Gambia Football Federation President Lamin Kaba Bajo and Third Vice President of the federation Lang Tombong Tamba got into a spat over a ‘letter’ that reportedly needed to be written to the Ministry of Sport.
Mr Bajo and Mr Tamba who were once top Gambian army commanders suddenly quarreled on the GFF exclusive WhatsApp page on July 14. It came five days after a meeting of the executive of GFF.
One person familiar with the issue said the quarrel began after Mr Tamba suggested Mr Bajo was dragging his feet for a letter to be written to the Ministry of Sport over an AFCON 2022 preparation committee.
Mr Tamba confirmed there was an exchange between him and Mr Bajo but said he could not speak on the issue ‘for now’ as there is going to be a meeting of the executive. He however dismissed claims he spoke to the minister of youth and sport on his own; instead it was the executive that tasked him to meet the minister after their meeting.
Mr Bajo on his part said ‘I didn’t do any audio’ when contacted for comment. The GFF president quickly added: “I have no comment on it. I think what you saw you can make your judgment out of it.”
The GFF spokesman Babucarr Camara told The Fatu Network the narrative some people are putting out there that Kaba over-reacted is wrong.
“Knowing the kind of leader that he is, he is never going to over-react to a mere question. Yes these exchanges happen but it is just any normal exchange of divergent opinions that can happen in any organization. This happens even in cabinet. But as two mature people who have a collective interest, they have dropped the issue from that moment,” Mr Camara said.
He added: “But this happened more than two weeks ago. But some people who have another agenda are trying to go around making the narrative all is not well at football house. But I can tell you that the president is in absolute control of his team, he is in charge.”
