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abdou joof
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 Posted - 22 Apr 2006 : 16:19:57
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Was there a coup attempt in Gambia on 21 March 2006?
Jammeh has removed and assassinated the people he feared. He has released most of those he arrested for no reason and tortured for a month. We ask whether the alleged coup was not just one of Jammeh’s mad games. His attacks on Senegal (Daily Observer publishe what Jammeh approves) is no more than a tactical diversion to beat the nationalist drum for the purpose of election politics. It was in 1967, 39 years ago, that our Founding Fathers agreed that Senegambia is ONE PEOPLE ONE NATION but TWO ADMINISTRATIONS. Jammeh went to Senegal with Obasanjo recently to see his Big Brother Wade. Jammeh’s mad noises about Senegal and sovereignty are just a cover for his brutality and continued dictatorship in our country. With this level of madness from Jammeh, it will be astonishing to see African leaders gathering in Banjul for the AU Summit.
Abdou Joof author: abdoujoof@hotmail.com
Gambia: Guarding Our Sovereignty
The Daily Observer (Banjul)
EDITORIAL
April 19, 2006 Posted to the web April 20, 2006
We are really concerned about the implication of Ndumbayland in the March 21 abortive coup.
We are a single nation with her people and we must not hesitate to call on Gambians to shun the empty foolery of people claiming to be the same as us when in their deeds they show that their hearts are far from us.
The Gambia is one people and one nation and nothing else but that. Our people are renowned for their hospitality. Thus, the personality of a Gambian is unique and recognised all over the world.
Therefore, the myth of 'One people two nations' does not fit with the reality of the situation, especially when the powers of Ndumbayland have been found to be involved in this treacherous act of destabilising this peaceful country. The fact, therefore, must be exposed so that all Gambians will see this evil deed as a wake-up call.
We therefore join the solidarity call of President Jammeh to guard our sovereignty jealously. That is the most precious asset we have as a nation and once we lose it, we are doomed.
The fact of the matter is that the powers of Ndumbayland and its people are enviable of the massive development that has taken place in our country within a short time. It is apparent that these people do not want to see us progress. They see us as one people in two nations and thus our progress means retrogress to them. In this regard, they cannot even hide their feelings about the progress we have made over the years. It is indeed an insult for this country to try to dictate to us how to run our internal affairs or try to interfere with our territorial integrity. They have no business with what we do here or how we run our affairs.
What is more disgusting about the whole episode is the jealousy coming from the side of Ndumbayland. It could be recalled that shortly after the announcement of the discovery of our oil reserves by President Yahya Jammeh in 2004, Ndumbayland suddenly bacame so jittery about it so much so that they tried to use some unscrupulous politicians to frustrate our hopes in our newly discovered wealth. With the aid of an opposition newspaper in the country, the said politician published documents that purportedly emanated from Ndumbayland to counter our claims of oil discovery. The document, which showed an obscure landscape, was merely intended to brew tention between us and Ndumbayland as it suggested that the oil, in fact, does not belong to us, but Ndumbayland, giving so-called crossborder oil sources as an argument.
Ndumbayland did not however stop there. When that avenue to destabilise our peace and tranquility failed, this bunch of unscrupulous, unreasonably jealous bunch of so-called friends went ahead to shamelessly indulge in indoctrinating some gullible citizens of this country to stage a coup that is purposely geared towards throwing our beloved and stable country into chaos.
What we have to tell every peace-loving person is that we are hospitable people who at least deserve some gratitude for our hospitality and goodness especially from the people of Ndumbayland who are enjoying every facility of this country.
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