.
Northern Chad is a restive region and a breeding ground for rebel groups opposed to the N’Djamena authorities.
Abandoned to illegal gold miners and gangs of traffickers, it is sparsely populated and difficult to control.
Numerous Chadian rebel groups have for decades launched incursions from rear bases in Libya.
Deby, who himself came to power in 1990 at the head of a rebel force, had gone to the region to lead the fighting.
The military council took power last week following his shock death, pledging to hold elections in 18 months.
Deby’s son Mahamat Idriss Deby, a 37-year-old four-star general commanding the elite Republican Guard, was named president and head of a military council.
The move was branded an “institutional coup” by the opposition, and FACT immediately vowed to pursue its offensive and to march on the capital.
Chad was thrown into turmoil by Deby’s death, which was announced on Tuesday, just the day after he was declared the winner of an April 11 election — giving him a sixth mandate after 30 years at the helm.
His death has stunned the Sahel, where jihadist unrest has claimed thousands of lives and forced hundreds of thousands from their homes.
Deby was a linchpin in the fight against the insurgency, and Macron pledged at the ceremony: “France will never let anyone, either today or tomorrow, challenge Chad’s stability and integrity.”
Deby was repeatedly returned to office in elections condemned by opponents as fraudulent.
Marie Mendy laid to rest as education ministry dispatches delegation
Marie Mendy, the 21-year-old girl who died under disturbing circumstances in Busumbala was laid to rest on Saturday.
Busumbala was rocked earlier this month when a man and Marie Mendy’s bodies were retrieved from a home with police saying their initial investigations pointed to a case of murder-suicide. Other theories have however continued to swirl.
The duo was buried on Saturday in Busumbala where the education ministry sent a delegation.
A statement by the education ministry said: “Adieu to our Dearest Marie Mendy! Officials of the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education led by the Permanent Secretary, Mr. Louis Moses Mendy, joined Mourners at Busumbala to pay their last respects to Marie Mendy. May her soul rest in perfect peace!”
Brufut dead body: Police issue statement
Police have issued a statement over reports a man’s dead body was recovered from a bag between Brufut and Madiana.
Police said on Sunday: “The office of the Inspector General of Police hereby informs the public that it has received reports of a case of suspected murder/death under unknown circumstances today Sunday 25th April 2021.
“Preliminary investigations revealed that, the body found is a male person in his youthful age. The body was found covered in bags and legs tied with a rope at the Bird Watching Forest located between Brufut and Madiana villages in the Kombo North of West Coast Region.
“Police Investigators are working on constructing the crime scene and gathering evidence to ascertain the circumstances of the incident.
“The body has been moved to the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital in Banjul for further examinations.
“The general public particularly people living within Brufut and Madiana villages, who may have information that may be useful to the investigation are encouraged to come forward to assist in the investigation.
“Equally, members of the public are advised to desist from spreading false rumors or unverified information that could be detrimental to the investigation.
“The cooperation and understanding of the public is highly solicited.”
Gunjur: Missing 13-year-old found dead
A 13-year-old boy who went missing in Gunjur has been found dead, sources have told The Fatu Network.
Malang Jarju had gone missing as his family scrambled for his whereabouts.
But on Sunday, the boy’s father Buba lodged a complaint with police that he has found his son but dead.
A source said the body of the boy was retrieved at a stone mining site between Gunjur and Berending by police and medical officials.
Chad rebels ‘prepared to observe ceasefire’, chief tells AFP
Rebels in Chad who launched a major incursion into the north of the country two weeks ago and have been accused by the Chadian army of killing veteran ruler Idriss Deby Itno, are “prepared to observe a ceasefire”, their chief told AFP on Saturday.
“We have affirmed our availability to observe a truce, a ceasefire… but this morning we were bombarded again”, Mahamat Mahadi Ali, head of the Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT) said when contacted by AFP from Libreville in Gabon.
But Mahadi Ali warned that the ceasefire had to be observed by both sides.
“We cannot respect the truce unilaterally. A truce must be made on both sides. We will not fold our arms and let ourselves be massacred,” he said.
In response, a spokesman for the military council headed by Idriss Deby’s son and successor, Mahamat Idriss Deby, said: “They are rebels, which is why we are bombing them. We are waging war, that’s all.”
