DEYDA'S KILLERS
STILL AT LARGE!!!
Is there any serious investigations into journalist Deyda Hydara's
death? One is compelled to ask, in view of the police's
silence over the incident. Have you buried this high
profile case? If not what are you doing at this point
in time to bring Deyda's killer(s) to book? Is the police
afraid to go after the suspected killers? Don't tell us
that Gambians are not prepared to cooperate in the ongoing so
called investigations.
We will continue to ask questions, as long as you are not
prepared to bring these killers to justice. We need justice now.
You should take the necessary steps to bring the
perpetrators of this dastardly and barbaric act to justice.
In any case, these cowards have long been persecuting us. Read
below, an encounter i experienced in The Gambia, prior to
Deyda's demise
A Registered Mail for Pa Nderry?
In the early part of 2004, I was advised by the late
Deyda hydara not to receive a registered mail sent to me
through the Daily Observer, my former employers. According to
sources at the Post office in Banjul, the mail purportedly came
from the US Embassy in Banjul. A registered slip was dropped
at the Observer for me to go and pick the mail. I was
fired from the Observer about two years ago and wondered how
could my correspondences be channelled through the Daily
Observer. Most of my contacts knew about my change of
address and would not expect a mail purportedly from the US
Embassy be sent to the Observer.
I discussed the issue with Deyda and he cautioned me not to
collect the mail. This was what he told me" Be careful Pa
Nderry!!!! Try and verify with the US Embassy and find out
whether there is any such mail from their end. They knew
that you are working with the Point. Why sending your mail
through the Observer? This could be ploy to get you. Be
vigilant."
I complied with his advise and conducted my own investigations
into the veracity about the existence of such a mail purportedly
from the US Embassy. I begun by contacting dependable
sources at the General Post office in Banjul. An insider
cautioned that i should double check with the US embassy
before collecting the mail. As a matter of fact, i
contacted the current Information minister Amadou S Janneh,
a former political officer at the US embassy and Nana Grey
Johnson. They both denied having knowledge about the said
letter from the US embassy. Just to allay my fears and
that of Deyda about this "mysterious" letter, i contacted
the Embassy mail clerk Sedia. Sedia too vehemently denied
dispatching any mail in the name of Pa Nderry MBai. "Pa
Nderry, i know you. If there was any such mail, i will
bring it to the Point or mail it to you through the Point.
The embassy is not far from the point. What's stopping
me from handing the mail to you in person? I a'm not aware
of such a mail." Sedia told me.
I did not stopped at that. I also contacted my Voice Of
America Radio employers in Washington DC. One of my Editors
said he was not aware of any mail sent to me through the
Observer. I was again cautioned to be careful. My editor
also advised me not to pick the mail.
I submitted my findings to Deyda and he thus remarked"You
see, this what i was telling you. It's not safe. Don't take
risks. A similar thing happened to me few years ago. I
received a call from the Post office that i have a
package addressed to me through the "Campama" school. Up till
now i refused to collect the package. I thought that it
was a ploy to get me. Ask Pap Saine, he will tell you
something about the "Campama" package.
After, talking to Deyda, i telephoned the Observer Deputy MD
Andrew Dacosta who handed the registered slip ticket to me
through a colleague. I informed him that i decided not
to collect the mail for security reasons.
I never showed up at the Observer in person to collect the
registered slip. Instead, i assigned a junior reporter at
the Point to collect it on my behalf.
Weeks and months past without hearing from the post office.
There was no reminder from their end that i should collect
the mail. In those days, if i visit the post office,
i will be trailed by strange faces.
Gambia Press Union president Demba Ali Jawo is also aware about
this purported mail from the US Embassy. I briefed him about
it.
If Information minister Amadou Janneh, Nana Grey Johnson are
reading, they can confirm that i did contacted them about such
a mail. Fellow Gambians, Deyda Hydara saved me from these
unknown people hiding under the name of the US Embassy. I
don't know what their motives were, but Deyda was
sceptical about what might happen to me.
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