(JollofNews) – Please do not allow attention seeking despots like Samsudeen Sarr and others to use your credible forums as mediums of expressions for their ignorant and stupid illegitimate propaganda of defending an idiot like Yaya Jammeh. Is it not the same Samsideen Sarr who was trying to play double[Read More…]
Opinion
Gambia: I Stand By President Jammeh For Rejecting Election Results
(JollofNews) – I am sure a lot of my readers have been keenly waiting for my opinion over the political developments in the Gambia where the whole world is trying to figure out what went wrong after His Excellency Sheikh Professor Doctor Alhagie Yahya A. J. J. Jammeh, Babillimansa, my[Read More…]
Gambia: Open Letter To President Jammeh And His Henchmen
(JollofNews) – Dear Mr President, When you conceded to Adama Barrow last week, the entire world celebrated your gesture as appropriate and honorable. A week later, you rescind your words in the same office and through the same medium you announced your concession. We judge presidents by their actions and[Read More…]
London Letter: “Go!” Jammeh Said To Gadaffy; “Go!” – The World Says To Jammeh
(JollofNews) – In Feb 2011 Yahya Jammeh turned his back on the man responsible for his regime’s survival from 1994-2000, Gadaffy of Libya. Gadaffy then faced an onslaught from the West which ended up with his murder and overthrow. Jammeh, like Zuma of South Africa, asked Gadaffy to step down[Read More…]
London Letter: Advice To CDS Badgie And IGP Sonko
(JollofNews) – A mere five days ago, on the 5th of December 2016, you were both on the front-page of the Daily Observer newspaper pledging your loyalty to the President-Elect of the Republic of The Gambia. Today, I hear that the Inspector General of Police Mr. Sonko’s forces and the[Read More…]
Torchligh With Michael Scales: Election Defeat Is A Rejection Of Jammeh
(JollofNews) – Taking the combined vote against Mr Jammeh of 62 per cent with some 362,000 desisting from voting, represents a significant thumbs-down from the people against the governing APRC. The twin forces of democracy and people power conspired against Mr Jammeh in resounding fashion. It brings forth the notion[Read More…]
London Letter: Jammeh’s Election “Annulment” And UNSC
(JollofNews) – This was not unexpected and commentators had suggested that is exactly what would happen. Jammeh had declared that he would “rule for a billion years” and mere poverty stricken voters would not dethrone him. The so-called “annulment” is not just unlawful, but it is also treason because Jammeh[Read More…]
Gambia: The New Reality And How To Deal With It
(JollofNews) – It is confusion. It is anxiety. It is what do we do next? This is the new dilemma for Gambians. Since December 2, 2016, when the announcement was finally and officially made that Adama Barrow ‘is duly elected to serve as president of the Republic of the Gambia’,[Read More…]
How Did Gambian President Jammeh Stage His Own ‘Ousting’ From Office
(JollofNews)– The long-string of titles of His Excellency, Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya AJJ Jammeh Babili Mansa belies his unadulterated love for power. So, how could a man whose unadulterated love for power graciously concede defeat to a little-known former estate agent, Adama Barrow in the presidential election on[Read More…]
Let’s Not Forget Jammeh’s Victims
(JollofNews) – While we celebrate the victory and the fall of a dictator, we should remember our comrades, brothers, sons, friends, love ones and fellow compatriots who had fallen as unfortunate victims of a dictatorial repression. I am personally granting this victory to their families and love ones in their[Read More…]