Sankareh, this is indeed good news. Even if he does not testify in person, doubters out there cannot deny knowledge of where and how Gambia's resources are being spent. I hope the judge insists that he appears or they issue a warrant for his arrest when he enters the country. Chi Jaama Joe >From: [log in to unmask] >Reply-To: [log in to unmask] >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: [>-<] Yahya Jammeh's Court Case >Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 14:32:58 -0400 (EDT) > >[ This e-mail is posted to Gambia|Post e-Gathering by [log in to unmask] ] > > >Ambassador John P. Bojang Star Witness in Jammeh’s Court Case in >Washington, DC. Yahya Jammeh Nervous Over 8-Hour Deposition. >Crispin Grey Johnson, Mambureh Njie & Famara Jatta to testify. > > Gambian President Yahya Abdul Aziz Jamus Junkung Jammeh is not a happy >man these days given the high profile legal saga that he now finds >himself in. President Jammeh is a defendant in a lawsuit filed by a >reputable Washington DC lobby firm (name withheld) that has succeeded in >getting part of the dictator’s account frozen. > Unassailable sources from State House reveal that prior to this case, >another lobby firm, Washington World Group (W.W.G) headed by Chairman >Edward VonKloberg Jr. forced Jammeh to pay over a million dollars in >damages. Apparently, it was after he fell out with the WWG, that the >Gambian President secured the services of the current litigant who >brought him recognition despite Jammeh’s nasty human rights records. >According to my State House sources, the litigant even lobbied for the >Gambian President to have an audience with Amnesty International during >the despot’s last trip to Washington. Predictably, once his job was done, >he decided to fire the lobby firm. May be Jammeh thought he was in The >Gambia where he is always right. > What complicates matters further for Jammeh is that his star witness John >Paul Bojang, has feigned illness such that he cannot leave his post in >Taipei to testify in Washington where he served as ambassador when the >contract was signed. In another development, James Mustafa Kujabie who >was also slated to testify is now dropped from the list, lest he becomes >a hostile witness now that he too, has ran afoul of Jammeh. > Amazingly, President Jammeh has been asked by Baker and Butts the >litigant’s lawyers to appear for an eight-hour deposition. However, as >we went to press, Crispin Grey Johnson is negotiating for Jammeh not to >appear given the embarrassment his grilling could bring. It remains to >be seen whether a no-nonsense Federal Court Judge in the person of the >Hon. Gladis Kessler will accept Ambassador G-Johnson’s plea. Judge >Kessler is also presiding over a multi-million dollar tobacco lawsuit. >Be that as it is, it will be revealing to see Jammeh in the dock taking >questions from trial attorneys from Baker & Butts. Given our man’s lack >of semantic precision coupled with his penchant for ridiculous humor, >one may contemplate cont > > > > >----------------------------gambiapost.NET------------------------------ >------LATEST NEWS FROM THE GAMBIA, NOW AT:>>------- >http://www.gambiapost.net/newspaper >-------------ACCESS TO OUR ARCHIVE AT:>>----------- >http://www.gambiapost.net/signon.php >(password is : freedumo ) >--------CHAT WITH FELLOW GAMBIA POSTERS>>---------- >http://65.18.147.105/chat/index.php >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Be sure to contact List Management for (un)subscription requests by e-mail >addressed to: [log in to unmask] or simply follow our DIY directions >at: http://www.gambiapost.net/unsubscribe.htm >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >©2002 Our Guiding Principle : "Va, pensiero", "Let thought(s) fly forth" >------------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~