Haruna
Pa Saikou just clarified his factual statements regarding our late brother Yukassey Darboe and his handling of IGP v Imam Karamo Touray, Lamin Waa Juwara, and others. I was going to notify Pa Saikou of Yukassey's death in my response.
Your statement that "reports I received of Yukasse's work as roving magistrate prior to his death all indicated a conscientious magistrate" is in the main accurate. For example, shortly after I freed Imam Karamo and others, the late Yukassey wrote the judgement in another political case involving a violent clash between UDP supporters from my hometown of Gunjur and APRC supporters at neighboring Sanyang village. The UDP supporters were charged and prosecuted at Brikama. Yukassey presided over the matter and concluded the hearings shortly before I was removed from Banjul Magistrates Court .
Since there was no further hearing in the case, I persuaded him to write the judgement as he understood the facts of the matter better. Decision day in the matter came after my judgement in Imam Karamo's case. Although I read the judgement as Yukassey was then at Banjul Magistrates, I made it clear I was merely delivering it on his behalf. He acquitted all the accused.
As far as I am aware, the only potential stain on Yukassey record was Imam Karamo's case. He was aware of the high political stakes at play and unfortunately kept adjourning the matter for some nine months. When I took over, I notified the parties I would accept no adjournments. I did this because the matter was bringing the Judiciary to disrepute in the eyes of the wider public. Inside three weeks, I terminated the proceedings after the prosecution closed, and the defence, led by Ousainou Darboe, made a "no case submission". The speed with which I ended the persecution was the reason then Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Fatou Bensouda, confronted and later reported me to Chief Justice Alkhali for insulting her. The conversation was robust but I'm sure you can testify to the fact I don't do insults on matters of public life. With the Court house and its environs surrounded by truckloads of armed paramilitary in riot gear, it was quite
a day in Brikama .
After the decision, Yukassey visited me at my Sukuta home to congratulate me. He also told me he was moving in the same direction and would have acquitted had he completed the case. I believed him for I could not see any other defensible conclusion to the matter. I can understand the perception of the people of Brikama that Yukassey's fear of deciding for the Imam and his co-defendants was responsible for the unjustifiable delay in concluding the matter. At the time, Yukassey was the Magistrate member of the Judicial Service Commission and that was an additional perk for him. As to whether "he was doing the bidding for Yahya in his rulings and magistrate work", I am unaware of any evidence to suggest this was the case. He was afraid but that appears to be a general problem even as we converse.
Pa Saikou's matter was decided by His Worship Gaye Sowe, a quite conscientious fellow. He moved to the African Centre for Human and Peoples Rights after taking a UK LLM degree in human rights law.
I hope Pa Saikou the law student continues to reflect of his legal experiences in The Gambia and act conscientiously when he joins the profession, either in the United States, or his native country
LJDarbo
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From: Haruna <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, 7 December 2012, 1:56
Subject: Re: [G_L] Character Assassination and Interesting Times.
Pa Saikou,
I am sad to hear about your disdain of Magistrate Yukasse Darboe. He is my cousin and although he was older than I was, we grew up together while he was in form 4-6 at GHS. I have known him to be serious, studious, and very humble. I will be very disappointed if he is guilty of any malfeasance much less judicial malfeasance. I look forward to JDAM sharing some light on this as he was close to the proceedings you mentioned in relation to Yukasse's malfeasance, or the perception of malfeasance on his part.
For what its worth, Yukasse died from complications/ food poisoning very shortly after he returned home from a scheduled meeting with Yahya at the state house. There is no one in Gambia who does not think that Yukasse was deliberately poisoned by Yahya. And reports I received of Yukasse's work as roving magistrate prior to his death all indicated a conscientious magistrate. I will be shocked to learn otherwise. Because if it is true that he was doing the bidding for Yahya in his rulings and magistrate work, then his death should obviate poisoning by Yahya. And because this is terribly significant, I plead with JDAM to inform us on his perception of Magistrate Yukasse's work and dispensation.
