Joe,
Many thanks for your piece on this Ebou Jallow saga,  Indeed you have
touched on the central issue in this case, which is our society's
glorification of people who steal from our own pockets.
Ebou is not the first, nor will he be the last. It is time we as a society
condemn this sort of behaviour as disgusting as it is reprehensible, whether
committed by our brothers, uncles or whosoever.
Invoking the spirit of Ramadan after committing such a heinous crime is the
limit of hypocrisy, but not atypical of the behaviour we have seen from
these sort of people. They will steal millions and embark on so called
philanthropic causes like mosque building and sending imams to Mecca, just
for praise and support from dubious opinion leaders.
In this regard, I would plead with brother Tapha, a jolly good fellow all
round, to expunge the name of Ebou Jallow among his list of good people.
There no bigger rogue on this forum than this one.

----- Original Message -----
From: Joe Sambou <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 7:49 PM
Subject: Re: Former AFPRC Strongman Apologises to President Jammeh

.  We as a people need to stop glorifying the
> thieves in our midst.  Gambia is where it is today because of 35 years of
> folks just bleeding us to death and the society at large seeing it as
"Daanu
> Aam Faida" (meaning the thieves).  The same thing is happening with this
> Ebou character.  Our fellow brothers and sisters hang around him for
> trinkets they can get and then disperse to spread the gospel of how a kind
> fellow he is and all type of lies.

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