I do not see anything wrong with this prank call or reporting. She seems to be a public servant and as such she should normally be allowed to talk to the press.
Kejau
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2013 07:37:17 -0400
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Subject: [G_L] A Conversation With Captain SannaManjang; As Manjang Freely Talks To A Posing British Tourist That Never Was!
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A Conversation With Captain Sanna Manjang; As Manjang Freely Talks To A Posing British Tourist That Never Was!
A Conversation With Captain Sanna.JPG)
Manjang; As Manjang Freely Talks To A Posing British Tourist That Never Was!
After months of intensive efforts to have Yahya Jammeh’s lead assassin team member Sanna Manjang, on Freedom Radio, we finally infiltrated Mr. Manjang on Wednesday evening. All it takes to have Captain Sanna Manjang talking was to pose as a British tourist and also promise to get him into the UK for a summer vacation. I briefly introduced myself to Mr. Majang before luring him into the much awaited interview. I told Sanna that my name is Peter, and I met him around the vicinity of the Kombo Beach Hotel some two years ago while on holidays in the Gambia with my “daughter Janet.”
Before calling him, I conducted a research on him. I was told that he likes dating British women. He also likes drinking and having good time during his leisure time. The ambush interview was well planned.
As soon as the phone rang Manjang remarked: “Do I know you? Who is this?” I reminded him that we met at Kombo Beach and that he was very helpful and friendly to my family during our short encounter. Manjang became relax when I told him that my daughter Janet wanted to speak to him. I also told him that we wanted to invite him to join us in the UK for the summer.
During my conversation with Sanna Manjang, he told me that he no longer works at Kanilai, the President’s home villa. He said he has been moved to the Farafenni Army barracks. Manjang said he is third in command at Farafenni, and his job is very demanding. That he is very busy with work at Farafenni. He also said he is very happy with his work, and he enjoyed serving his country. Manjang also told me that he is not living in the Barracks. He is living somewhere in town. He spoke freely with me after I told him that I was a wealthy British tourist, who met him some years ago.
Mr. Manjang also clarified that he is not an army major, but a Captain. He was transferred to Farafenni, following Warrant officer Bai Lowe’s revelations exposing Jammeh’s secret murder machine.
Initially Sanna Manjang told me that he was not interested in resettling in the UK. He said he is happy with his work and was proud to serve his country. “I like my work so much. I am a civil servant. I am still a Captain,” Manjang said. Mr. Manjang said he would want me to give his cell number to Janet so that Janet can call him.
Manjang was talking as if he ever met Janet. He kept telling me that he wanted to speak to Janet. “How is Janet doing,?” Manjang asked. Truth be told, Sanna Manjang has never met Janet. He also never met me. I pranged him and he believes in my assertion that I was a British tourist in the Gambia.
Manjang said he doesn’t mind making a short visit to the UK, but he has no intension of abandoning his job in the Gambia. I was able to convince him to honor my invitation. He was laughing when I told him “ Sanna, please come join us for the summer and have beer with the family. I will take you around London, Brighton, and across the country.”
“You mean you can get me to the UK? How do you plan to do that?” Sanna Manjang asked. I told Mr. Manjang that getting him to the UK was very easy for me because I came from a rich family. I told him that I am a millionaire. That let him not worry about getting a visa.
Mr. Manjang became excited as soon as he heard my assurances. He then told me that he wouldn’t mind visiting. He said he really wanted to speak to my daughter. I told him that I was going to ensure that Janet will give him a call sometime on Thursday.
“I am better off here than there. I like my job. I like helping people. That what I do. That’s my job,” Manjang said. He was responding to my remarks that he was very helpful to my family when we visited the Gambia two years ago.
My conversation with Mr. Manjang prematurely ended when I confronted him about the Freedom Newspaper reportage linking him to the secret assassination of Gambians. I told him that there is this "stupid online paper" carrying his picture portraying him as a lead killer for Yahya Jammeh. Manjang said he was not aware of such reportage. “I don’t know anything about that,” he said. When I further pressed him on the issue, the phone went dead from the other end.
