By Lamin Njie
Beleaguered chairman of Brikama Area Council Sheriffo Sonko has hinted that he could take UDP to court over his sacking by the party.
UDP had on 27 March notified Mr Sonko that he was no longer a member of the party. It came on the back of accusations he had strayed from the cause of the party.
On April 17, Mr Sonko wrote back to UDP slamming his expulsion as baseless.
A defiant Sheriffo Sonko said in his letter seen by The Fatu Network: “I had up until now ignored the said letter [of expulsion] for a number of reasons. In the first place, I cannot be expelled from the party without previous notice, and without being heard before a decision is reached against me.
“Additionally, no reason was ever communicated to me suggesting that the party executive was considering expelling me. Additionally, there was no basis at any time for holding that I was guilty of manifest or opulent demonstration of the betrayal of the cause of the party.
“I have been a member of the United Democratic Party for 24 years and do not accept that the party to which I belonged for all this time is a party that can and does make decisions of this sort behind the back of its party members, and without confronting a member with any allegations before a decision is made against such a person.
“I am satisfied that my purported expulsion can be challenged in court but would prefer not to have to do so, unless compelled to do so.”
