[I rather concentrate on my kids and msyelf rather than breaking any sweat for a struggle where people lie and work very hard to discredit each others effort for no bloody reason.]--Mboge
 
Dearest Lamin,
 
Thanks for keeping up with fire and being around with us. On the above, Mboge was also speaking for me.
 
I recalled Mboge's take when his sister was arrested in the Gambia.
 
Thanks for your lines always and I take great inspiration in you and many like you.
 
Kind Regards with love,

Yero
 


 

There is no god but Allah (SWT) and Muhammad (SAW) is His messenger. Fear and Worship only Allah alone!

 

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Subject: RE: [>-<] When will it end? Moses Richards BEGS Jammeh for mercy

Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 11:57:13 +0000

YJ
 
Good points, but I hope Mboge reconsiders the bit about giving up.
 
If you and I join Mboge, where do we go as a country
 
Can you see why we desperately need a united front to end this absolute madness?
 
 
 
 
LJDarbo
 

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Subject: RE: [>-<] When will it end? Moses Richards BEGS Jammeh for mercy
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 06:45:13 -0500

Bro Mboge,
 
As if by coincidence, I have little to add to what you just stated.
 
As if wonders will never cease to happen, we've seen again, the selfish nature of our people.
 
I have no doubt that his voice is a desparate voice, one strictly born out of frustration, but with all that, how can one ever get so low like Moses has gone?
 
Even if he realized he was wrong, there is a way he can admit to it without having to resort to begging Jammeh or humuliating his peers. It is a total failure that a man of his calibre should beg for justice dispensation from Jammeh as if he don't believe in the rule of law and the Gambian constitution. It again makes clear for all and sundry that the Gambian justice system is in the hands of Yaya Jammeh. So sad!!!
 
I only hope the Fankungs and the other APRC supporters are not playing a prank out of everything and that Moses Richards is the author of such a piece....I am scared!
 
Yero

There is no god but Allah (SWT) and Muhammad (SAW) is His messenger. Fear and Worship only Allah alone!

 

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Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:29:55 +0200
Subject: Re: [>-<] When will it end? Moses Richards BEGS Jammeh for mercy
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Absolute madness.  Gambia has a very long way to go.  These victimised lot are always ready to sacrifice those fighting their corner, be they family or colleagues by appealling to the dastardly conscience of a dictator and a tyrant who cares about nobody except himself. 

 

For me, i have given up on these so-called struggles for emancipation.  I careless if my family or otherwise is being terrorised by Jammeh.  These very people one believes to be in solidarity with are the very people due to cowardice will  blame you for their plight  instead ofthe bloody regime's shenanigans. 

 

I rather concentrate on my kids and msyelf rather than breaking any sweat for a struggle where people lie and work very hard to discredit each others effort for no bloody reason.   

 

What a bloody disappointment this Moses Richard is, even if the Bar Association has been toothless, this current gesture of their's is symbolically strong. But cowardly behaviour of the very one on whose behalf this gesture is being taken is underminding their efforts.

 

Chem,

 

Mboge

On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Pasamba Jow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Richards breaks with Bar Association, appeals to President Jammeh

Africa » Gambia

Monday, October 10, 2011

Moses B Johnson Richards, a private legal practitioner who is currently serving a two years, six months imprisonment with hard labour after being found guilty of giving false information to a public servant, has totally disassociated himself from the strike currently being carried out by the Gambia Bar Association as a result of his conviction.

In a letter signed by Richards himself on October 8th, 2011, sent to the Daily Observer, the embattled lawyer said: “I disassociate myself from the strike and other actions of the Gambia Bar Association (GBA). The actions of the GBA from the beginning, has not helped my cause. I continue to apologise for my actions.” Meanwhile, Richards has also written to the Gambian leader, His Excellency, Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh, pleading for presidential pardon.

The letter reads:
It is with great humility, for which my family is known, that I write this letter to you, it is not my intention to bore you with copious details at this time, for I know you are a very busy person, but please graciously find time to look at this my plea for leniency. As you are aware, the Banjul Magistrate Court, presided over by Alagbe, found me guilty on two counts of giving false information and sedition and sentenced me to two and a half years imprisonment with hard labour, the implication of this is that I must stay in prison for that length  of time, I appeal to your personal sentiments, your office, your religious sensibilities and of course, the track record of your humane and generous disposition, to exercise your prerogative powers in my favour, by granting me pardon.

I had no intention to disparage you, with all these events, knowing how, I have always had the impression, that you love me so much, that I now wonder, how I got into this sorry situation, please your Excellency, your kind, generous and human heart, has been enjoyed by those who had done worse things than I have, that is not to say that I have any excuse for myself at this time, but find it in your kind nature to extend, this generosity to me, as I am on my knees pleading for mercy. Your Excellency sir, I want to assure you that I am still Moses Richards, the patriotic, citizen, judicial officer, eternally grateful for being appointed a judge, while still abroad on studies and whom you deemed fit to bestow a national honour twice.

Right now your Excellency, I am seriously afflicted, that I have offended you, and that grieves me greatly, because you are like a father and a mentor, I shall never conceive in my mind to offend, however, your Excellency, to err is human and to forgive is divine, let us turn a new life page today, and the spirit of the Ramadan that has just ended, say to you, “balal ma achal”. My aged mother, I may not be her only child but I happen to be her very valued friend, my children who are still in their formative stages, my clients and some other people to whom I am committed in one way or the other, will join me in being eternally grateful to you, for a positive response to this plea.

Your Excellency, as much as I shall cherish your receiving this plea, I vote that it is not a forum to be as detailed, as I would have loved to, if not for anything to show that, Moses Richards is still a patriotic and obedient servant of the Gambia, with unquestionable loyalty to His Excellency the president of the Republic. I look forward, your Excellency, to a well considered and compassionate response, thank you very much for this opportunity.

Accept the assurances of my unflinching loyalty.

Long live the President of The Gambia, long live the people of the Gambia, Long live the Republic of The Gambia.

Moses B. Johnson Richards

Author: Daily Observer

"True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

 

 

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