Yahya Jammeh’s Corruption- Part III

$4,480,634.87

--Armors 5 Armadas at $923,840, buys Euro Motors’ S600 Mercedes at $151,625 etc.

By EBRIMA G. SANKAREH, Editor-In-Chief 

Yahya Jammeh & friend, Lamin Sabi Sanyang

In our on-going revelations of President Yahya Jammeh’s spineless transfers of millions of United States dollars to his buddy, Gambia’s Washington, DC Financial Attaché Lamin Sabi Sanyang we had promised to continue with Appendix IV to show how Sanyang himself and a so-called diplomatic Cultural Attaché, the most whimsical Ebrima T.J. Kujabie also, apparently benefited from this high profile corruption web. It can be recalled that in all, President Yahya Jammeh had in a spate of six months; June 13^th, 2007 and November 23^rd.  2007 remitted a total of Four Million, Four Hundred and Eighty Thousand, Six Hundred and Thirty Four Dollars and Eighty-Seven Cents ($4,480,634.87). We have thus far revealed most of the dubious transactions and as promised, let us now continue with the rest of the racket.

Under the particulars of Campbell and Ferrara and using City Bank Check No.2399 Lamin Sanyang effected a payment of $3,500.00 for seed purchase. Under the particulars of Redcoat Express through Sanyang’s alleged con man buddy, Abubacarr Kalleh using City Bank Check No. 2413, Sanyang paid $19,701.50 for “shipment and airfreight of four Nissan Armadas.” Remember that Sanyang had earlier on paid Utah headquartered International Armoring a sum of Nine Hundred and Twenty Three Thousand; Eight Hundred and Forty Dollars ($923,840.00) for the armoring of five of these prized vehicles all under the cover of darkness.

Then using City Bank Check No.2415, under the particulars of ‘Sioux Farms- purchase of seeds,” Sanyang pays $5,000.00. As you ponder over this irredeemable pattern of deception, please notice how seed purchase has been interspersed in the entries to potentially make the budgeting appear genuine. Sequentially, the next check Sanyang used was City Bank Check No. 2416 for “the purchase of two Ritz cameras at $16,504.58.”  Again, with Check No. 2417 with particulars “purchase of seeds from Sioux Farms,” Lamin Sabi Sanyang paid out $17,116.00.

What follows is Sanyang’s deliberate refusal to show specific check numbers but proceeds to show particulars of payees and amounts paid thus: under the particulars “Dell computers- purchase of 44 computers” using the initials A/C to hide the check number Sanyang’s memo alleged that he paid out $41, 221.35. This is followed by the purchase from Victory Nissan of one 2007 Nissan Armada that Sanyang claimed to have bought at $46,400.00. Using the same deceptive format of A/C the memo also claims that Lamin Sanyang under the same particulars Victory Nissan bought four additional Nissan Armadas at a cost of $177,436.00.

Amazingly, under the same format, Sanyang’s memo reports the purchase from Buick Pontiac of six Buick minivans at a cost of $131,550.00. He also reports the purchase from Ritz Camara of two camcorders at $17,999.99.

Curiously, this is followed by two transactions with reported check numbers thus: using City Bank Check No.2421 and Check No. 2422 Lamin Sanyang and friend, Abubacarr Kalleh received payments. This is the first direct payment of money from Sanyang to Sanyang. With check No.2421 Sanyang pays Redcoat Express (i.e. Kalleh), $11,855.50 for shipment of 44 Dell computers. Then using Check No. 2422 under the particulars “purchase of a second hand car,” Lamin Sabi Sanyang pays himself $18,500.00. This is followed by an additional payment to Sanyang with Check No.2424 in the amount of $2,526.94 under the particulars, “purchase of pelican lights and air ticket to Minnesota. It is anybody’s guess why Sanyang would use $2,526.94 to buy pelican lights and what business he had in Minnesota. The next check in the sequence Check No. 2425 goes to Ebrima J.T. Kujabie. Surprisingly and in all fairness, at the time in question, June-December, 2007, Ebrima J.T. Kujabie was a presidential griot masquerading as President Jammeh’s Press Director in Banjul. How Kujabie could have therefore, allegedly received Check No. 2425 ($2,000.00) between June and December 2007 when he was busy reporting innocent Gambians to the National Intelligence Agency defies imagination. Could he have spread his bizarre tentacles in Washington while still operating in Banjul?  Or was he here vacationing at the time? Only Sanyang and his brother Yahya Jammeh know the clues to the mystery. To be continued

Editor’s Note: We will conclude the report later this week plus additional information on Lamin Sabi Sanyang’s Bank of America account. We also have reactions from some of the American beauty queens who may end up with an exclusive interview to expose Sanyang and Jammeh.