Meanwhile, I apologize to you Pa Saikou, on my late cousin Yukasse's behalf, if you suffered any unwarranted hardship that is directly linked to Magistrate Yukasse's pronouncement, counsel, or action. If indeed this happened, and in honor of my late cousin Yukasse, I shall seek your guidance in bringing you back whole from any diminution directly attributable to him.
Haruna.
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From: Pa. Saikou Kujabi <[log in to unmask]>
To: GAMBIA-L <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thu, Dec 6, 2012 1:20 pm
Subject: Re: [G_L] Character Assassination and Interesting Times.
Hon LJD,
I couldn't agree more with you on Drs. Janneh, Jobe, and Buba Baldeh. I wish I was living in UK so I can register for your class. As you may know I was also a victim of the Brikama Mosque crisis involving the late Imam Touray, which landed me in a tiny dirty cell of Brikama police Station for six solid days without bail or access to an Attorney. A prolonged three months and half trial on charges of "insulting the President" ended up with an "Acquit and Discharged" verdict delivered by the presiding Magistrate, Sowe. You may not know, but you were cheered and revered by all people of faith who saw you as a defender of truth and justice, when you set the Imam and his co-defendants free. Your predecessor, "Yucassy Darboe" a coward as he was, intimidated by the AFPRC/APRC/ machinery and thugs(the July 22nd Movement) refused to dismiss the case, let alone deliver such a powerful and shocking verdict to the Jammeh regime. It was clearly a witch hunt
orchestrated by the deliberate demolition of a portion of the Brikama Central Mosque's fence. Yucassy deliberately dragged the case longer than necessary. In defense of the Imam's decision to leave Yaya Jammeh's meeting at the State House to go lead the Friday prayers in his Brikama central Mosque, got me to defending myself in a fist fight against one Lamin Bojang, a native of Jamburr village, and a half brother to Major. Momodou Bojang, who, as you may recall was the then Minister of the Interior. I left Kanifing Estate in the early hours of that morning--- on or about may 18 or 20 1998? to attend a community Forest Committee meeting scheduled at 08:00 AM in my native village of Kafuta. By 7:45 or 50 I was testing the length of my arms agaist this AFPRC/APRC---- July 22nd thug, who as a matter of fact was also a senior Forestry Officer. After we were separated, he quickly jumped into his car a sped away to the Brikama police station to complain
that I was INSULTING THE PRESIDENT. Four cops were dispatched for my arrest. By 10:00 AM I was already standing in an over crowded and stingiest cell under that roof. No food was ever served to me by the police in all six days of my stay in the cells. So as a JD student, I find sense and understanding in your writings than in my live-class sessions. I understand the Law better when you lay it down. For me, justice was well served in both my case and in the case of the late Imam, in terms terminating the persecutions. nonetheless, I also think that until these perpetrators of such inhumane and malicious behaviors are brought before a competent court of law to answer some sort of charges (may be economic lost to the state for wasting the courts' time and resources), the justice served can only be considered a half-justice. I know one could argue that these cases were accorded a due process, and therefore the plaintiffs have no case to answer. To that
I say, I will never forgive them until they face the post-Jammeh Truth and Reconciliation Committee and openly apologize the Gambian people for their treacherous deeds. With Dr. Janneh, the more I read new revelations about him, the more become more disappointed with him. Dr. Sidat Jobe, I am well aware of his comments regarding Ousainou Darboe in the aftermath of the July 22 Movement's ambush on Lawyer Darboe's motorcade in URD, which resulted in the unfortunate death of one Alieu Njie. Under the direct command of the late Baba Jobe, the night ambush was an attempt on Ousainou's life and other UDP top brass and militants in the entourage. Dr. Jobe, an opportunist as he is, knew that more than anyone. His remarks were outrageous then, and they are even today. For him I say--Go To Hell.
"Inning Baara Baakeh---Nna Keebaa"
Respect, always.
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Pa. Saikou Kujabi.
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