Lers

Once again the Gambia's theory of justice is on the
micro-scope. I am carefully assessing these cautionary
statements and from my observation that they don't
make sense. The APRC should know that treason is a
seious offence and the onus lies on them to prove it
beyond reasonable doubt.
I am pretty sure that APRC feel embarrassed to comence
this trial, the decision to keep Dumo and others at
Mile 2 prison is a just strategy. If the cautionary
statements of Dumo and others is what they rely upon,
then surely there is no case to answer. By the way,
the statements have not passed the test for
corroboration, let alone we have no information
whether these statements were obtained voluntarily.

I shall read over these statements and then assesses
its reliability for a charge of treason. Once this has
been accomplished, I shall forward them on the L

Until then, have a wonderful day.

Sanusi


--- Damp ha Kebba <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >
Ebrima, upon a perusal of this post, I can see a lot
> of holes in the
> government's 'case'. I will study these statements
> some more and write a
> more fitting piece. Suffice for me to say that a lot
> of things do NOT add
> up. I will make further inquiries to establish
> whether Dumo and Yarbo take
> ownership of these Cautionary Statements. In other
> words, did Dumo and Yarbo
> in particular give these statements voluntarily.
>
> In Dumo's case there are some statements that simply
> do NOT make sense to
> me. How Dumo's alleged conversation with the Italian
> vermin degenerated from
> discussing the Italian's business ventures
> (restaurant) to discussing the
> purchase of arms is just mind-boggling to me?
>
> As far as this despicable Barrow chap is concerned,
> one can drive a truck
> through his LIES. It is full of discrepancies. One
> moment the Italian was
> the man with the money and wanted guns, the next
> moment it was Dumo and Saul
> Ndow that had the money and wanted guns from the
> Italian. This does not make
> sense. Barrow is clearly lying through his teeth.
> The Italian clearly wanted
> to get a contract from Yaya training soldiers since
> his restaurant was not
> bringing in money. How does the Italian convince our
> moron to give him a
> contract? Lie about some Gambians and say that they
> are plotting to
> overthrow the government. This vermin does not care
> if people lose their
> lives in the process.
>
> Ebrima, like I said, I will look into this some
> more. At this stage one can
> safely conclude that there is no case whatsoever
> against Lalo Jaiteh. This
> is not to say that there is some semblance of a case
> against the other
> alleged conspirators. All I am saying is that
> Barrow's LIES did not
> encompass Lalo according to the Cautionary
> Statements. Real investigators
> (which the thugs at the NIA are NOT) would have had
> a genuine line-up and
> asked Barrow to identify Lalo from day one. That did
> NOT happen. The Italian
> also has vested interest in lying about these
> people. This is the most
> ridiculous case I have ever seen. The Star Witness
> (Barrow) did not even
> succeed in linking all the alleged conspirators to
> one common criminal
> enterprise; and that is critical in a case like
> this. Without this linkage,
> the government can say bye-bye to its case. Remember
> the charges we spoke
> about months ago. There is no evidence that Dumo
> knows Kanteh for instance
> or these people know Yarbo. To charge citizens with
> a crime as serious as
> treason on the basis of such flimsy evidence from
> pathological liars like
> Barrow, Foday Barry and this Italian vermin, can
> only happen in the kind of
> Dictatorship we have back home. Now hustlers can
> come to the country from
> Italy, lie about innocent and defenseless Gambians
> and have them
> incarcerated incommunicado without trial.
>
> No wonder why the government is scared to take this
> 'evidence' to court.
> Like Ebrima, I also caution people to be alert when
> they read these
> statements. For starters, let us NOT assume that
> Dumo et al gave these
> statements voluntarily. Secondly, Barrow's
> statements should be watched
> carefully. Thirdly, we should understand the role
> this despicable Italian
> guy was playing. Does it make sense that Saul Ndow
> will know the Italian's
> involvement with Yaya and still allow Dumo to deal
> with the Italian? Does it
> make sense that Lalo will know the Italian's
> involvement with Yaya and still
> allow his family member (Kanteh) to still deal with
> the Italian? A lot of
> things do NOT add up.
> KB
>
>
>
> >From: Ebrima Ceesay <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing
> list
> ><[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Statements by Dumo Saho, Lt Jaiteh, Yarbo
> and others!
> >Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 18:01:11 -0000
> >
> >Gambia-L:
> >
> >Find below the cautionary statements made to the
> Serious Crimes Unit of The
> >Gambia Police Force, by Messsrs Dumo Saho, Ebrima
> Yarbo, Momodou Marenah,
> >Ebrima Barrow and Lt Lalo Jaiteh, in connection
> with the LIES levelled
> >against them by the State.
> >
> >The statements make interesting reading and also
> show how these men were
> >set
> >up and entrapped by an Italian security agent, who
> is one of Yahya Jammeh's
> >chief security advisers. It would seem that the
> Italian, Francesco Caso,
> >deliberately tried to incite the procurement of
> guns, for the purpose of
> >setting the men up. He tried it also on Sheriff
> Dibba, Lamin Waa Juwara,
> >but
> >these two men were not drawn into the trap. If you
> remember well, one of my
> >source once reported on the L, that there are/were
> Italian Security Agents
> >who are/were working for Jammeh.
> >
> >Having said that, I must caution that Gambians
> should be very vigilant with
> >some of these foreigners they are dealing with,
> especially when they do not
> >know them.  It would seem that Yahya Jammeh will
> stop at nothing.  The
> >Gambia is now a POLICE STATE, and we should all be
> on our guard.  If
> >foreigners come to our country and pose as
> investors, we should make sure
> >that they are genuine investors before dealing with
> them.
> >
> >Reading the statements of Brothers Dumo Saho,
> Ebrima Barrow and the rest of
> >the brothers, which are reproduced below in full, I
> was almost in tears and
> >could see clearly how they were being duped and set
> up by this Italian,
> >Francesco Caso, a security adviser to Yahya Jammeh.
> >
> >Anyway, with the benefit of hindsight, one can
> always say these things:  at
> >the time, it is always very easy to be drawn into
> traps like these.
> >Perhaps, if the Italian had come to me, he could
> probably have gotten me to
> >work on his behalf, or to introduce him to other
> Gambians. So we should
> >attach no blame to Dumo Saho and the other
> brothers.  They were all victims
> >of a vicious and purposefully arranged plot by this
> Italian and Jammeh's
> >henchmen (and almost certainly by Yahya Jammeh
> himself).
> >
> >I urge people to check back through the archives:
> my source had already
> >told us about the presence of Italian security
> advisers at Statehouse. We
> >do
> >really need to be on our guard, and to heed the
> information being supplied
> >by my sources in The Gambia.  We need to take
> seriously the information
> >that
> >is forwarded by my sources so that we can avoid
> similar tragedies in the
> >future.
> >
> >I cannot end this posting without commending
> Annika, the wife of Dumo Saho.
> >She has been working tirelessly to secure the
> release of her husband, and
> >she should know that she has many friends both in
> and out of The Gambia,
> >who
> >will do all in their power to assist her and her
> husband.  We have to
> >maintain the pressure on Jammeh and his regime, and
> we shall success in
> >having Dumo Saho, Lt. Jaiteh, Ebrima Yarboe,
> Momodou Marenah, Ebrima Barrow
>
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