VP Njie-Saidy exposed for her witting grasp of the Jammeh dictatorship

By Hammadi Maasinah 

Once again, reliable sources within and without Banjul have revealed the travel schedule of VP Njie-Saidy. She is in New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly. Isatou has since been decorated as a flying bird using the wings of a "grounded" dictator Yahya Jammeh. She is a cunning survivor. Who does not know Isatou the ladybird, the one that flew from Kaolack's garbage, kuntaya, Brikama then Fajara residence? The symbol of Isatou is her innocent face bowing down like a shy patient. She is neither shy nor less aggressive than any other person under Yahya Jammeh.

The superlatives of evil

Ambassador Sey conceptualizes the effects of a failing system

 Everything is like a huge junk yard of superlatives of evil. When I think about bad-worse-worst. My mind coils then tries to see the opposite side or worst-worse-bad. At least turning the thread on the opposite side comes back to bad not worst. Bad is not good but it is better than worst!

It was on May of 2006, when the Freedom Newspaper was hacked by agents of The Gambian Government. The detained State House Assistant Press Secretary Mam Sait Ceesay was among those rejoicing over the arrest and torture of these innocent subscribers. Ceesay teamed up with the Observer MD Saja Taal, the sacked Sports Minister Omar Faye, Tijan Massaneh Ceesay of The Gambian Embassy in Washington DC, Former Junta Spokesman Ebou Jallow and other unnamed individuals to blackmail the Freedom Newspaper subscribers. Mam Sait openly branded these subscribers in his Observer Editorials as “ENEMIES OF THE GAMBIAN STATE.“ He threatened local reporters suspected of having ties with the Freedom Newspaper. Ceesay did not stop at that. He went as far as helping the NIA to trace Freedom’s erstwhile Bureau Chief Omar Bah. Ceesay made numerous unsuccessful phone calls to Editor Bah’s cellular phone. Bah at the time diverted his calls to a friend of his working with the State media. The said reporter name (withheld) nearly got arrested, as Mam Sait repeatedly threatened to call the NIA for him if the reporter fails to tell him Omar Bah’s whereabouts. Today, Mam Sait is accused of passing state secrets to the Freedom Newspaper. Interesting times. The accuser being accused. Since the matter in question is before the courts, we shall refrain from commenting on the main substance of the case.

The erstwhile editor of the Pro-government Daily Observer, Mam Sait Ceesay, has regained his freedom while his co-defendant, Malick Jones, continues to languish at his mosquitor-infested Mile 2 cell. The principal television producer's continued incarceration is due to is lack of a surety to get him bailed pending their trial.