Saul, thanks for the forward. Here we see the low-lives running our country,
in action. These are the sorts of people Yaya hangs out with. Drug dealers,
murderers, rapists, robbers, you name it. Let us brace for the APRC spin.
You will hear cronies coming out to tell us: 'our justice system works; here
we have APRC stalwarts (Yaya's friends) being convicted of drug
trafficking'. They will conveniently forget the other lawlessness in the
country; latest being the Indemnity Decree which Suso would wholeheartedly
support to cover all sorts of crimes. When they say that, let us shove the
garbage back where it belongs. What happened to this Suso character is not a
'favor' granted to Gambians by our justice system that APRC or Joseph Joof
should brag about. These criminals were caught red-handed and one of their
co-conspirators turned State witness. You cannot have an easier case to try
if you are a prosecutor. This is like a criminal confessing to his crime and
on top of that you have physical evidence to convict him anyway.. Matter of
fact I am surprised that the trial lasted one whole year. These undesirable
elements should have been jailed a long time ago and the key to the cells
thrown into the Atlantic Ocean. I understand that this Suso character is
more of a moron than Yaya. Apparently he believes that he is Michael
Jackson. It is a disgrace that he was in parliament representing thousands
of decent and hand-working Gambians. But I guess that is what we get if we
have a moron like Yaya as leader of the APRC. They are all a bunch of
low-lives --- criminals.

Let us not buy their spin. This conviction and disgrace is long overdue. We
should ask the 'spinmeisters' to tell us what they expected. The usual
lawlessness that goes on in the country? The lawlessness that allows people
to slaughter our children in broad daylight and go scot-free? The
lawlessness that allows Yaya to steal millions from us and people are not
even allowed to investigate his crimes? Let them give us a break. It is NOT
a favor to the citizens that criminals like Suso are sent to jail where they
belong. Matter of fact, I wished he was in Malaysia where he would be hanged
for his despicable crimes.

The same spin was used when the judge freed Darboe et al on bail in that
case involving the Basse Ambush. APRC ambushed the man. Got one of their
supporters killed. Framed Darboe and jail him. Release Darboe on bail and
then brag that there is justice in The Gambia because an accused murderer is
released on bail. You see how sick these people are? They are like the sick
nurse that poisons you just to get the thrill of resuscitating you. They
victimize people and then turn around and tell you that we are doing you a
favor by stopping the victimization and applying the laws of the land. Let
us save them the trouble of coming here to spin by telling them that we
expected a more drastic sentence for Suso. APRC has no bragging rights when
judges and magistrates apply the law. That is their job taxpayers pay them
for. May Suso rot in jail.
KB



>From: saul khan <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Musa Suso,              Ndeneh Faal jailed on drug charges -full
>text (Daily Observer)
>Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 15:10:31 -0000
>
>A stalwart of the ruling APRC and National Assembly member for Kombo North,
>Musa Suso, was yesterday sentenced to eight years in prison by Magistrate E
>A Ota of the Bundung Magistrates Court. He was also fined a total of D370,
>000 or in default, serve 12 years in prison.
>
>Businessman Ndeneh Faal, on the other hand, got seven years jail term*. He
>also got a fine of D450, 000 or in default, serve seven years in prison.
>The
>two were convicted of drug trafficking and related counts, ending a
>year-long trial. Four counts were brought against NAM Suso, ranging from
>drug possession, trafficking and conspiracy to commit felony.
>
>For count one, he was fined D20,000 or in default, serve two years in jail;
>count two, D200,000 or in default, go to three years jail in addition to
>five years imprisonment; count three, D200,000 or in default, serve three
>years in addition to five years, count four, D50,000 or in default, serve
>two years sentence.
>
>The court ordered the sentences in counts two and three to run
>concurrently.
>Acting on section 29 of the Drug Control Decree, Mrs Ota ordered Suso's
>Mercedes Benz with registration number Bjl 6262 A to be forfeited to the
>state for having been used to convey 46kg 540 grammes of cannabis sealed in
>two suitcases.
>
>Magistrate Ota said she took note of the plea of mitigation by Mr Suso's
>counsel on his behalf, but insisted that Mr Suso is a lawmaker who should
>protect and not violate the law. For Ndeneh Faal who was convicted on
>counts
>three and four, Mrs Ota fined him D350,000 or in default serve four years
>in
>prison.
>
>He was also fined D100,000 or in default, serve three years with hard
>labour. Magistrate Ota described Faal as "master planner" who masterminded
>the trafficking of drugs. Faal, she contended, paid a UK return air ticket
>of D7,500 for Victoria Goddard, gave her £3,000, took her to a marabout to
>give them a concoction so that she would not be caught, and introduced Hon
>Suso to her.
>
>The prosecution, she opined, has proved its case beyond reasonable doubts
>by
>bringing 18 witnesses in court, with ample evidences. She, however, blamed
>Suso and Faal for making "inconsistent" statements and telling "lies" to
>the
>court. The mobile number 992033, she went on, was not in existence on
>January 14, 2000, which proves that Hon Suso told a deliberate lie in
>court.
>
>At least, a dozen of Police Intervention Unit officers were deployed to the
>Bundung court complex all through the hearing of the case. Earlier, during
>yesterday's proceedings, counsels for both convicts pleaded with Mrs Ota to
>exercise clemency in her rulings, since they were first offenders. They
>urged the court not to impose custodial sentences on them because they have
>large family that depended on them for survival. It should be recalled that
>on January 14, 2000, Musa Suso and Victoria Goddard were intercepted and
>arrested at the Yundum police checkpoint, following a tip-off from an
>unknown caller.
>
>Upon a search, two suitcases containing 46kg 540 grammes of cannabis were
>found in Mr Suso's Mercedes Benz car. When the matter landed in court,
>Victoria Goddard pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and was fined D10,000
>by
>the same court. She then became the state witness to the case and hence
>provided the prosecution with numerous evidence.
>
>As we were about to go to press last evening, it was reported that Suso and
>Faal had been whisked off to the Mile Two Central Prisons amid tight
>security. Musa Suso, the populist National Assembly member for Kombo North,
>became the second National Assembly member of the Second Republic to be
>convicted in a local law court.
>
>According to the 1997 Constitution, Mr Suso should vacate his seat. Lawyers
>Sheriff Tambedou and Sidney Riley represented Suso and Faal, while Rougie
>Thomasi and Mrs Sallah Waddah led the prosecution.
>
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