Mr. Ngum,
From what you have written, Ebou Chogan is surely not your idol and with names like sadist, monster, hypocrite and torturer, he is also certainly not your friend. My problem here is: What has that got to do with his posting? In my opinion Ebrima Chongan is only trying to clarify and corroborate a part of Ebou Colly's story of what happened on that particular night at Mile Two.
This is what Ebou Colly wrote after the brutes were ready with Capt. Cham:
"They came back. But it was Major Chongan they went
for. He was also handcuffed, dragged on the cement
floor and beaten mercilessly before they took him to
the back and fired shots in the air again."
The above paragraph was what Ebou Colly saw. Chongan's piece is to explain to us what happened when "they took him to the back...". Ebou Colly didn't expound on it, simply because he didn't see it. Which is something that kept everyone who studiously read his part ten of The Coup, in total suspense of what went on when "...they took him (Chongan) to the back...". I think Chongan, who transpired what Ebou Colly was explaining should be commended for the dilation and corroboration of Ebou Colly's story rather than being pilloried for something that he might had done before this episode.
The thing that strikes most in Chongan's piece, is that there is not a hint of bitterness or resentment in explaining what he went through that night, in fact, he added a little bit of hilarity to it by calling the person who came to dress his wounds; "GV Paint".
Mr. Ngum, in your initial reply to Chongan's posting, you wrote "I ain't get no beef..." but with the things you wrote about Ebou Chongan in your subsequent postings to Mr. Owens, KB and the rest, it seems as if you really have a big bone to pick with Ebrima Chongan. That is your prerogative, but you still do not tell us how Chongan could be a "worse monster" than the people he faced on that doleful night of 7th September 1994.
I believe the Gambian people will be grateful to people like Ebrima Chongan and Ebou Colly for sharing their experiences under those horrible situations, for to redress the iniquity of those dastards, one has to know the TRUTH of what really happened.
Prince
----- Original Message -----
From: Ousainou Ngum
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 19:15
Subject: Re: WHAT HAPPEN TO US AT RIP.
Ebou Secka and Samba:
Ebou, thanks a lot for interpreting what I said in more legible English.
This is exactly the point that I tried to make and nothing else. Samba, I'm
not sure about what you said vis-a-vis Ebou Colly, however, you sill reserve
the right to share whatever info you might have about this man. Credibility
is what we are looking for. Therefore, I'll urge Colly to challenge your
charges. Chongan is as well being urged to challenge my charges, then I'll
breakdown his terrible record into some damned pieces.
Kujabi and Owens:
I did not condemn Chongan in any way for sharing his story. In fact, I
believe it's quite important for us to understand what these people went
through, however, I'm still sticking by what I said earlier. I honestly
believe that Chongan would have been a worse monster had he been in the
position of his former colleagues.
I do not buy his whinings when he had infact perpetrated crimes with
similar magnitudes in the past with impunity. I do not need to go into
recent Gambian history to establish my case against this hypocrite. This guy
has tortured, abused his powers and commited a whole lot of vices that would
take a journal to tabulate. His dishonesty in revealing the evil of the
AFPRC while stifling his unruly behavior in the past is where I have
aproblem with him. So, Ansumana, as you will see, I'm not the "dishonest"
here.
KB, what you are implying is that people can perpetrate the worst crime
against others, but once they come into your camp (anti-Jammeh), their
terrible records can be disregarded. This is nonesense! You went on to
rhetorically ask about the possibility of any vendetta Chongan might have
with myself and Ebou Secka. I will speak for my self on this. Such a beef is
nonexistent as far as myself and my family is concerned.
I honestly believe that you are the one who is fighting The Jammeh regime
from a personal hatred for the man. Who knows who you were during those
corrupt Jawara days! You know, it makes me sick whenever I come across
unpricipled folks like you. INJUSTICES SHOULD BE TREATED AS SUCH, REGARDLESS
OF WHO THE PERPETRATOR OR THE VICTIM IS. This is why I'm exposing the
horrible acts of an otherwise professional and smart officer. No hard
feelings or bitterness.
Peaceout.
Ous Ngum.
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