Sankareh, this is indeed good news.  Even if he does not testify in person,
doubters out there cannot deny knowledge of where and how Gambia's resources
are being spent.  I hope the judge insists that he appears or they issue a
warrant for his arrest when he enters the country.

Chi Jaama

Joe


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>Subject: [>-<] Yahya Jammeh's Court Case
>Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 14:32:58 -0400 (EDT)
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>Ambassador John P. Bojang Star Witness in Jammeh’s Court Case in
>Washington, DC. Yahya Jammeh Nervous Over 8-Hour Deposition.
>Crispin Grey Johnson, Mambureh Njie & Famara Jatta to testify.
>
>       Gambian President Yahya Abdul Aziz Jamus Junkung Jammeh is not a happy
>man these days given the high profile legal saga that he now finds
>himself in. President Jammeh is a defendant in a lawsuit filed by a
>reputable Washington DC lobby firm (name withheld) that has succeeded in
>getting part of the dictator’s account frozen.
>       Unassailable sources from State House reveal that prior to this case,
>another lobby firm, Washington World Group (W.W.G) headed by Chairman
>Edward VonKloberg Jr. forced Jammeh to pay over a million dollars in
>damages. Apparently, it was after he fell out with the WWG, that the
>Gambian President secured the services of the current litigant who
>brought him recognition despite Jammeh’s nasty human rights records.
>According to my State House sources, the litigant even lobbied for the
>Gambian President to have an audience with Amnesty International during
>the despot’s last trip to Washington. Predictably, once his job was done,
>he decided to fire the lobby firm. May be Jammeh thought he was in The
>Gambia where he is always right.
>       What complicates matters further for Jammeh is that his star witness John
>Paul Bojang, has feigned illness such that he cannot leave his post in
>Taipei to testify in Washington where he served as ambassador when the
>contract was signed. In another development, James Mustafa Kujabie who
>was also slated to testify is now dropped from the list, lest he becomes
>a hostile witness now that he too, has ran afoul of Jammeh.
>       Amazingly, President Jammeh has been asked by Baker and Butts the
>litigant’s lawyers to appear for an eight-hour deposition. However, as
>we went to press, Crispin Grey Johnson is negotiating for Jammeh not to
>appear given the embarrassment his grilling could bring. It remains to
>be seen whether a no-nonsense Federal Court Judge in the person of the
>Hon. Gladis Kessler will accept Ambassador G-Johnson’s plea. Judge
>Kessler is also presiding over a multi-million dollar tobacco lawsuit.
>Be that as it is, it will be revealing to see Jammeh in the dock taking
>questions from trial attorneys from Baker & Butts. Given our man’s lack
>of semantic precision coupled with his penchant for ridiculous humor,
>one may contemplate cont
>
>
>
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