PPP's Omar Jallow Calls UDP's Darboe to Join Him and Quit Due to Age LimitShare
The leader of The Gambia's opposition party PPP, the party that was illegally overthrown by the incumbent's military junta, OJ has joined others in urging the long serving leader of the United Democratic Party to join him in quitting politics to make way for younger and qualified party members to take the leadership mantle, due to the constitutional age limits placed in Section 62(b) which states that (the president) should …attained the minimum age of thirty years but not more than sixty-five years.OJ, who was the parliamentary member for Serekunda East for the 30 years PPP regime, was recently seen to be acting as the leader of the PPP even though PPP has never filed a presidential candidate since 1994.He was speaking in an interview with Gambia’s Today Newspaper and has been commended by many as being brave to come up with pronouncements like this, as the UDP militants do not often take lightly to criticisms of their leader. Others however condemned his actions as divisive and unnecessary. This editorial, however believes that Gambian politics and politicians should be think skinned and take and give criticisms in good faith. This is healthy and necessary in a democracy. Read MoreComment (0)Hits: 0
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 07:42:47 -0400
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Ghana's Gyan denies sacrifice rumourLast updated 5 hours agoGyan scored for Ghana during their 2-2 draw with Germany at this summer's World CupGhana captain Asamoah Gyan says claims that he killed his friend and Ghanaian rapper Castro as part of a ritual sacrifice are "wild and absurd".Afrobeats artist Castro, whose real name is Theophilus Tagoe, went missing, along with friend Janet Bandu, in July.They disappeared while using jet skis on holiday with former Sunderland striker Gyan's family in the Ghanaian coastal town of Ada.Allegations in Ghana's media suggested the disappearance was suspicious.Castro and Bandu were last seen heading towards the ocean on a jet ski and were presumed drowned.No bodies were recovered and rumours continued to circulate this month when Gyan's brother, Baffour Gyan, was alleged to have been part of a gang which attacked a journalist who had asked the player about the rumours. The assault charges on Baffour Gyan have now been dropped.The speculation prompted 28-year-old Gyan, who joined United Arab Emirates side Al-Ain in 2011, to hold a press conference.His lawyer Kissi Agyabeng said the family had been "dismayed" and had remained silent until now as they did not want to interfere with police investigations.The statement read: "What sells in the media, and what indeed sold and is still selling in the media in Ghana are wild allegations and rumours directed especially at Asamoah Gyan - ranging from the absurd - of the imputation of criminality to him in the sense that he either murdered Castro or had him kidnapped - and ending with the ludicrous - that he sacrificed him spiritually to enhance his career.Asamoah Gyan shared the statement via his Twitter account"We have been silent while these wild allegations and rumours have been peddled in the media."We have been silent not because we are concealing anything or that we do not feel the need to fully state what, from our reckoning, had happened in Ada. We have been silent because we did not want to interfere with police investigations and recently the leveling of assault charges against Baffour Gyan and Samuel Anim Addo, sealed our mouths further."Now, we can come out openly because the police have stated their position and the assault charges against Baffour Gyan and Samuel Anim Addo have been dropped and they have been discharged. We will revisit this matter."In our painful silence, we have been totally dismayed by the fact that the platform was provided for the peddling of these wild and ludicrous allegations and rumours against us."Those to whom the platform was provided offered no evidence whatsoever to back their statements. And indeed, the allegation of spiritual sacrifice can by no stretch of the imagination be propped up."BBC © 2014g
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