*Lawyer Ousainu Darboe is widely seen as the most serious challenger to
President Jammeh.*
By who?



On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 2:22 PM, UDP United Kingdom
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> *Ousainou Darboe biography*
>
>  Lawyer Ousainu Darboe is widely seen as the most serious challenger to
> President Jammeh. He became secretary general and leader of the United
> Democratic Party in 1996 in the wake of the ban on First Republic
> politicians and their parties imposed by the then AFPRC Military junta (now
> APRC) that toppled the democratically elected government of former president
> Jawara.
>
> His father, the late Hon. Numukunda Darboe, was a member of parliament
> representing his native constituency of Lower Fulladu West. He was also the
> propaganda secretary of the then opposition United Party of the late PS
> Njie.
>
> Born in 1948, Lawyer Darboe attended Bansang Primary School before
> proceeding to St. Augustine High School and Gambia High School in Banjul
> where he successfully completed his GCE O Levels and A Levels certificates
> respectively. He then left for Nigeria having won commonwealth scholarship
> to study law.
>
> Mr. Darboe graduated from University of Lagos with an honours degree in law
> (LLB Honours) and was called to the Federal Bar of Nigeria and subsequently
> to The Gambia Bar in 1973 after successfully completing the required
> training at the Federal Law School in Lagos, Nigeria. He also obtained a
> Masters Degree in law (LLM) from the University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
>
>
> *Legal Career*
>
> Mr. Darboe returned to The Gambia in the 1970s and worked at the Attorney
> General’s Chambers; first as a state Counsel, then Acting Registrar-General
> and subsequently legal draftsman. He resigned in 1980 and went into private
> practice.
>
> As a private lawyer, Mr. Darboe defended many of the alleged coup plotters
> in the foiled 1981 coup including the late Sherriff Mustapha Dibba, then
> leader of the opposition National Convention Party (NCP) and Pap Cheyassin
> Secka, a lawyer, both of whom were charged with treason. He also
> successfully represented the majority of the people detained under the
> various Emergency Powers regulations promulgated by the PPP government of
> ex-president Jawara after the 1981 abortive coup.
>
> Mr. Darboe served as a retained legal advisor for many leading private and
> public Corporations including Gambia’s telecommunication gaint Gamtel,
> Continent Bank, GPTC, and Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation.
> He continues to provide regular legal services (advice and representation)
> to disadvantaged members of the society on a pro bono basis.
>
> He had served the Gambia Bar Association as vice president for many years
> and still remains a leading member of the association. His involvement in
> politics is seen by many as a big personal sacrifice but a sacrifice himself
> considers worthy of doing if The Gambian democracy is to be saved.
> ‘‘Somebody has to do it’’, he would say.
>
> Mr. Darboe was also a member of The National Advisory Committee for the
> selection of judges to the International Court of Justice.
>
> He is an avid sports enthusiast who served as the First Vice President of
> The Gambia National Olympic and Sports Committee for many years and was also
> the Chairman of The Gambia Wrestling Federation.
>
> Mr. Darboe is married with two wives and several children. The eldest,
> Mariama, is a graduate of Tulane University in USA, with a Masters Degree in
> Public Health.
>
> Source; www.udpgambia.com/profile
>
>
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