Jabou,
Yaya Jammeh should arrest the people Ebou Jallow have mentioned here. They
should be tried in a law court, for the accusation. Let Yaya Jammeh not tell
us that they don`t know who the perpetrators are here. I, for one, believe
in Ebou`s story!

Elhadj.



----- Original Message -----
From: "Jabou Joh" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2003 11:37 PM
Subject: Re: Koro's murder/pages from G-L archives


> Date:   Thu, 11 Nov 1999 01:39:27 GMT
> Subject:   EBOU JALLOW'S LATEST BOMBSHELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> >
> >
> >
> > Sorry guys for the first mail. I meant to forward Ebou Jallows latest
> > bombshell from Gambianet. Here it is as follows. Mr. Camara please take
note.
> > Thanks.
======================================================================
> > Author Ebou Jallow (Jambarr) Topic: Korro Ceesay's Death- What really
happened
> > It has come to my attention that a lot of people are very interested in
> > knowing the whole story on Korro's death. I am constantly being rebuked
for not
> > coming out earlier to expose the whole story whilst I was in Government;
but I
> > believed then timing was very important and besides it would have been
> > suicidal and the whole truth would have been buried with me forever...
Now here is
> > the story- I first had the oppurtunity to know Korro on a diplomatic
mission
> > to the UN. He was then an undersecretary at the Ministry of Finance,
since
> > then we became very close friends. I had alot of admiration for him, he
was
> > exceptionally smart, full of ideas and very enthused about our
revolutionary
> > cause. Being a young man like myself we bonded easily. Immediately after
that
> > mission, Yaya wanted to reshuffle his Cabinet, and Korro became a very
favorable
> > candidate. Korro was a star in the Council, personally he felt like a
> > brother to me and we consulted on issues and I use to admirably call him
SERRING
> > DARRA. But obviuosly not everyone in the Council was happy with him.
Edward
> > Singharty felt very threatened by the amount of respect and admiration
that
> > Korro enjoyed from all of us including Yaya. Eventually his envy and
insecurity
> > turned to paranoia, that Korro might eventually be a prime candidate for
No. 2
> > after the Elections. Besides Singharty never like the idea of us
resigning
> > from the military but Yaya was his main obstacle and he couldn't get my
> > support to derail the process by overthrowing Yaya. Unfortunately
enough, Koro
> > became too overzealous and made some few misstakes by sometimes
bypassing the
> > whole Council in making decisions on his own and later informing Yaya.
Of course
> > this angered all of us and gave Singharty enough ammunition to alienate
Koro
> > from Yaya and the rest of us. Korro further aggravated his relations
with
> > Singharty with some petty confrontations which Singharty, being the type
he is,
> > saw as a personal vendetta and vowed to avenge. As time went on Korro's
> > circumstances deteriorated to a point that Yaya asked the SG then Abou
Wadda to
> > draft a letter firing Korro. This occurred on a Tuesday morning in my
> > presence. I left for Libya on Wednesday morning. On Friday that same
week, Yaya left
> > for Cairo and on that same fateful evening Koro was murdered. I first
learned
> > about it from Gaddafi himself who was utterly disturbed and he told me
point
> > blank that I should tell Yaya to quit this nonsense. I was very confused
> > myself and felt really stupid. I returned to my hotel room after meeting
> > Gaddafi, and called my wife immediately. She told me that she couldn't
sleep the
> > night before (meaning Friday) because all the Guards at Yankuba's House
were
> > abruptly told to come to my Residence at Fajara cause there is some
suspicious
> > activity at the coastline. She later told me that Aja, Singharty's wife
urged
> > her and Ma'amie, Yankuba's wife to all go immediately to State House No.
2,
> > Singharty's Residence for an impromptu house party. They stayed there
all ni
> > ght until Singharty, his brother Peter, and Yankuba all came in with mud
and
> > gas all over their body, and looking very worried. I was confused but
> > maintained my calm until this morning, I flew to Geneva enroute back
home. At Geneva,
> > I joined the same Swiss flight with Jammeh who was also returning home
from
> > his trip. Jammeh told me almost everything that happened but then cut it
short
> > cause he was quarrelling with his wife then Tuti Faal. He told me to
meet
> > with him as soon as we got back home. At the statehouse Jammeh briefly
> > mentioned the Korro's death then said that he was very tired and would
like to have
> > some rest. I insisted to talk him and Lamin Barjo also decided to stay.
Only
> > three of us and God, I and Barjo told Jammeh that we cannot be part of
what
> > happened and He Jammeh should do something about it. We told Jammeh that
what
> > happened was outrageous and He should distance himself from this
savagery if
> > he wants to preserve his honor. Jammeh sat there looking shocked,
dissapointed
> > and helpless. After a long silence we decided to leave him alone. The
same
> > night Singharty invited me over to his house with Yankuba, and after a
few
> > drinks, he narrated to me in fact laughing how they fooled Korro by
inviting him
> > to Yankuba's house, hit him on the head with a baseball bat and shot him
in
> > the head at blank range. They later took the dead body to the woods and
> > burned it together with the Mercedes. Peter got burned in the hand cause
he was
> > late to withdraw from the fire. My fellow Gambians this incident
occurred in
> > our beloved country. The murderers are still walking proudly in the
Streets of
> > Banjul and protecting themselves with a worped constitutional law of
> > indemnity yet persecuting honourable Gambians with various Commissions
of Inquiries,
> > investigations, etc , etc.......
===========================================
> > I have a couple of questions. Did Singharty know that Koro was going to
be
> > fired? If so it seems pointless that he would have to kill him. Also
according
> > to your version of the story, Jammeh had nothing to do with Koro's
death. So
> > why has he not exposed those involved? Being the cunning politician that
he
> > is, it seems punishing the trio would be a good way to earn some brownie
> > points from the Gambian public.
> > =================================================== Author Ebou Jallow
(Jambarr) Singharty was aware of the fact that Korro was
> > going to be fired, but according to what he told me, in the presence of
> > Yaya, and the rest of the Council Members, he alleged that Korro was
planning a
> > palace coup with the Ghanians, and his plan was to poison Yaya. But
knowing
> > Singharty very well I found that very hard to believe. His only
motivation for
> > killing Koro was pitched by pure hatred and poor judgement. As far as
Jammeh
> > is concerned, I will be very honest and a little bit prudent in pointing
> > fingers cause he never admitted to me that he had full knowledge of what
> > happened; fair enough but Singharty himself made the confession and all
five of us
> > are consciously aware of it. So him being the Head of State enthrusted
with all
> > power to do justice to all Gambians without passion or prejudice should
have
> > taken approriate measures to bring Singharty and the rest to justice
like
> > any other common criminal. Obviously Korro did not commit suicide nor
was he
> > murdered by any green men from space. There is a lot of direct evidence
> > pointing to the AFPRC concerning Korro's death and a lot of people, like
Yaya, Lamin
> > Barjo, Yankuba, our spouses, the Guards...., can reinforce my statements
if
> > they believe in God.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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