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By Ebrima G. Sankareh
Following his grueling experiences in the hands of the AFPRC junta and incarceration at the Mile II Central Prisons, Major Ebrima Chongan immigrated to England where he was granted amnesty. Given his sharp intellect, enormous experiences in policing and many years as a Police Prosecutor he seized the opportunity and quickly enrolled in school to read law. Today, we at The Echo are pleased to announce that our brother has successfully passed the stringent English Bar and will be presented with his legal instruments on July 26, 2007. We praise him for his tenacity in the face of adversity and his determination to proceed with school after many years in the service. Hopefully, one fine day, Chongan, Lt. col. Samsudeen Sarr and the rest of the cadre in the former security forces will sit and dine with us Gambian journalists and together we will sing the National Anthem and move forward in the spirit of the old Latin dictum; Propatria. Just recently, our brother Samsudeen Sarr published a book on the coup that shattered our hopes and left most of us aliens in foreign lands. Once again, we say congratulations from the bottom of our hearts and ask Chongan to continue the good work in concert with all his former colleagues for the betterment of The Gambia. For us at The Echo, we have neither qualms nor grudges; all we do is to try to stick to the dictates of our noble profession, which may sometimes see us in regrettable exchanges with our own families. Otherwise, we hold Chongan; Sarr etc in high esteem because we are all endangered species of Yahya Jammeh’s authoritarianism. We hope to have exclusive interviews with both Sarr and Chongan on their recent successes. Keep it up guys!!
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