On Friday, Chad staged a state funeral for Idriss Deby Itno, a linchpin in the fight against the Sahel’s jihadist insurgency, and France and regional allies voiced backing for Mahamat Idriss Deby.
French President Emmanuel Macron, in his tribute to the fallen president, said: “You lived as a soldier, you died as a soldier, weapons in your hands”.
“France will never let anyone, either today or tomorrow, challenge Chad’s stability and integrity,” Macron pledged.
But Macron also called on the newly-appointed military government to foster “stability, inclusion, dialogue, democratic transition”.
Indonesia finds missing submarine, all 53 crew members dead
The wreckage of the missing Indonesian submarine was located on the sea floor off Bali Island on Sunday with all 53 crew members aboard dead, top military officers said.
The Nanggala-402 submarine was broken into three parts at the depth of 838 meters under the sea, Indonesian Navy Chief of Staff Yudo Margono said.
“There, the KRI Nanggala-402 submarine was found in three big parts,” he told a joint press conference, saying the next step is to lift the wreckage of the vessel with the help of foreign navies.
Indonesian Military Chief Hadi Tjahjanto confirmed that all the 53 crew members aboard the submarine were dead after some other components of the vessel were found.
“Based on the authentic evidence, it can be stated that all the crews of the KRI Nanggala-402 submarine have been dead. For that, I express a deep condolence,” he said. (XINHUA)
Gambian reportedly killed along with rebels at rebel base in Casamance
A native of Pirang Abdoulie Njie was killed at a rebel base in Casamance, people familiar with the unfortunate matter have said.
Njie who goes by his street name ‘Powerful’ died a few days ago after the reported raid by Senegalese soldiers of a rebel base in Casamance.
Lamin Dibba the councilor of Pirang ward told The Fatu Network he is neighbours with the ill-fated man.
“It’s something true. I just left his house where a vehicle containing people from Casamance has just arrived to commiserate with his family. These are the people who host him [there in Casamance],” Dibba said.
Njie was reportedly half-buried along with the rebels he died with, a friend said.
Another big Gunjur citizen passes: Gunjur alkalo Ba Giki Darboe dies 12 days after top imam’s passing
Ba Giki Darboe the alkalo of Gunjur died on Saturday, The Fatu Network has learnt.
The respected community leader is said to have died in Dakar.
His passing comes 12 days of the death of the chief imam of Gunjur Fakawsu Touray.
Ahmad Gitteh said Darboe is “an amazing and super generous dad”.
“#Bajiki_Darboe was a God fearing, very hardworking and successful businessman who extended very generous hands to the needy across Gambia,” he wrote Saturday.
Passengers evacuated to safety amid claims of bomb in Air Senegal plane
The International Nelson Mandela airport of Praia was closed on Friday by Cape Verdean authorities upon receiving reports of a bomb aboard an Air Senegal plane.
The plane reportedly landed at the Cape Verdean capital at around 9 a.m Friday.
According to Leral.net, a man was helping police in their investigations who reportedly told police of a bomb in the plane.
Passengers and staff in the departure lounge have been transferred to a secure space, according to the Senegalese outlet.
Gambia was not independent on 18 February 1965
By Madi Jobarteh
April 24. 1970.
On this day, Queen Elizabeth of the UK ceased being the sovereign power of The Gambia. Rather, on this day the Gambian People became the one and only source of the Sovereignty of The Gambia. This means it is our people who became the source of power, authority and legitimacy of the Government, which performs its functions in the name of the people and for their welfare.
Until 1970, the power and legitimacy of the Gambia Government were vested in the Governor General who was singlehandedly appointed by a foreign imperial monarch in London. Gambians were nothing but subjects of that foreign Queen! From 1966 to 1970, the Queen’s Governor General in Bathurst was Sir Farimang Singhateh. The Prime Minister of The Gambia was answerable to the Governor General on behalf of the Queen. The Prime Minister Dawda Jawara together with the people of The Gambia, combined, cannot take any decision if it was not approved or allowed by the Queen.