In another development, I also phoned the home of President Jammeh’s mother Asombi Bojang in Kotu. I spoke with one Kumba Sabally. I requested to speak to Asombi, but Kumba refused to entertain my request. She wanted to know how I got her cell number. I told her that Asombi Bojang is my aunty. That I wanted to speak to her urgently. She said that she is not at liberty to pass the phone to the President’s mother. That it was not her job to forward calls to the President’s mum. She told me to try and call Asombi’s orderlies, but I told her that I do not have their number. She also tried to find out where I was calling from. I told her that I was calling from Kartong.
Ms. Sabally is an intelligent girl. I spent close to thirty minutes trying to convince her to link me up with the President’s mum, but she refused. She said she doesn’t want to run into trouble. She said she doesn’t know me and that she doesn’t talk to strangers.
I told her that I have been frequenting Asombi’s home. That even last week I was at the house and I met her. She said she doesn’t remember meeting me in her life time. She also said she seriously doubts if I was calling from the Gambia because the phone number(s) that appears on her caller ID doesn’t look like I was calling from Kartong.
Ms. Sabally also told me that Asombi Bojang cannot speak Mandingka. She only speak Jolla. I told her that I can speak Jolla. She was still not convinced by her assertion that I meant well by demanding to speak to Asombi. She said that it is unsafe for her to hand over the phone to Ms. Asombi Bojang. She said she is the breadwinner of their family and she doesn’t want to upset the state.
I asked her whether if President Jammeh, or Pa Bojang called to request to speak to Asombi, she will forward the call, she said such a situation has never arise. She said the President knows how to reach his mum including Pa Bojang.
I told her that since she refused to forward the call to Asombi, I was going to turn her in to Asombi next time I visit the house. She said: “I am not refusing. I do not want to put myself in trouble. I want to meet you when you visit the house next time. I don’t remember meeting you. I will not disclose my conversation with you to Asombi unless you talk about it,” she said.
I told Kumba Sabally that one of the reasons that I was calling the President’s mum was that I wanted to bring to her attention about some of the economic and political crimes committed by Jammeh against our people. That I wanted Asombi to prevail on her son to stop killing Gambians and plundering the nation’s coffers. She doesn’t want to hear my statement.
“Please spare me. I do not want to be associated with this. I am severing right now. I am afraid,” she said.
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Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2013 07:37:17 -0400
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Subject: [G_L] A Conversation With Captain SannaManjang; As Manjang Freely Talks To A Posing British Tourist That Never Was!
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OK, All this prank calls are nice and revealing, but sometimes I wonder about its consequences, especially for innocent folks. An example is this Kumba Sabally who is begging not be associated with such a call. I think it would have made sense to remove her name from the story instead of mentioning her multiple times. I think this is both morally and "journalistically" wrong. I wonder what one of us would do if we get an anonymous call from New York Times insisting on some information and the next day we see our names on the front page of the paper revealing the phone conversation.
A Conversation With Captain Sanna
Manjang; As Manjang Freely Talks To A Posing British Tourist That Never Was!
After months of intensive efforts to have Yahya Jammeh’s lead assassin team member Sanna Manjang, on Freedom Radio, we finally infiltrated Mr. Manjang on Wednesday evening. All it takes to have Captain Sanna Manjang talking was to pose as a British tourist and also promise to get him into the UK for a summer vacation. I briefly introduced myself to Mr. Majang before luring him into the much awaited interview. I told Sanna that my name is Peter, and I met him around the vicinity of the Kombo Beach Hotel some two years ago while on holidays in the Gambia with my “daughter Janet.”Before calling him, I conducted a research on him. I was told that he likes dating British women. He also likes drinking and having good time during his leisure time. The ambush interview was well planned.
As soon as the phone rang Manjang remarked: “Do I know you? Who is this?” I reminded him that we met at Kombo Beach and that he was very helpful and friendly to my family during our short encounter. Manjang became relax when I told him that my daughter Janet wanted to speak to him. I also told him that we wanted to invite him to join us in the UK for the summer.
During my conversation with Sanna Manjang, he told me that he no longer works at Kanilai, the President’s home villa. He said he has been moved to the Farafenni Army barracks. Manjang said he is third in command at Farafenni, and his job is very demanding. That he is very busy with work at Farafenni. He also said he is very happy with his work, and he enjoyed serving his country. Manjang also told me that he is not living in the Barracks. He is living somewhere in town. He spoke freely with me after I told him that I was a wealthy British tourist, who met him some years ago.
