Hi List Managers, Please kindly subscribe brother Ebou Janha. His e-mail address is: [log in to unmask] >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: Is Obasanjo in dispute with Jammeh? >Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 06:29:11 -0700 > >Gambia-L: > >The e-mail below, as usual, came from one of my >sources in the Gambia. By the way, I have more e-mails >from sources, but they are stocked in my >[log in to unmask] account which I cannot again >access the whole of this morning! I'll try it later on >or tommorow! > >Ebrima Ceesay > >______________________________________________________ > > >Hello Ebrima: > >You guys on the L, are giving a hell of a time to the >APRC regime, these days. And you have to keep it up!! > >Anyway, three big stories for you today. (1) There is >currently a serious behind-the-scene diplomatic >tension between the Gambia and Nigeria over >allegations that the Gambia and three other unnamed >countries in the Subregion, are actually fuelling the >ethnic/religious tensions in Nigeria. The State House >Imam is in the frame. > >Ebrima, the tension is such that the Gambia High >Commissioner to Abuja was summoned to the Nigeria's >Foriegn Office and told pointedly, Abuja's concerns >over the issue. > >Nigerian intelligence said that the late Sani Abacha's >cronies, including Yaya Jammeh, are still bent on >destablising Nigeria, so that they can continue to lay >their hands on that country's oil wealth. > >So, no wonder for the last two Heads of States Summits >held in Abuja, Nigeria, Yaya Jammeh delibrately >refused to attend, fearing, of course, that Obasanjo >will raise the issue. > >Also, don't forget Jammeh was the first president to >endorse the late Sani Abacha's demand that Nigerian >dissidents, opposed to his (Sani) rule outside >Nigeria, should be arrested whenever they visited any >of the countries in West Africa. > >So, given the fact President Obsanjo was one of those >people who were critical of Abacha at the time, Jammeh >is therefore having a problem in facing him. > >(2) The President (Jammeh) has cancelled his planned >trip to Senegal and Mauritania today Friday, following >reports in Senegal that President Wade was not ready >to receive him but instead a very Junior Minister was >assigned to meet him (Jammeh) to discuss that >country's border crisis with Mauritania. > >Yaya Jammeh, knowing the type he is, a laughable >maron, wants to mediate in this crisis, but Abdoulaye >Wade is treating him like a toddler. > >(3) For your information, it is not only Tamsir Jallow >and Sulayman Massaneh Ceesay who are unhappy in the >Jammeh camp, but even Edward Singhateh and a few >others are also unhappy. > >I will send all their names later. Edward's problem >with Yaya Jammeh is that he ( Edward) is very much >opposed to the idea of the revival of the July 22 >movement and turning them into an APRC's youth action >group. > >He, Edward, believes that this will do no good to the >Gambia's alreadly bad image. He is also opposed to the >apparent hijacking of the regime by Baba Jobe and a >few >businessmen in the country. > >Now, Yaya Jammeh, because of the type of man he is, >saw this act by Edward as a betrayal and for four >months now, Edward Singhateh has not been receiving >his usual or full salary. > >Instead, two-third of his salary is directly being >paid to Yaya Jammeh to settle a loan that Edward was >said to have taken from him during the transition >period. > >The story is that there was a kick-back given to >Edward following the recognition of Taiwan by Gambia >as a State. All Council members in then AFPRC were >supposed to be given some kick backs, in addition to >the US$35 million dollars given to them. > >But the whole sum Edward got from Taiwan was never >revealed to Yaya Jammeh and, upon realising this >subsequently, he, Jammeh, urged Singhateh to pay the >balance to him personally (Jammeh) in the form of a >loan. > >And Edward started to pay Jammeh, but when Edward >could not qualify for the vice president post because >of his age at the time, Yaya Jammeh symphathised him >and told him to "forget the repayment of the loan >thing". > >Now, Edward has since been asked once again by Jammeh >to pay him back, and Edward is paying him because Yaya >Jammeh sees him (Edu) as a betrayer. So something is >brewing between these two men, and this is why you >guys on Gambia-L should continue the pressures. > >By the way, I was very angry with you the last time, >in your argument with Edi Sidibeh, because you nearly >revealed your sources. > >Don't mind these jesters! They are only trying to >deviate the real issue. Anyway, I have now forgiven >you because you have upgraded (laugh). > >Thanks! > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Photos -- now, 100 FREE prints! >http://photos.yahoo.com > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------