Sanusi, thanks for this forward.  I recalled this post very well and it was
also my response to Thief Jallow that brought Elhajj to his defense at the
time.  This guy is nothing but a creep.  Keep up the good work.

Chi Jaama

Joe Sambou


>From: Sanusi Owens <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: EBOU JALLOW'S LATEST BOMBSHELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 05:02:33 -0500
>
>On Thu, 11 Nov 1999 01:39:27 GMT, Matthias Greywoode <[log in to unmask]>
>wrote:
>
> >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 night 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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>Folks
>
>Sorry for not forwarding you the REVELATION according to the Gambia's
>Biggest Fugitive. Please refresh your memory.
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