Mr. Manjang also clarified that he is not an army major, but a Captain. He was transferred to Farafenni, following Warrant officer Bai Lowe’s revelations exposing Jammeh’s secret murder machine.
Initially Sanna Manjang told me that he was not interested in resettling in the UK. He said he is happy with his work and was proud to serve his country. “I like my work so much. I am a civil servant. I am still a Captain,” Manjang said. Mr. Manjang said he would want me to give his cell number to Janet so that Janet can call him.
Manjang was talking as if he ever met Janet. He kept telling me that he wanted to speak to Janet. “How is Janet doing,?” Manjang asked. Truth be told, Sanna Manjang has never met Janet. He also never met me. I pranged him and he believes in my assertion that I was a British tourist in the Gambia.
Manjang said he doesn’t mind making a short visit to the UK, but he has no intension of abandoning his job in the Gambia. I was able to convince him to honor my invitation. He was laughing when I told him “ Sanna, please come join us for the summer and have beer with the family. I will take you around London, Brighton, and across the country.”
“You mean you can get me to the UK? How do you plan to do that?” Sanna Manjang asked. I told Mr. Manjang that getting him to the UK was very easy for me because I came from a rich family. I told him that I am a millionaire. That let him not worry about getting a visa.
Mr. Manjang became excited as soon as he heard my assurances. He then told me that he wouldn’t mind visiting. He said he really wanted to speak to my daughter. I told him that I was going to ensure that Janet will give him a call sometime on Thursday.
“I am better off here than there. I like my job. I like helping people. That what I do. That’s my job,” Manjang said. He was responding to my remarks that he was very helpful to my family when we visited the Gambia two years ago.
My conversation with Mr. Manjang prematurely ended when I confronted him about the Freedom Newspaper reportage linking him to the secret assassination of Gambians. I told him that there is this "stupid online paper" carrying his picture portraying him as a lead killer for Yahya Jammeh. Manjang said he was not aware of such reportage. “I don’t know anything about that,” he said. When I further pressed him on the issue, the phone went dead from the other end.
In another development, I also phoned the home of President Jammeh’s mother Asombi Bojang in Kotu. I spoke with one Kumba Sabally. I requested to speak to Asombi, but Kumba refused to entertain my request. She wanted to know how I got her cell number. I told her that Asombi Bojang is my aunty. That I wanted to speak to her urgently. She said that she is not at liberty to pass the phone to the President’s mother. That it was not her job to forward calls to the President’s mum. She told me to try and call Asombi’s orderlies, but I told her that I do not have their number. She also tried to find out where I was calling from. I told her that I was calling from Kartong.
Ms. Sabally is an intelligent girl. I spent close to thirty minutes trying to convince her to link me up with the President’s mum, but she refused. She said she doesn’t want to run into trouble. She said she doesn’t know me and that she doesn’t talk to strangers.
I told her that I have been frequenting Asombi’s home. That even last week I was at the house and I met her. She said she doesn’t remember meeting me in her life time. She also said she seriously doubts if I was calling from the Gambia because the phone number(s) that appears on her caller ID doesn’t look like I was calling from Kartong.
Ms. Sabally also told me that Asombi Bojang cannot speak Mandingka. She only speak Jolla. I told her that I can speak Jolla. She was still not convinced by her assertion that I meant well by demanding to speak to Asombi. She said that it is unsafe for her to hand over the phone to Ms. Asombi Bojang. She said she is the breadwinner of their family and she doesn’t want to upset the state.
I asked her whether if President Jammeh, or Pa Bojang called to request to speak to Asombi, she will forward the call, she said such a situation has never arise. She said the President knows how to reach his mum including Pa Bojang.
I told her that since she refused to forward the call to Asombi, I was going to turn her in to Asombi next time I visit the house. She said: “I am not refusing. I do not want to put myself in trouble. I want to meet you when you visit the house next time. I don’t remember meeting you. I will not disclose my conversation with you to Asombi unless you talk about it,” she said.
I told Kumba Sabally that one of the reasons that I was calling the President’s mum was that I wanted to bring to her attention about some of the economic and political crimes committed by Jammeh against our people. That I wanted Asombi to prevail on her son to stop killing Gambians and plundering the nation’s coffers. She doesn’t want to hear my statement.
“Please spare me. I do not want to be associated with this. I am severing right now. I am afraid,” she said.