Aunty Jabou,
I am not sure if renewing passports of Gambians at the Embassy is that much a
problem for those who might be listed in the APRc "black books," but I can
confirm to you and brother Cherno Baba that it is true that some are listed.
I have first hand info on some of these and the memo was written by the then
Director General of NIA and it was posted at all ports of entry.
Anyway, this was before the last elections. Recently, I was told that it is
no more being observed, but I personally do not buy into that.
Back on the passport issue, I know people who are listed in that "book" and
they had no problem extending their passport expiration dates. And these are
people who walked in to the embassy to do it. One thing observed by all those
who visited the embassy for that purpose is that the employees there are real
civil servants. Of course not the same thing was said about Johnson, so it
might just be something personal between him and your friend.

Ousman Bojang.

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