Folks I am praying that the Opposition continues boycotting the ELECTIONS organised by IEC on the simple reason that it continues to expose APRC "internal civil war". Please read the latest between Famadi Bojang and Bakary Jaiteh Assembly Member Exchanges Blows With Assistant Commissioner The Independent (Banjul) April 29, 2002 Posted to the web April 29, 2002 By Lamin M. Dibba Banjul Impeccable sources close to the Commissioner's office in Brikama recently intimated to The Independent that a serious fight broke out last Monday between the assistant Commissioner Bakary Jaiteh and honourable Famadi Bojang the National Assembly member for Kombo Central. The two men exchanged blows in the assistant Commissioner's office after a major disagreement. Sources said they were separated by the police but only after assistant Commissioner Bakary Jaiteh had hit Honourable Bojang with his telephone. When contacted the assistant Commissioner confirmed the incident. He told The Independent that a group of APRC militants from the Nyambia ward had paid a courtesy call on him at his office and soon after they had left Honourable Bojang came in and told him not to have any business with the departed group. According to the assistant Commissioner the politician had mentioned one Pa Sainey Badjie who intended to contest in the councillorship election under ARPC ticket as creating problems for him. 'He - Famadi created problems for himself because Pa Sainey was selected at an interview conducted between him and one Lamin Bojang for the councillorship election but Honourable Famadi changed everything by dropping Pa Sainey Badjie and choosing Lamin Bojang despite him being dropped by the committee of four during the interview' explained Bakary Jaiteh. He said Honourable Bojang had protested to him that nobody should know about what happened and how Pa Sainey was dropped. However he said he could not accept Famadi's terms because he saw no wrong in treating every APRC militant with the same respect reserved for every one else. 'I made it plain to him that I would favour nobody above the rest' he explained. According to him a fight soon ensued after Famadi insulted his mother and challenged him for a fight. 'I hit him with my telephone set' he said. Although Honourable Famadi Bojang could not be reached his escort to the assistant Commissioner's office Lamin Kullo Jatta said it was Bakary Jaiteh who had been aggressive, insulting the politician's mother and hitting him with his telephone. He said Famadi had gone there to discuss some issues, which left the assistant Commissioner angry and could not control himself. Lamin said it could have taken a different turn if Honourable Bojang had hit back. 'It was foolish of the police officer and Ebrima Jammeh to treat honourable Famadi like a bandit despite his status as a National Assembly member. I even wanted to react to the police but Honourable Bojang pleaded with me for restraint' he explained. Some staff at the Commissioner's office did not hide their disappointment over the incident involving two well-respected members of the community. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Copyright © 2002 The Independent. All rights reserved. Distributed by AllAfrica Global Media (allAfrica.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 To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~