‘BEN ARE YOU CRAZY… WE ARE GOING TO SELL THE DRUGS,’ JAMMEH TELLS BEN JAMMEH DURING A STATE HOUSE MEETING

When Gambia’s former antinarcotic chief Benedict Jammeh proposed for the destruction of the two billion dollars worth of cocaine to Yahya Jammeh, the President’s immediate response was: Are you crazy Ben?  Jammeh told Ben Jammeh in the presence of the Solicitor General Pa Harry Jammeh at the State House that burning the impounded cocaine was a waste. The President allegedly said the cocaine should be sold, but Ben informed him that any attempt to dispose the cocaine in the market might not augur well on the image of the country. Ben warned against the sale of the cocaine. Jammeh complied. But Ben didn’t know that he has offended the Kanilai drug kingpin. While the high profile cocaine trial involving some South American nationals was in progress in court, Ben was instructed by his boss Yahya Jammeh to surrender the monetary exhibits that was found in possession of the accused persons. Ben then handed the sum of 461,000 Euros drug exhibits to dictator Yahya Jammeh. Jammeh pocketed the money.

http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/activist-freed-journalist-still-missing-gambia-2013-05-14    

A Gambian activist detained by the authorities after peacefully expressing his views has been released – but there is still no news about a journalist missing for seven years, Amnesty International says.  Imam Baba Leigh, a prominent Muslim cleric and activist, was freed after being held for more than five months at an unknown location after he publicly condemned the execution of nine inmates at Mile II prison in August 2012.  He was arrested on 3 December 2012 by two National Intelligence Agency officers and told he was being taken to their headquarters for questioning. Imam Baba Leigh was effectively disappeared. He was never charged with a crime, was not brought before a court and during his time in detention and was not allowed contact with a lawyer or his family. Amnesty International adopted him as a Prisoner of Conscience.

‘Why are you a negative person when it comes to your country,?’ A Reader Writes

By: A Friend to the Embassy in India

Pa,

Why are you a negative person when it comes to your country? If you are an American citizen why bother about The Gambia and Gambia government? Why have you been hiding the truth about your stories on the Gambian students at Sharda University in India? You said the views expressed in the publication are not your own views. The question is then why rush to publish stories you have not investigated? This is the Freedom style of journalism. We know that you have grievances against the Jammeh government and those working in the government are your targets. Remember that you worked for the daily observer and Essa Bokarsay enjoyed all the favors of the Gambian government under President Jammeh. We are waiting for your investigations into the allegations you and your collaborators leveled against the Gambian Ambassador in India, Dembo Badjie in your stories on Gambian students at Sharda University.

BEN JAMMEH REPORTED MISSING—AMID REPORTS THAT HE ABSCONDED FROM THE JURISDICTION OF THE GAMBIA!

I was talking to a source close Lamin Jobarteh, Gambia’s Justice Minister, and he informed me unequivocally that Benedict Jammeh, the indicted former NDEA chief has been reported missing. In the Gambia, when you hear the word “missing” it means that either the person has been kidnapped, killed, or has absconded from the jurisdiction of the Gambia. My source told me that Ben was supposed to report to the police on Monday, but he failed to show up. One of the conditions attached to his bail was for Ben to report to the police twice a week: Mondays and Thursdays. The officer assigned to his case reported that Ben never show up on Monday, resulting to a joint security taskforce team to search his Busumbala home. Ben was nowhere to be seen when the security officers went for him. He is believed to have jumped bail. Speculations are that Ben might have traveled to the United Kingdom, while some sources are saying that he could be hiding somewhere in neighboring Casamance.

ADP Leader Sidia Bayo Turns Down Raleigh Meeting, As He Insists On Arms Struggle Against Jammeh’s Regime!

SHEIKH SIDIA BAYO, the ADP leader sends a message for the National Conference, Which will take place to Raleigh, in North Carolina, from 17 till 19 May:

“The Gambians political parties have to envisage seriously the use of Force to stop the Jammeh’s regime, it is not unhealthy when you are oppressed since 19 years.”

THE ALLIANCE DEMOCRATIC PARTY

The time has come for the Gambian opposition to envisage the use of Force to arrest Jammeh and become reconciled with his people because the rate of credibility is very low in The Gambia but also in the world, we have to give an international dimension to our struggle putting the option of Force to end the tyranny in our homeland, The Gambia… It is a moral duty for all the heads of opposition in the Republic of Gambia!  Indeed, I was invited to participate to the North Carolina National Conference but Finally I cannot honor this invitation because of the disappearance of the ex-Kiang deputy, the Honorable Ma Awa Cham, in Dakar since 10 days, he is also one of the ministers of the transitional government I launched from Dakar, in August 2012; in Dakar, Senegal…