If we had even the semblance of a legitimate government in the Gambia of today, by now Yaya would have been charged with and convicted of: 14 counts of murder 100 counts of attempted murder 100 counts of aggravated assault 1000 counts of assault and battery Conspiracy to commit the above crimes Incitement to commit the above crimes Accessory after the fact of the commission of the above crimes. But as we all know, what we have back home is an illegitimate government, headed by the most callous Gambians on the face of the earth. What we have, is a dictatorship that does not respect the rule of law. A Dictatorship where judges are dismissed willy-nilly when they give rulings that are unfavorable to the government. What we have is a dictatorship manned by animals that will not hesitate to massacre children as young as three in order to perpetuate a tyrant as morally bankrupt as Yaya. What we now have is a country where an impotent has used the barrel of the gun to intimidate grown men to the extent that these men will see nothing wrong in the cold-blooded murder of school children as young as three. Or if those men saw something wrong in the current state of affairs, they are so scared to tell Yaya that when he ordered the massacre of our children, he (Yaya) forfeited his right to live (let alone lead a country). As we can tell, left to Yaya and his cohorts, this heinous crime will go unpunished. On the other hand, the impotent has bamboozled some gullible and scared Gambians to turn around and blame the victims in this case. But Yaya is NOT going to rule Gambia forever. Like Dictators before him, Yaya will also be gotten rid of. When we get rid of Yaya, he and his cohorts will stand trial for this heinous crime against humanity. After that trial, all these cowards will be hanged. The record will later show that when Yaya ordered his security forces to shoot and kill our children, he thereby became culpable for all the crimes the animals committed against our children. The record will show that Yaya premeditated this heinous crime. People will testify that before Yaya left for Cuba, he instructed his security forces to fill the RVH mortuary with corpses if the children carry out their threat to demonstrate against the cold-blooded murder of Ebrima Barry and the rape of Binta Manneh (two fellow students). Instead of instructing his people to engage the children in dialog, Yaya gave out shoot to kill instructions while he was in Cuba talking to his people on the ground in Banjul. Yaya through his own admission, stated that he was in constant contact with his cabinet and security apparatus. So, here we are not even talking about the collective responsibility doctrine as far as Yaya’s culpability is concerned. The man admitted that he was running the show. Apart from his admission, there is overwhelming circumstantial evidence that will show that Yaya ordered the massacre of our children. Let us look at that evidence. We all know that a leader as callous as Yaya would have by now murdered anyone that went against his (Yaya’s) wishes and ordered the massacre of our children. No one has even been dismissed from his or her post because he or she was blamed for the massacre of our children. Yaya has not pointed to a single person within his government that has violated Yaya’s orders pertaining to the massacre. In other words, Yaya takes full responsibility for the shoot to kill orders. He always has. His twisted logic has always been: the children asked for it. How dare they demonstrate against a tyrant as callous as I am? I emasculated their parents and the children have the nerve to test my potency. I will prove to them that I am not an impotent. That is how Yaya’s sick mind works. But Yaya’s tacit acceptance of responsibility is not all. It is an open secret that the reason the Dumo et al coup was cooked by the characters at the NIA, has everything to do with April 10 and 11, 2000 massacre. Pathological liars like Foday Barry concocted this coup plot with Yaya in order to frustrate the investigation into the April massacre. Yaya was told that Ebrima Yarbo (an alleged Dumo co-conspirator that worked at Gamtel) had taped recordings of Yaya’s telephone conversations with his security apparatus while Yaya was in Cuba giving the shoot to kill orders. So, when Foday Barry told Gambian newspapers that the government had taped recordings implicating Yarbo, Dumo et al, Barry was telling a blatant lie. Barry and Yaya know that the tape recordings (if any) will instead show that Yaya ordered the massacre of our children while he was in Cuba. Let Foday Barry and Yaya show us the tape they have of Dumo et al planning to overthrow the government and kill Yaya. By concocting this story, Foday Barry and Yaya evinced the mind of a guilty person. They showed the whole world that they have something to hide. April 10 and 11, 2000 is why Dumo, Yarbo et al are languishing in jail. Yaya’s participation in the orchestration of the massacre is quite vivid. His involvement in the conspiracy to massacre our children cannot be denied. Our criminal laws then ascribe to Yaya the crimes that were committed on his (Yaya’s) behalf. So, together with the inchoate offenses of conspiracy and incitement, Yaya will also be convicted of the murder and mayhem that ensued. By now all Gambians know what happened on April 10 and 11, 2000. Silly stories that this illegal government tried to peddle in the early days, have all been debunked here on G_L. When they tried