Thanks for the forward Sanusi. 
Oh! what repression and fear will make people say and do. I guess there is no 
such thing as waiting until the judicial process proves innocence or guilt 
here.
If you dance to the music you must pay the piper.

Jabou Joh

In a message dated 1/14/04 7:00:24 AM Central Standard Time, 
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> 
> Phoday Lang Sarr, referred to as the “Deputy Majority
> Leader” of the National Assembly and a very close
> political and business associate of Baba Jobe, has
> claimed that “the people of LRD [Baba Jobe’ native
> division] have disowned Baba Jobe and have pledged
> more support to President Jammeh and the APRC”.
> 
> Mr Sarr, who is the National Assembly Member forJarra
> Central and the APRC desk officer for LRD, made this
> startling claim following his week-long “political
> sensitisation in the division to explain the case
> surrounding the embattled Majority leader.
> 
> Speaking in an exclusive interview with Daily Observer
> at his Fajikunda residence Monday, Mr Sarr said, “The
> people of LRD are today more committed to the ideals
> and principles of the APRC and they would never
> support Baba Jobe for his [...] doings and will not
> associate with anyone who wants to show solidarity
> with the embattled Majority leader. The people of LRD
> have now seen the truth as I succeeded in clearing the
> air over circumstances surrounding Baba Jobe’s case
> and they have realised that he betrayed the confidence
> bestowed in him. They were very much happy and
> delighted that the air has been cleared and they saw
> his problems as personal and they have all dissociated
> themselves from him.”
> 
> According to Mr Sarr, all the meetings he conducted in
> the LRD were successful “for there were large
> turn-outs and the people have vowed to continue
> supporting Jammeh and the APRC for they cannot support
> an individual for his selfish interest. So, this shows
> that my mission was successful and the APRC has
> achieved its goals in the LRD and no one can reverse
> that situation and anybody who disputes this can visit
> the division and interview the people. If that
> happens, Gambians would understand that the LRD is
> supportive of Jammeh’s every move to correct the ills
> for the well-being of all Gambians,” Mr Sarr claims.
> 
> He said in two weeks, the APRC will organise a mass
> political rally, probably in Soma, Baba Jobe’s power
> base, “to prove to all that the APRC is unshaken in
> the LRD. All the NAMs from the division have resolved
> that this is the best way to show to the whole world
> that LRD is not behind Baba Jobe but President Jammeh
> and the APRC. We will invite all the media houses in
> the country so as to show the whole country that it is
> APRC and President Jammeh that matters and not Baba
> Jobe. The President will be surprised with the
> reception he will be receiving in the LRD in the
> coming tour for they have seen his move as timely and
> a step in the right direction”
> 
> Ties with Baba Jobe Asked how he could play Judas, by
> abandoning his friend in his hour of need as he seem
> to be doing now, Mr Sarr retorted, “No, no, I am not
> and I have never been a close associate of Baba Jobe.
> We did not have any close ties and I am not a party to
> his deeds. His case is a private one and it is the
> APRC that brought us together. So, if he betrays the
> ideals and principles of the APRC, how can I support
> him? What matters is the APRC and if he is out of
> [sync with] the party principles, then I have nothing
> to do with him. In fact, I have already decided not
> even to go near him or anything that resembles him
> because doing so means that I am associating myself
> with wrong doings. I want to make it clear that it is
> the APRC that combined us and nothing else. Before
> that, we had no relationship and the same thing
> applies to the people of LRD.
> 
> Asked whether he was distancing himself from Baba Jobe
> because of fears of political reprisals from the APRC,
> Mr Sarr said, “No, that is not true. I am performing
> my role as a desk officer and I am an APRC stalwart
> who loves and admires President Jammeh for his vital
> role in developing The Gambia. I cannot sit down and
> allow misinformation to take root in LRD because of
> [one man’s personal interest],” he claimed.
> 
> More flags He further claimed, “Today, more APRC flags
> and portraits of President Jammeh are on the display
> in LRD. The news that APRC flags were burnt in the LRD
> is absolutely false. Many have sacrificed their own
> money now to raise more APRC flags all to show
> President Jammeh that the APRC is stronger in the area
> than before. In LRD, it is President Jammeh and
> nothing else! Baba Jobe has no support in Jarra, all
> the support for him was because of President Jammeh,”
> Mr sarr posited.
> 
> Meanwhile, Baba Jobe was not available for a response
> to Mr Sarr’s claims as he is languishing in police
> detention.
> However, a statement made on Baba Jobe’s behalf by one
> of his lawyers published in Daily Observer last month
> stated that Mr Jobe is still a member of the APRC,
> loyal to and supportive of President Jammeh.
> 
> 

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