Now again, it is déjà vous all over. Last week, Yahya Jammeh told his mother to ask him to go on what he calls a “thank-
you” tour of the country, but rather than tell her son privately, Mrs. Asombo Bojang curiously went to the media to 
broadcast her message. Here again Yahya Jammeh needed an excuse to eat his words and not look like the liar he is, 
after he told Gambians in a rather rudely and insultingly manner some months ago that he would not campaign for re-
election this year. It all boils down to one thing; despite his mad tirades and public blusters, Yahya Jammeh is a weak 
wreck.  

Yahya Jammeh will give in under the slightest internal pressure because he knows the military and security forces will 
side with the people in the case of a showdown, and are in fact waiting for an excuse to help the civilian population get 
rid of Yahya Jammeh once and for all.Equally important still, politically, he is in trouble and his reckless tirades against 
the Mandinka majority are predicated on the fear that the Mandinkas will coalesce around Mr. Darboe and help give him 
an easy victory in the polls. How I wish he is right. The fact that in the recent past, countless opposition parties in Africa 
have done what seemed so impossible; defeated incumbent regimes, many of which had been in power for decades, is 
not lost on Yahya Jammeh. And unlike previous elections, this year, the Gambian electorate is very animated and alive 
to what is at stake this year and we can only hope they will not give in to fear and the pressures of  Yahya Jammeh’s 
“chiefs and so-called governors.”  

Fellow countrymen and women, the more than 400,000 registered voters, who did not cast their ballots in 2006, have a 
patriotic obligation to go to the polls this year and vote for UDP’s Ousainou Darboe. This year, I have broken ranks with 
my party leader Hamat Bah at the NRP to support Ousainou Darboe because he has a better chance of unseating 
Yahya Jammeh. Nearly two months ago, I was engaged in discussions with Ousainou Darboe, Omar Jallow (OJ) and 
Hamat Bah to help bring them together, but Hamat Bah’s demand to be the coalition’s choice for the presidential 
candidacy was irrational and unacceptable. The end result is that in my support for Ousainou Darboe, I chose practical 
common sense over tribe, friendship and party affiliation. I am calling on all Gambians to do the same. For those who do 
not know the Ousainou Darboe I grew up and went to high school with; the Ousainou Darboe raised in a Wollof-Catholic 
family by the late United Party leader, Pierre S Njie; the Ousainou Darboe married to two wives none of who is a 
Mandinka; one being Wollof, and the other an Aku; the Ousainou Darboe who himself raised a Fula girl in his household 
to adulthood; and the Ousainou Darboe whose United Democratic Party leaders consists largely of Fulas, Wollofs and 
Akus; and not Mandinkas as his opponents maliciously often insinuate, is the best and most qualified man vying for the 
presidency of our country in these elections. I have complete faith in his ability to administer our government in an 
effective manner, but above all, reunite all Gambians again as one family, irrespective of tribe, religion or political 
affiliation. As a Fula, I am appealing to all Fulas across the country, especially the Fula Kundankees to put aside the 
temptation of tribal affinity and vote for Ousainou Darboe. The Fulas, Mandinkas and Wollofs in particular must speak 
with one voice and vote for UDP’s Darboe. I call on Gambians to vote for UDP’s Ousainou Darboe for the following 
reasons.

As a man born in the heart of Fulladou, Ousainou Darboe does not subscribe to the delusional notion that Mandinkas 
own The Gambia as many older Mandinkas have insinuated in the past, so minority tribes; in particular the Fulas and 
Wollof, will not have that to enrage and anger them.
As Head of State, Ousainou Darboe will ensure the rights of the minority tribes are protected.
An Ousainou Darboe government will be represented by every Gambian tribe; not just the majority Mandinka he belongs 
to as Yahya Jammeh has done with his Jola tribe.

Ousainou Darboe is well educated and understands government more than Yahya Jammeh who has not education or 
an understanding of government and how to govern effectively.
Unlike Yahya Jammeh, Ousainou Darboe will have a plentiful and ready supply of well educated Gambians both at home 
and abroad who will help to rebuild our country from Yahya Jammeh’s ruinous reign.
Under Ousainou Darboe, true democracy will flourish, tourism will return much stronger that it had ever been, 
investments will flow in from Europe and America to create employment opportunities for our youth and Gambians with 
knowledge and expertise from every tribe will runs the country.

Under Ousainou Darboe, the presence of a completely free media will accelerate the diffusion of information and 
knowledge so Gambians at home don’t continue to remain ignorant as they have been the past seventeen years.
The nature of Ousainou Darboe’s character and personality will ensure that no single tribe is marginalized and there is a 
level playing field for every Gambian to achieve their dreams.
Ousainou Darboe is one of the nicest persons Gambians will have an opportunity to know, a man who smiles easily but 
can be tough if needs be.

With Ousainou Darboe as Head of State, arrests, detentions and imprisonments of innocent citizens will come to an 
END; murders, executions and tortures will STOP; the fear, intimidation and ceasure of citizen property by those in 
uniform will end; and Gambians will once again be free to criticize their government, go about their business without the 
hassles of police, military and security check point everywhere. In short, under Ousainou Darboe the younger 
generation will for the first time taste what is like to be BORN FREE in your own country.

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GOD BLESS THE GAMBIA.
LET US JOIN HANDS AND SUPPORT SHEIKH PROFESSOR DR. ALH YAHYA JAMMEH (NASIRU DEEN) TO BUILD OUR COUNTRY.
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