By Fatou Camara II
About 40 Gambian girls in Beirut on Thursday held a protest in front of the Gambian consulate in the Lebanese capital demanding assistance from the government in returning home.
One of the protester women told The Fatu Network. “We come out because we want to come home regardless of who is helping us but Mr Khalid the consul said he cannot do any transaction with the only woman who is trying in us coming back.
“He said that this is because he received directions from the Gambia government that he should not speak to Lovette because she is tarnishing the name of the government and that Lovette is gaining money out of this.
“But we told him that we are not interested about what Lovette Jallow gain or not gain all we know is that she is helping us come back home and that’s the only thing we are interested in.”
The protest comes as the ministry of foreign affairs confirmed to The Fatu Network 36 emergency passports have been prepared ahead of a plan to evacuate the girls.
