We humbly ask The Gambian people to join us in praying for our late colleague and brother Lamin Manjang who passed away two weeks ago.
Mr Manjang was a respected family man and a patriot of the first order. He was a pillar of the UDP as a dedicated founding member and a courageous freedom fighter who willingly and selflessly staked it all to help end tyranny.
He was arrested alongside the others in the party leadership that protested the brutal murder of Solo Sandeng. He was maltreated together with his compatriots while imprisoned resulting in lingering adverse consequences even after their release. Like fellow inmates Ebrima Solo Kurumah, Lamin Marong,Ebrima Janko Ceesay, our late comrades did not live to see the full fruits of the democracy they helped birth through blood, sweat and tears.
We pray for Allah the Almighty to bless their souls and give their immediate and larger Gambian families patience and infinite blessings.
They and many others have helped free a nation and replaced the brutal tyranny that inflicted untold suffering on our nation and its people with a plural functional democracy where all Gambians are free. That is legacy worthy of their individual and collective honor and sacrifice.
A grateful nation will never forget all that gave it all for the liberation of our great nation. UDP SECRETARIAT, BANJUL THE GAMBIA.
