Erstwhile UDP diaspora stalwart Aja Maimuna Ceesay Darboe has said God no longer wants UDP leader Ousainou Darboe to be president.
Mrs Ceesay Darboe was at the heart of UDP’s war against former President Jammeh’s rule. She dramatically left UDP to join President Barrow amid a fall out between UDP and President Barrow.
Mrs Ceesay Darboe who is now NPP’s diaspora secretary while speaking to the people of Kerewan on Wednesday said: “I wanted Darboe to be president more than Adama Barrow but God no longer wants Darboe to be president. I told him when he was vice president in his office that if we fall out with Adama Barrow, it could augur well for Adama Barrow than UDP.
“I told him we should be together. I told him during our meeting with Adama Barrow in New York that he (Adama) said he wanted to develop the party and we should give him a chance. It was on that day I gave Sheriff Dibba and Jawara as an example. That Gambians are good at installing leaders but not supporting them.
“I told him to be careful of those who telling him they are going to reward him for his goodwork. I told him he would be lonely if he fell out with Adama and that’s what he is dealing with now. All his good people are no longer with him. It’s small children playing with his mind nowadays. It’s not his attitude how he is behaving nowadays but it’s people making him behave that way. But he’s also a 70-year-old elder. So we should be measured in our criticism of him since you do not have many 70-year-olds who would say or act in the right way. There are issues with him. I will not insult Ousainou.”
