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Rogue Diplomat J.T. Kujabie demoted, Ayo Sidibeh new Washington DCM.
--Nancy Njie allegedly consults female marabout
By Ebrima G. Sankareh, Editor-In-Chief
Our most trusted and most competent State House operative, Kissy Kissy Mansa, reports that Mrs. Fatoumata Ayo Sidibeh, formerly of the Finance Ministry, has been named as Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) to Washington’s ill-fated Gambian Embassy.
She replaces, Ebrima J T Kujabie (above) who until his meteoric rise as Charge d’Affaires just recently, was an unknown political quantity lacking in substance, education and candour. The rogue diplomat is reportedly being demoted to the position of visa counsellor, a post that was created for his predecessor, disgraced former diplomat, Lamin Sabi Sanyang who has since been sacked following his belligerence to relocate to Brussels.
Madam Jaljali, Alhaji Chachai, Zeinab Jammeh
Ayo, according to Kissy, is very experienced and modest and may have been suggested to President Jammeh by Alieu Ngum, the newly named Gambian Ambassador to Washington, DC because the duo were old pals at the Finance Ministry during the PPP regime of Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara.
In a related twist, while our sources cannot confirm, they report that ever since the reception at State House on Wednesday night as Gambians were poised to celebrate the 45th independence anniversary, Nancy Njie was bandying the rumour, that she was being groomed for the Gambian Embassy in Senegal. Seen behind the wheels of a Hyundai sedan she allegedly claims Jammeh bought her, plus a house at the AU village; the disgraced Tourism madam is reportedly very angry at The Gambia Echo for her sacking. According to State House sources, Nancy has even threatened that she has consulted a powerful Mauritanian marabout to unleash her supernatural powers that will catapult me to Banjul for Jammeh the shark to devour on my flesh.
That a state minister will stoop so low as to be angry at a journalist doing his patriotic duty and be consulting occult scientists to catapult him to Banjul is not only laughable but shameful and goes to show the mediocrity in Jammeh’s Cabinet. According to State House sources, Nancy claims that she seriously advised President Jammeh barely 48-hours before the reception to invite: Musa Bala Gaye, Edward Singhateh, Yankuba Touray, Crispin Grey-Johnson, Dr.Touray, Kotu Cham, Fatoumata Jahumpa Ceesay, Ismaila Sambou, Antouman Saho, Saul M’boob and Lamin Bojang. All these characters were at the State House reception, the parade and the state banquette at the Kairaba and make no mistake about it, they are all eager to return to power. Sometimes, when I see personalities like Crispin Grey-Johnson and Musa Bala Gaye meddling in Jammeh’s politics, I cringe and wonder what actually happened to Gambians?
That unfortunately is the sad reality, a country where food vendors like Nancy Njie can be appointed ministers and instead of blaming their shameful ignorance they resort to marabouts for all their miseries; marabouts who could not guarantee them their ministerial portfolios in the first place. But as we say in Fulakunda, “Kowona Allah foff, ko Mereh” (besides God, all else is false). And until then, I will continue to rattle your boy-Yahya Jammeh’s nest because he is an utterly despicable dictator who has seriously defiled our sacred grounds at State House and continues to rule The Gambia with an iron-fist coupled with his shameless political shenanigans.
Finally, we encourage Nancy to plead with Yahya Jammeh to forgive Lang Tombong Tamba her old friend or at least bring him and his colleagues before a court of law. Remember the many trips you had with Tamba to his garden and all those private conversations, the Thursday Findis, the jaljalis, the Nemalis and obviously many more…. (The Echo will stop here for now.)