By  BUBA PALLA DARBOE, USA
   bubapalladarboe@aol.com_

Hello Pa Nderry Mbai,
 

Allow me space in your  famous online newspaper  to express my  profound frustrations about the seemingly unending court proceedings of   journalist Fatou Jaw Manneh's court case  in the  Gambia.
 
First of all, i would  like to introduce myself. My name is BUBA PALLA DARBOE and i am the  brother of her ex-husband and the step father or uncle of her two boys, Lamin Darboe jr. and Bajanko Darboe.
 
 In my previous piece  i  wrote here  urging  the authorities in Banjul to drop all the trumped-up charges against  her .  They should  let her  go for the sake of her kids  who are suffering every day  due to the ongoing legal wranglings .
 
Her time has been unnecessarily wasted in The Gambia. Her kids  cannot even concentrate on their education since the arrest and subsequent detention of their mum.    Those trying to bring Fatou  down should know that one day they will pay high price for their heinous crimes.
In fact i was overwhelmingly touched when i  read your yesterday's   piece written  by the ex NIA officer. Even though the ex-NIA officer only spent   little time  with Fatou, he was able to know the kind of person Fatou is.
 
 Thus , I wish to hail  him for been very honest in his view. What he said about Fatou was nothing but the whole truth.   In fact i want to tell the ex NIA officer that Fatou is an extremely nice lady who is, by all standards, lovable.
 
 Gambians   admire  Fatou's courage and candor, her humility and humanity and above all her passion and compassion. So if the authorities   in Banjul think that they can scare her by coming up with bogus charges against her , they are making a sad mistake, as Fatou is not set ready to retreat or surrender to the devil called Yahya Asombi Jammeh.
 
 Fatou is a strong and principled person who had faith in Allah . Yahya Jammeh and his band   of  criminals  should know that using Fatou as sacrificial lame will not help the situation. This cannot propel Fatou to drop the pen as writing is part of her life . 
 
 I remember one day as   things get tough with  me here in the USA,  i called  her crying and she told me that i should stop crying and i should also stop  feeling sorry for myself as every body goes through trials and tribulations in  life.
 
She said that she  will not leave the Gambia until this  case is over. She told me that Gambia is her home land and she is willing to  stay as long as it take to see the ending of proceedings.
 
  There  are family members and friends who  wanted to mediate between
her and the government. They asked her to apologize  but she  told them she is not going to do so  as there is  nothing for her to apologize.
 
 
    By the way, lets all keep  our  prayers for Fatou Jaw Manneh and all  those innocent political prisoners languishing at the  mile two and Janjanbureh prison. Also my prayers goes to journalist Chief Ebrima Manneh and his family and i hope  he comes home alive.
 
.MAY GOD BLESS THE GAMBIA AND ALL THOSE  GAMBIANS IN THE DIASPORA STRUGGLING TO MAKE A BETTER LIVING FOR US AND OUR  FAMILIES BACK HOME
        

      BU BA PALLA DARBOE, USA
   _bubapalladarboe@aol.com_ (mailto:bubapalladarboe@aol.com)