When The Gambia became ‘independent’ on 18 February 1965, Jawara himself came to realise immediately that after all, he and his government had no power. Rather he came to realize that actual power resided in the Queen in London. It was because of that rude awakening that he realized the urgent need to transform The Gambia into a Republic hence attain independence in the true sense of the word.
This means that The Gambia was not independent on 18 February 1965. The 1965 Constitution, as the supreme land did stipulate absolutely clearly that the Gambian was only a dominion under the British Empire. This was why his government sought a referendum on two occasions (in Sept. 1965 and April 1970) just to attain republican status for the country, i.e. to become truly Independent. On 24 April 1970, this objective was achieved hence Independence Day, today.
Therefore, no matter how much you are excited about 18 February or how much you were taught about 1965, know that the true Independence Day of this country is 24 April 1970. Nothing else. If you don’t know read the 1965 Constitution because as constitution defines the kind of political dispensation a country is.
Do not be fooled by the history handed down to us by the British. Do not be overtaken by the big ceremony on 18 February 1965 when the Union Jack was lowered and the Gambian flag raised amidst huge fanfare at McCarthy’s Square. The British knew who we were but we did not know what we were. Sadly. It is unfortunate that there’s a huge miseducation about the true history of this country for the past 50 years.
One example of such miseducation and confusion is when you hear people claim Independence was on 18 February 1965 and the country became a republic on 24 April 1970. It appears folks do not even distinguish the simple meaning of Independence and Republic. Please be informed that when a nation is independent then there is no other sovereign power above it. An independent nation can be a republic such as France or a monarchy such as the UK or even a theocracy-cum-monarchy such as Saudi Arabia, among others.
Therefore in 1965 The Gambia was not independent because there was a foreign power above the country. Because there was a foreign power above in whom The Gambia’s sovereignty resided, means that The Gambia was not also a republic at the time. In a republic, sovereignty resides only in the whole of the citizens. That sovereign Gambian and The Gambia emerged only in 1970, April 24, hence Independence!
Whether we are economically self reliant or not, or whether we are politically weak or strong or whether we are dependent on charity or not, the fact is the Gambia has been an Independent Republic since 1970. In 1965, we were only a dominion under the British Empire, i.e. we had internal self-rule status but within a wider polity.
We may have mismanaged ourselves or failed ourselves since 1970, but that does not mean that we are not independent. The Gambia is an independent nation like the United States or Senegal or China, etc.
Therefore, the solution to all the ills of our society lies, first and foremost in the recognition of our true history. A society without the true knowledge of its history is like a tree without roots! Such a society can only be poor and wretched! Therefore, educate yourself about your country. Remove all emotions and nostalgia and face the objective reality.
Correct the history!
For The Gambia Our Homeland
Busumbala: MP announces burial of Marie Mendy and Zilson Gomez as police investigation continues
The funeral of Marie Mendy and Zilson Gomez will be held in Saturday, according to Busumbala MP Saikouba Jarju.
Busumbala was rocked earlier this month when a man and a woman’s bodies were retrieved from a home with police saying their initial investigations pointed to a case of murder-suicide. Other theories have however continued to swirl.
Busumbala MP Saikouba Jarju has now announced the duo will be buried on Saturday.
He said: “It is with sorrow and sadness to inform that the bodies of Maria Gomez and Zilson Gomez will be laid today in Busumbala by 11am.
“The investigation to establish cause of the deaths is in progress by the police. As a result I urge to be vigilant and remain until the police are ready with the job.
“The government of the Gambia through the ministry of health had hired international forensic pathologists in order to clear the mysterious claims surrounding their deaths. Therefore, thanks to the Police, Ministry of Health and the whole government as a whole for the concerns putted on this incident.
“In addition, I thank the family of the late Maria for the patience they took to allow the due processes to be followed.
“Am in a very sad mood to see this innocent and promising girl to [be] killed mysteriously and buried.”
‘I will be there’: Darboe repeats his proclamation he is the nation’s next president
UDP leader Ousainou Darboe has said once more will be win the December 4 presidential election.
“InshaAllah, December 5th I will be there,” Darboe told The Fatu Network in an exclusive interview.
UDP is the nation’s biggest political party and party feeling is one of victory when the nation’s political avatars lock horns in December for the highest office in the land.
