Regardless of whether or not the arrest of Baba is a ploy or appeasement, one thing that is clear is that there seem to be a high degree of ambiguity as to the exact reason why this once revered and supposedly invincible man has been arrested. On one hand, we hear Tombong’s mild and cautionary explaination indicating that he is being questioned and indeed HELPING the police, which in my opinion reminds me of the Wollof saying that “ KU YARR SA MBOR, BALA MO DAN KEN, DAAN LA in translation “ When you train your fighter, before he challenges anyone, he will challenge YOU. This clearly means that, whether Yaya Jammeh need to first audit himself as highlighted by his opponents in numerous postings on both the G-L and Gambia Post is just one issue amongst many. One thing is for sure- Jammeh has now realized that this same person could cause him his presidency if he does not do something about him. We also see the anti-Jammeh camp jubilating this arrest and as usual dispensing rumors without toroughness and substantiation ,and in some cases inaccurate such as the recent publicized resignation of Isatou Njie Saidy and Singateh, but yet fail to pay attention to the pattern, which for years has been the modus operandi of the Jammeh regime. One thing for sure is that Jammeh could very well be given an award for mastering the revolving door policy, which in my opinion ensures infinite loyalty from his administration. Because if one knows that all he has to do after he/she is sacked from him job is to sit around and wait to be reinstated in some other similar position then why should the sophisticated observer even bother to take heed? I therefore think that, on one hand Baba Jobe could very well be COLLATERAL damage in the administration’s quest to supposedly find a solution to the poor and deteriorating economic conditions under pressure of the World Bank if indeed this exists, which clearly lead me to also lend some attention to his OPERATION NO COMPROMISE which he says knows no boundary regardless of whether it is credible and fair, because it seem to put some on the WHO’s NEXT ALERT list. If one has been following the forum carefully, is this not the same person who is accused of human rights violation and diamond trafficking, criminal acts and widely regarded as the one and only bold enough to face Jammeh without fear? Therefore, if Jammeh is an astute and a wise politician, it is NOT unreasonable for him to quickly discard him either this time or the next time around and he better remember the seemingly accurate wollof Saying that “ SA MBANGI DOW, DU DON SA SOPE REN” in translation “ once a FOE, often times a FOE. In conclusion, it is my opinion that similar to the cases of many government officials such as Jatta, Deen, Sillah Bai , the recent Central Bank electric broom exercise and many others, this too will soon and quickly be regarded as a misunderstanding, particularly when there already seem to be insinuation that these bounced( Dishonored cheques) written by Baba Jobe were postdated and to be presented at a later date- HIS DEFENSE. Best Regards, Ablie Njie- Lekbi Atlanta _________________________________________________________________ Great deals on high-speed Internet access as low as $26.95. https://broadband.msn.com (Prices may vary by service area.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~