Kitabu Fatty has said his PDP did not reach out to NPP instead it was the NPP that invited them for a partnership.
A screenshot of a WhatsApp conversation between Kitabu and NPP’s Dr Demba Sabally emerged online on Tuesday suggesting Kitabu reached out to NPP for a political partnership.
Kitabu told The Fatu Network his PDP did not reach out to National People’s Party.
He said: “We didn’t reach out to them. They called us for partnership, we had a meeting, series of meeting but after thorough consultation with my people we realised it’s not necessary for us to partner with them.”
He added in video message: “I am surprised. I think when someone is called a Dr, he should be able to keep secrets. But I will not blame you since during politics people tend to forget about ethics. And it think it’s out of desperation following our Buffer Zone meeting. But I had a meeting with many parties. A lot of parties invited me and I sat with them and talked with them. But I realised it’s Essa Faal that I can work with. With his principles, I believe he can take charge of Gambia’s affairs.”
Dr Sabally reacts
NPP’s Dr Demba Sabally clarified that he never shared any conversation with Kitabu online, instead he showed his conversation with Kitabu to an NPP member Yankuba Dampha only. He said Dampha was insisted people around the president were blocking people from meeting the president.
Dr Sabally said: “I responded to Yankuba, I told him I spoke with Kitabu and what Kitabu wanted was to partner with NPP and for us, as a principle, we cannot partner with somebody who is not a registered political party.
“And secondly if we partner with all these political parties that have very small footprint, it’s just going to create a lot of obligations on the president after the election. That if Kitabu wants to come and join NPP, we will highly welcome him and definitely take him to the president. He said ‘no…’ and I said ‘let me show you my conversation with Kitabu’.
“So I sent him the conversation and I also responded Kitabu by saying ‘I will update the principal and once he is around from URR I will get back to you’. So I was trying to prove to Yankuba. But Kitabu did not want to join NPP, Kitabu wanted his PDP to partner with NPP. I sent this to Yankuba Dampha as an individual. I will never post such on the social media.”
