OK, All this prank calls are nice and revealing, but sometimes I wonder
about its consequences, especially for innocent folks. An example is this Kumba
Sabally who is begging not be associated with such a call. I think it would
have made sense to remove her name from the story instead of mentioning her
multiple times. I think this is both morally and "journalistically" wrong.
I wonder what one of us would do if we get an anonymous call from New York
Times insisting on some information and the next day we see our names on
the front page of the paper revealing the phone conversation.

A Conversation With Captain Sanna Manjang; As Manjang Freely Talks To A
Posing British Tourist That Never Was!
A Conversation With Captain SannaManjang; As Manjang Freely Talks To A
Posing British Tourist That Never Was!

After months of intensive efforts to have Yahya Jammeh’s lead assassin team
member Sanna Manjang, on Freedom Radio, we finally infiltrated Mr. Manjang
on Wednesday evening.  All it takes to have Captain Sanna Manjang talking
was to pose as a British tourist and also promise to get him into the UK
for a summer vacation. I briefly introduced myself to Mr. Majang before
luring him into the much awaited interview.  I told Sanna that my name is
Peter, and I met him around the vicinity of the Kombo Beach Hotel some two
years ago while on holidays in the Gambia with my “daughter Janet.”

Before calling him, I conducted a research on him. I was told that he likes
dating British women. He also likes drinking and having good time during
his leisure time. The ambush interview was well planned.

As soon as the phone rang Manjang remarked: “Do I know you? Who is
this?”  I reminded him that we met at Kombo Beach and that he was very
helpful and friendly to my family during our short encounter. Manjang
became relax when I told him that my daughter Janet wanted to speak to him.
I also told him that we wanted to invite him to join us in the UK for the
summer.

During my conversation with Sanna Manjang, he told me that he no longer
works at Kanilai, the President’s home villa. He said he has been moved to
the Farafenni Army barracks. Manjang said he is third in command at
Farafenni, and his job is very demanding. That he is very busy with work at
Farafenni. He also said he is very happy with his work, and he enjoyed
serving his country. Manjang also told me that he is not living in the
Barracks. He is living somewhere in town. He spoke freely with me after I
told him that I was a wealthy British tourist, who met him some years ago.

Mr. Manjang also clarified that he is not an army major, but a Captain. He
was transferred to Farafenni, following Warrant officer Bai Lowe’s
revelations exposing Jammeh’s secret murder machine.

Initially Sanna Manjang told me that he was not interested in resettling in
the UK. He said he is happy with his work and was proud to serve his
country. “I like my work so much. I am a civil servant. I am still a
Captain,” Manjang said. Mr. Manjang said he would want me to give his cell
number to Janet so that Janet can call him.

Manjang was talking as if he ever met Janet. He kept telling me that he
wanted to speak to Janet. “How is Janet doing,?” Manjang asked. Truth be
told, Sanna Manjang has never met Janet. He also never met me. I pranged
him and he believes in my assertion that I was a British tourist in the
Gambia.

Manjang said he doesn’t mind making a short visit to the UK, but he has no
intension of abandoning his job in the Gambia. I was able to convince him
to honor my invitation. He was laughing when I told him “ Sanna, please
come join us for the summer and have beer with the family. I will take you
around London, Brighton, and across the country.”

“You mean you can get me to the UK? How do you plan to do that?” Sanna
Manjang asked.  I told Mr. Manjang that getting him to the UK was very easy
for me because I came from a rich family.  I told him that I am a
millionaire. That let him not worry about getting a visa.

Mr. Manjang became excited as soon as he heard my assurances. He then told
me that he wouldn’t mind visiting.  He said he really wanted to speak to my
daughter. I told him that I was going to ensure that Janet will give him a
call sometime on Thursday.

“I am better off here than there. I like my job. I like helping people.
That what I do. That’s my job,” Manjang said. He was responding to my
remarks that he was very helpful to my family when we visited the Gambia
two years ago.

My conversation with Mr. Manjang prematurely ended when I confronted him
about the Freedom Newspaper reportage linking him to the secret
assassination of Gambians. I told him that there is this "stupid online
paper" carrying his picture portraying him as a lead killer for Yahya
Jammeh. Manjang said he was not aware of such reportage. “I don’t know
anything about that,” he said.  When I further pressed him on the issue,
the phone went dead from the other end.

In another development, I also phoned the home of President Jammeh’s mother
Asombi Bojang in Kotu. I spoke with one Kumba Sabally. I requested to speak
to Asombi, but Kumba refused to entertain my request. She wanted to know
how I got her cell number. I told her that Asombi Bojang is my aunty. That
I wanted to speak to her urgently. She said that she is not at liberty to
pass the phone to the President’s mother. That it was not her job to
forward calls to the President’s mum.  She told me to try and call Asombi’s
orderlies, but I told her that I do not have their number. She also tried
to find out where I was calling from. I told her that I was calling from
Kartong.

Ms. Sabally is an intelligent girl. I spent close to thirty minutes trying
to convince her to link me up with the President’s mum, but she refused.
She said she doesn’t want to run into trouble. She said she doesn’t know me
and that she doesn’t talk to strangers.

I told her that I have been frequenting Asombi’s home. That even last week
I was at the house and I met her. She said she doesn’t remember meeting me
in her life time. She also said she seriously doubts if I was calling from
the Gambia because the phone number(s) that appears on her caller ID
doesn’t look like I was calling from Kartong.

Ms. Sabally also told me that Asombi Bojang cannot speak Mandingka. She
only speak Jolla. I told her that I can speak Jolla. She was still not
convinced by her assertion that I meant well by demanding to speak to
Asombi. She said that it is unsafe for her to hand over the phone to Ms.
Asombi Bojang. She said she is the breadwinner of their family and she
doesn’t want to upset the state.

I asked her whether if President Jammeh, or Pa Bojang called to request to
speak to Asombi, she will forward the call, she said such a situation has
never arise. She said the President knows how to reach his mum including Pa
Bojang.

I told her that since she refused to forward the call to Asombi, I was
going to turn her in to Asombi next time I visit the house. She said: “I am
not refusing. I do not want to put myself in trouble. I want to meet you
when you visit the house next time. I don’t remember meeting you. I will
not disclose my conversation with you to Asombi unless you talk about it,”
she said.

I told Kumba Sabally that one of the reasons that I was calling the
President’s mum was that I wanted to bring to her attention about some of
the economic and political crimes committed by Jammeh against our people.
That I wanted Asombi to prevail on her son to stop killing Gambians and
plundering the nation’s coffers. She doesn’t want to hear my statement.

“Please spare me. I do not want to be associated with this. I am severing
right now. I am afraid,” she said.


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