by PK Jarju
President Yahya Jammeh must be crying himself to sleep at the moment after hearing the death of his personal protector, Major Musa Jammeh. I bet he must be asking himself a thousand times or more why the Angel of Death should turn its attention to Major Musa just a few months after it took away Major Tumbul Tamba, another loyal servant of his.
These two men were the most trusted men of President Jammeh. He gave them all the immunity and support they needed and as a result, they committed some of the most heinous crimes in our country's history. They saw Jammeh as a Messiah, sent to the Gambian people by Almighty Allah. Jammeh was their saviour and to them, anyone who fails prostrate before the Messiah deserves nothing but to be buried six-feet deep.
To these men, Jammeh is just super perfect for Mama Gambia and those who oppose him are nothing but opportunists, tribalists, and detractors. They were feared by even their colleagues because they are the Big Man's friends. They have no human feelings and they can kill, torture a fellow Gambian without even giving a second thought about their actions.
While Gambians and Africans in general believe that the Angel of Death is a bad reaper who is always after the unripe fruit, in the case of Major Musa and Tumbul Tamba, I will disagree. Don't get me wrong. I am not rejoicing at the death of the two men. I am sad to see them die peaceful on their hospital beds without having the chance to be flown in handcuffs to The Hague for the killings of Gambians and non Gambians.
I am also sad that the Angel of Death have taken them away without giving Gambian journalists and critics of the Jammeh regime the chance to see them pay for the inhumane torture and other brutalities they suffered in their hands.
The death of the two men should send a wake up call to Ousman Sonko, Alagie Martin, Kawsu Camara, Sana Manjang, Malick Jatta and other members of President Jammeh's hit squad that their crimes against the very people they swore to protect will never go unpunished. They may have the immunity today from Jammeh to kill, torture, and rape innocent Gambians, but they should know that nothing is hidden from the sun. If they escape justice in this world, they would still have to face it on the Day of Judgement when all living soul account for all their deeds.
Let them remember that the things they do will always live after them and they will always reap what they sow.
From where I stand
Over the past few days, I received loads of support from concerned Gambians both at home and abroad regarding the threats I got from one Kebba T Sanneh, believed to be a member of the Jammeh hit squad.
I want to make it clear to Mr Sanneh and those murder happy boys at the NIA and army that I am not shaken by their threats and no amount of blackmail and intimidation will make me abdicate my noble profession. The Gambia belongs to all of us and it is our responsibility to bring the Jammeh regime to its senses anytime it enact laws or does things that are not in the interest of the country and its people.
I have matured into the journalism field seeing my colleagues like Baba Galleh Jallow, Alagi Yorro Jallow, Abdoulie Sey, NB Daffeh, Alhagie Mbye, among others being persecuted left, right, and centre by the NIA for writing nothing but the truth. Kebba and his hit squad may hate me for being the only Jola who have the balls to criticise the brutal Jammeh regime but I don't give a monkey.
This is because I don't regard myself as a Jola. I regard myself as a Gambian and an African who is only interested in the full restoration of democracy and rule of law in our beloved country. And if my calls for the respect for the rights and freedom of the Gambian people is a crime, then I am willing to be a criminal. Listing me among coup plotters and other people wanted in The Gambia does not in anyway scare me.
To the hit squad, do not ever think that my commentaries and articles will ever disappear from the front pages of Gambian newspapers and websites. The ink of my pen shall never dry; neither will my computer keyboard get stuck because my instruments of information shall always be mightier than Jammeh's sword and your machine guns and RPGs.
Your claims that you know my address and what I do will never make move out of my apartment. I will continue to live in the same place and do what I am doing.
And in the event that you succeed in blowing my head up like you did to Deyda Hydara and Chief Ebrima Manneh (may their souls rest in peace), more radical Gambians including my son will stand up and express their thoughts and feelings about the brutal and dictatorial regime in whose name you are committing heinous crimes against the very people you swore to protect.
I rest my case, chi jamma.
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| Major Musa Jammeh |
These two men were the most trusted men of President Jammeh. He gave them all the immunity and support they needed and as a result, they committed some of the most heinous crimes in our country's history. They saw Jammeh as a Messiah, sent to the Gambian people by Almighty Allah. Jammeh was their saviour and to them, anyone who fails prostrate before the Messiah deserves nothing but to be buried six-feet deep.
To these men, Jammeh is just super perfect for Mama Gambia and those who oppose him are nothing but opportunists, tribalists, and detractors. They were feared by even their colleagues because they are the Big Man's friends. They have no human feelings and they can kill, torture a fellow Gambian without even giving a second thought about their actions.
While Gambians and Africans in general believe that the Angel of Death is a bad reaper who is always after the unripe fruit, in the case of Major Musa and Tumbul Tamba, I will disagree. Don't get me wrong. I am not rejoicing at the death of the two men. I am sad to see them die peaceful on their hospital beds without having the chance to be flown in handcuffs to The Hague for the killings of Gambians and non Gambians.
I am also sad that the Angel of Death have taken them away without giving Gambian journalists and critics of the Jammeh regime the chance to see them pay for the inhumane torture and other brutalities they suffered in their hands.
The death of the two men should send a wake up call to Ousman Sonko, Alagie Martin, Kawsu Camara, Sana Manjang, Malick Jatta and other members of President Jammeh's hit squad that their crimes against the very people they swore to protect will never go unpunished. They may have the immunity today from Jammeh to kill, torture, and rape innocent Gambians, but they should know that nothing is hidden from the sun. If they escape justice in this world, they would still have to face it on the Day of Judgement when all living soul account for all their deeds.
Let them remember that the things they do will always live after them and they will always reap what they sow.
From where I stand
Over the past few days, I received loads of support from concerned Gambians both at home and abroad regarding the threats I got from one Kebba T Sanneh, believed to be a member of the Jammeh hit squad.
I want to make it clear to Mr Sanneh and those murder happy boys at the NIA and army that I am not shaken by their threats and no amount of blackmail and intimidation will make me abdicate my noble profession. The Gambia belongs to all of us and it is our responsibility to bring the Jammeh regime to its senses anytime it enact laws or does things that are not in the interest of the country and its people.
I have matured into the journalism field seeing my colleagues like Baba Galleh Jallow, Alagi Yorro Jallow, Abdoulie Sey, NB Daffeh, Alhagie Mbye, among others being persecuted left, right, and centre by the NIA for writing nothing but the truth. Kebba and his hit squad may hate me for being the only Jola who have the balls to criticise the brutal Jammeh regime but I don't give a monkey.
This is because I don't regard myself as a Jola. I regard myself as a Gambian and an African who is only interested in the full restoration of democracy and rule of law in our beloved country. And if my calls for the respect for the rights and freedom of the Gambian people is a crime, then I am willing to be a criminal. Listing me among coup plotters and other people wanted in The Gambia does not in anyway scare me.
To the hit squad, do not ever think that my commentaries and articles will ever disappear from the front pages of Gambian newspapers and websites. The ink of my pen shall never dry; neither will my computer keyboard get stuck because my instruments of information shall always be mightier than Jammeh's sword and your machine guns and RPGs.
Your claims that you know my address and what I do will never make move out of my apartment. I will continue to live in the same place and do what I am doing.
And in the event that you succeed in blowing my head up like you did to Deyda Hydara and Chief Ebrima Manneh (may their souls rest in peace), more radical Gambians including my son will stand up and express their thoughts and feelings about the brutal and dictatorial regime in whose name you are committing heinous crimes against the very people you swore to protect.
I rest my case, chi jamma.
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