Jammeh sacks aide; appoints Gen Badjie, Dpty. Army Chief

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By Ebrima G. Sankareh, Editor-In-Chief

Yet again, The Gambia Echo has been vindicated four days after we broke news that Gambia’s Deputy Army Chief, Major General Yankuba Drammeh was sacked. Today, Gambia’s National Stenographer- Daily Observer (excuse our sarcasm) quoting a presidential release, reports that Drammeh has been axed and is replaced by Brigadier General Ousman Badjie.

 

In a related development, Officer X (a.k.a “OX”) has just phoned in, reporting the sacking of Lance Corporal Sanneh, a presidential aide. Sanneh’s sacking from State House follows the sacking of Captains Baba G. Jallow and Saikou Jallow. The latter has since been arrested and being detained incommunicado at an unknown location. According to OX, Yaya Jammeh is sleepless these days. He spends the entire night monitoring international media as well as frantically surfing the Internet.

Significantly though, what the Daily Observer fails to report is that, the new Deputy Army Chief, Brigadier, Gen. Ousman Badjie, is a biological brother (same parents) to Gambia’s errant Inspector General of Police, Ensa Badjie (a.k.a Jesus). While I hate to be running editorials that border on ethnic matters, it is increasingly becoming unavoidable given the worrisome trend Jammeh is propelling The Gambia to................read the rest of the story here: www.thegambiaecho.com

Haruna.

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