Ngorr, thanks for your piece on Chongan. No one could have said it better.
It is good that now and again we hear such ‘positive’ stories about
‘Diasporans’. I am very happy to learn that Chongan had turned his life
around and is doing BETTER than he could have done kissing up to the
Dictatorship back home. This again reaffirms the saying in my neck of the
woods that: ‘No pain, no gain’.

Thanks again for bringing these ‘success stories’ to our attention;
especially at a time when we have faithless people throwing in the towel and
supporting the Dictatorship. I wish Chongan all the best.
KB



>From: Ngorr Ciise <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: TODAY'S QUOTE -- Ebrima Ismaila Chongan
>Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 14:55:32 +0000
>
>In today's quote, Brother Sanusi Owens wrote:
>
><<"Contrary to the intentions of the military, every
>detention against me strengthens my resolve. Every act
>of persecution through police cell or criminal charges
>advances the cause I fight for. Anytime I am arrested
>and taken to the police cell or to the prisons, I am
>not sad and I don't feel inconvenienced simply because
>I am not there because of myself fighting my own
>cause."
>
>
>
>
>Chief Gani Fawehini. Nigeria's Human Rights Crusader.
>
>
>
>This quote is dedicated to all political activists who
>were unlawfully detained in The Gambia during the
>First and Second Republic.>>
>
>Brother Sanusi, with your kind permission, can i be more specific and
>single
>out the brave, heroic and patriotic stance of a Brother, who not only
>selflessly defended constitutionality on July 22nd. 1994 but, most
>importantly, defiantly defended his actions on that fateful day, and paid
>the price of being illegally detained for said stance? The Brother in
>question is Ebrima Ismaila - formerly of the Gambia Police Force.


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