In Fatou Jaw Manneh’s case “concealed” state witnesses revealed. They are working for the NIA analyses unit.

By Hammadi Maasinah
 
 
Once again Yahya Jammeh’s government is ready to use electrocuting hidden details to “finish” a Gambian journalist. If Fatou  Jaw Manneh was male or did not have any international publicity surrounding her trial, the Jammeh government would have never ever thought about a camera trial for her. Never ever I mean. She has two advantages here. That is, she is female and a journalist. These two attract international attention very quickly because both are so vulnerable under a dictator like Yahya Jammeh. On  the other hand President Jammeh is the very one who wants to make sure that Fatou Jaw Manneh is punished for what he sees as an “unpatriotic” way of criticizing his government. This is why Ms Manneh’s case is one of those attracting the attention of the Gambia ’s president. He is following her case very closely with vested interested for that matter. He wants to set an example (to borrow his own words). Jammeh is not the least pleased with online journalism, where most of his secrets and dictatorial tendencies are being released or tackled without any let or hindrance. The latter is a "metamorphosed" challenge for Yahya Jammeh.
 
Knowing the repercussions to be reaped if this case is covered by journalists all over the world, he decided to influence the court. Of course those magistrates mean nothing to Yahya Jammeh. Already the country’s image has been battered beyond recognition therefore investment is eroding from the foot of that flamboyant tree in the state house. The APRC government knows that. They are in power because Gambians can endure a lot. They will also try covering every single hole that can expose the smelly part of a decaying system.
That apart, Fatou Jaw Manneh is being dragged through an endless path of denials before the end comes. For that matter Yahya decided to conceal the faces of his state witnesses! Forgetting  Hammadi Maasinah is here! I was laughing when I read that the state witnesses in this case are “concealed”. Its so funny because I spoke to one of them well before the case came to court. President Jammeh will eventually understand that loyalty within his forces is split. There are those who need the salary but will never serve him diligently. There are those who care less about The Gambia all they want is riding on prado cars in Banjul following school girls. There are those within who are creeping underneath waiting for the day they can behead Jammeh. I speak with all three of these everyday Yahya Jammeh! Remember the old adage…”Once a soldier always a soldier” Was Hammadi Maasinah a soldier? You guess! It is just a matter of timing my man but we have not relinquished the old combat tactics yet.That is how I got the names of the “concealed” witnesses, their  photos, addresses and cell phones. When the game gets dirty you will be surprised.
 
 
These witnesses are officials of the NIA working at the agency’s analysis unit.
One name that has featured on our radar is Mbemba Hydara. Inafct the state witnesses are a string. They are more than three in this case. Lawyer Jobarteh can easily connect the dots if and when he reads my piece. He worked with each one of these witnesses while he himself was serving as an Intel in the past. He may not know each obe of them by name but when he meets them he will remember the faces! There are other names I will release online. These are the state witnesses Jammeh is concealing. Any one can see them at the airport. We will expose their names, photos, homes addresses and every detail about them online. That is necessary here because Fatou Jaw Manneh will most likely be jailed by Jammeh. It is unfortunate to say so but all indications show she is facing  A DONE DEAL. Too bad for her family but these are hard facts. President Jammeh himself is involved In this case. He personally wants to see her jailed. He wants to see her put on the mile two uniform, get the video like (in Baba Jobe’s) case and then laugh. Yahya laughs when people are killed, arrested or jailed by his cartel. These are really not fabrications, these are hard facts my  friends. Don’t fool yourselves! Yahya has already told the prison officers to clear a room for her in Jangjangburey. We all know that. Trying to stay mute or trying to talk sweet for Yahya to release her does not work and will never work! He is a serial killer who does not care about human life.
After all Fatou Jaw Manneh’s articles had her real name at the end of all of them. Therefore what can be called seditious in there? She never used any “nom de guerre” or pseudonym for that matter. Would Fatou have opted going to The Gambia and face a  killer-dictator like Yahya Jammeh if she even “suspected” that her articles were “seditious” or subversive”? I can bet she is smart enough not to  make that choice especially during a period when she just lost her father. That’s  another side of the coin which makes me see no sympathy “oozing” from the bitter and bleeding evil heart of Yahya Jammeh. How on earth can a person with his right senses think about arresting someone who came to pay her last respects to a dead parent? Let alone doing so without even getting genuine reasons to back his actions up. No wonder they are using “unidentified witnesses”  No wonder all journalists have been barred from entering the court house as far as we can read from what has been said regarding this case. It is shameful for Yahya to spend all his time in that office thinking about nothing but trying to jail a poor lady for having aired her views against his government?
The fact that this case has attracted the attention of local, sub regional and international bodies Yahya Jammeh is trying all he can thus tie her case to another anti western ploy. Yahya Jammeh is a shameless brute who does not deserve being “cuddled” by anyone. The more some Gambians think Yahya should be “coaxed” the more it amazes me. Speaking sweet near Yahya means trying to add sugar to a well of acid. Whether one speaks sweet or not Yahya Is Yahya and will always be Yahya! Take note of that please! Therefore it is always better to say the truth or be confrontational with him at all cost. Characters like Yahya do not need “sweet-talking”! The best path to take towards him is the uncompromising one period.
No dictator or killer has ever been removed through diplomatic means. Gambians have to stop this endless semantic of “slippery” tactics. We are fooling no one but ourselves in this. Read history and come back here then tell us where a dictator was removed from power through diplomatic means. Just do that for me please!
 
Have a wonderful weekend!