President Adama Barrow will be seeking re-election but UDP leader Darboe has insisted he would defeat him.
Idriss Déby: Thousands attend funeral of Chad president
Thousands of Chadians attended the state funeral of long-serving President Idriss Déby after he was killed earlier this week during a clash with rebels.
Among the foreign leaders there was France’s President Emmanuel Macron, for whom Chad is a key ally in the fight against jihadists in region.
He addressed his words to the casket, saying “you lived as a soldier, you died as a soldier with weapons in hand.
“You gave your life for Chad in defence of its citizens.”
He told attendees at N’Djamena packed main square, la Place de la Nation: “We will not let anybody put into question or threaten today or tomorrow Chad’s stability and territorial integrity.”
The ceremony also saw a military march-past and a speech by Déby’s son, Gen Mahamat “Kaka” Déby Itno, who the army has named as the country’s new leader.
He vowed to “stay loyal to the memory” of his father and pledged to continue the legacy of “dialogue, forgiveness, peace, unity” that the late president was “admired for”.
The army says President Déby died in a battle with a dissident army rebel group, called Fact, in the country’s north on Tuesday.
Other visiting heads of state at Friday’s ceremony included the leaders of Guinea, Mali, Mauritania and Nigeria – who all ignored warnings from the rebels that they should not attend for security reasons.
After the military honours and speeches, prayers are being said at the Grand Mosque of N’Djamena.
Then Mr Déby’s remains will be flown to Amdjarass, a small village next to his hometown of Berdoba, more than 1,000 km (600 miles) from the capital, near the Sudanese border.
News of his shock death on Tuesday was met with tributes from numerous presidents – France’s Emmanuel Macron called him a “brave friend”, Cameroon’s Paul Biya said he served “tirelessly”, DR Congo’s Felix Tshisikedi called it a “a great loss for Chad and for all of Africa”, Mali’s President Bah Ndaw lamented his “brutal” death and South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa called it “disturbing”.
President Déby was a key player in security strategy in the Sahel region – and Chad is reputed for having one of the best-trained and best-equipped armies in West Africa, which is battling militants link to both al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group.
A military council led by his son, Gen Mahamat Déby Itno took power after his death. (BBC)
LAMIN NJIE – OPINION: If UDP loses the December election, it will spell the beginning of the end of the party
I don’t want to say it but I have to: President Adama Barrow will win the December election.
UDP folks will assemble here now and say I have been bought, that it’s ‘Covid money’ that is talking. I am in trouble.
“I know I have what it takes to defeat President Adama Barrow,” the party’s leader Darboe told me shortly after the party returned him as flagbearer earlier this month. I don’t think so.
The December election will surely make for the most vigorously contested election in Gambia’s history. For some, it’s about revenge. For others, it’s about saving their skin. APRC comes to mind with the latter.
One thing cannot be disputed: UDP has been the most pragmatic party on the ground since 2018. Officials of the party have gone everywhere in a bid to get the buy-in of voters. That’s actually a smart tactic.
Yet, the power of incumbency is dangerously working against them. A once unpopular president is getting more and more popular, something I bravely put down to money. These NPP folks have money and they are not ashamed of splashing it.
Another thing that is bringing trouble to UDP is the party’s belligerent supporters. All they do is bully people. While they think that’s a way to bring people to the party, they’re unconsciously sending them away.
I will hate it to see President Barrow win this election. Five years is more than enough for me to know he is incompetent at this job. I wish someone else was president in December.
I voted for President Barrow in 2016 not just because I disliked Jammeh but also because I found him to be honest. He said he was going to serve for only three years and I believed him. When he wrote off that pledge, I felt he duped me and I have since not been able to forgive him. What is a man if he can’t stay true to his word?
But it’s further disintegration that awaits UDP if the party fails in December. The likes of Momodou Sabally are certainly not people minted to stay in opposition forever. There is every likelihood they will swift ground if it ever occurred to them the party can never take power.
My dad is 100% UDP and I hope this article is not read to him.
Lamin Njie is the editor-in-chief of The Fatu Network. The views expressed in this article are his and do not necessarily reflect the editorial position of The Fatu Network. You can follow him on Facebook @ Lamin Njie official