By Standard Newspaper
Tension is heating up ahead of the looming National Assembly election and so is the drama.
Habsana S Jallow, the sitting national assembly member for Nianija Constituency in the Central River Region, has vowed to maintain her seat even after her former party put up Seedy Njie against her.
In a phone chat with The Standard yesterday, Habsana, who resigned from APRC after she claimed the party has been conspiring to replace her with Seedy Njie for the past three years, said she chose PDOIS to run because APRC didn’t inform her of anything and she won’t let Seedy have a ride.
“I am a strong woman and I have a strong parent from a strong family. They are behind me and they will support me. People of Nianija are behind. And let me tell you this, if it is not going to be me, it will not be Seedy SK Njie in this constituency.
“He will fail. I will make sure Seedy never win this constituency. I was in ECOWAS parliament when I heard that Seedy has been going round giving kola nut to people that he is going to run for the seat under the APRC without informing me. He was undermining me as the sitting MP,” she said.
According to her, considering the countless development projects she brought to her constituency, Seedy doesn’t stand a chance against her.
“Seedy cannot win here. My brother, I brought two boreholes for my people; three mosques each costing over 1 million Dalasi; a hospital and an ambulance; a minimarket for the women; and I am also supporting the youths. My people told me that they don’t need Seedy SK Njie; they said they want me back. Seedy has never brought even a piece of paper for the people of Nianija,” she claimed.
Habsana said she deserves respect from APRC or any other party because she is the sitting MP.
“APRC claimed I wanted to join the coalition. If I wanted that, I would have written to them. APRC has been planning to replace me since and when I realized that they won’t give me chance to contest under the APRC ticket this year, I quit and joined PDOIS and Halifa Sallah is supporting me 100 per cent,” she added.