to say that rubber bullets were used on our children, we told them in no uncertain terms where to take that garbage to. When they childishly claimed that prisoners freed from Serrekunda Police station (by the children) stole guns from the police and shot our children, we again told them where to take that garbage. As inept as the Coroner’s inquest into the massacre of our children was, that inquiry showed that our children died from gunshot wounds that came from life ammunition. There is no running away from that. The question then arises: who pulled the trigger? Well, you have to have a gun in order to pull a trigger. The only people that were armed with life ammunition and shot to kill orders, were Yaya’s security forces. Sankung Badjie, Ousman Badjie, Babucarr Jatta, Baba Jobe, Sarjo Jallow, Isatou Njie-Saidy et al armed Yaya’s security forces with life ammunition and shot to kill orders from Yaya and unleash the animals onto our defenseless children. They stood by at Serrekunda and various parts of the country and watch Yaya's brute machine get to work by cold-bloodly slaughtering our children. Up to this day, there is no claim that a single Yaya security personnel sustained life threatening injuries inflicted by our children. So, at trial, self-defense will not be a defense. None of these people's lives was in danger. All Yaya and his cohorts complained about was damage done to Gamtel installations. Our laws do not allow security forces to trade the lives of our children for Gamtel and GRTS installations. At trial, self-defense will not be an issue. When Yaya stands trial, our brave children will come and testify about their injuries. The 100 that sustained the worst injuries will help prove the attempted murder charges. This will be an open and shut case. As far as Yaya was concerned, he committed his 'last act' (for the purposes of proving attempt) when he gave out those deadly orders while he was in Cuba. We will also get another 100 children (with less serious injuries) to prove the aggravated assault charges. 1000 children will come forward to explain how they were chased away by Yaya’s security forces and how they were frightened and sustained minor injuries. Yaya and all his cohorts that participated in the cover up after the massacre, will be charged with and convicted of 'accessory the fact' offenses. The convicts will include people that counsel Yaya to come back home shedding crocodile tears and promising the victims that justice will be done. The criminals will include people that were peddling the various lies about the events surrounding the massacre. Some participants at the coroner’s inquest and the bogus commission of inquiry looking into the massacre of our children will also pay for their crimes. People that persecuted the students and send their president to exile will also pay for their crimes. When it is all said and done, our children will take their rightful place in the history books of The Gambia. Those that died will be given the respect a country should give to its martyred heroes. Their families will be compensated for their loss from the ill-gotten gains Yaya looted from the people of The Gambia. Those that are still suffering from physical injuries sustained on that fateful day would be provided with adequate medical treatment. They will also be compensated for their pain and suffering. Every single victim of that heinous crime would be compensated for his or her suffering. These heroes deserve from Gambians more than Yaya and his cohorts have stolen from us. Above all, April 10 will be recognized as a national holiday to honor our fallen heroes. Needless to say, this day will replace the infamous July 22 from our national calendar. Instead of celebrating a day when a bunch of cowards, intoxicated with drugs, used intimidation to steal power from a democratically elected government and forced themselves on the Gambian people --- instead of celebrating this despicable day and the criminal, unpatriotic and cowardly behavior of Yaya and his cohorts, we would recognize April 10 as the day our heroes died for us. The day children as young as three said enough is enough and they were no longer going to take the abuse from the tyrant. We will celebrate that day as the day our children showed us, adults, what should have been glaringly obvious to us; i.e. tyranny and lawlessness must not be tolerated. The children died fighting for ONE dead child. We adults have no excuses not to fight for our FOURTEEN children that were slaughtered in cold-broad, and in broad daylight before all our eyes. Finally, I pray for the families of the departed souls recognizing that we should not worry about the fate of our children. These children died for the noblest of causes; i.e. they died fighting tyranny and injustice so that all of us can be free. I have no doubt in my mind that these children already have their places in Heaven. I pray for their families to be strong and some day unite with their children in Eternal Life. The families will get their justice when we get rid of Yaya. Our prayers are also with the other victims. I hope their injuries heal. I hope all decent Gambians do their little part to help the victims recover from their injuries. These victims will also get the justice they deserve. Those that are in exile and continue to be persecuted by our Satanic government would also come home one day. Stay strong. The Truth will always prevail. 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