By Adama Makasuba
The exiled former president Yahya Jammeh has accused his successor, President Adama Barrow of ruling The Gambia inept, and called on Gambians to form a unity force to regain the country for development.
Jammeh who is accused of gross human rights violations for 22-year rule, was addressing thousands of his APRC supporters via telephone in his home village, Kanilai.
“We have to fight to regain our country and develop our country as it was done under 22 years of my rule,” he said.
“My final note to you, to make it very clear: there cannot be any development in a country that is not secured, where there is no security, there is no peace, people are divided, people are insulting each other’s mothers, people are saying abominable things – heinous languages. This is unacceptable for the APRC. And those who want to come to the APRC and GANU, you’re welcome. Come and join but there will be no insults allowed.
“What is happening in the country; the country is sinking faster than the Titanic and we have to save the country. For us to save the country, we need the hands of all people, patriotic Gambians, for us to work together and get rid of what is happening in our country,” he added.
“I want to appeal to all Gambians, all parties that the abominable insulting of people and their mothers is not blessing the country but it’s a curse because the Almighty Allah doesn’t like anybody who believes in Him, who worships Him to be insulting people for whatever reason including insulting people’s mothers. That is very abominable, that is unacceptable in the APRC and GANU party. When we conduct our campaign, we are not going to insult anybody, we are not going to castigate anybody, and we are going to focus on the development of the country as has happened in the past 22 years that I was in power.
“We focus on development, don’t be distracted by insult. Anybody who insults you, just ignore him if you can. Please I am appealing to you. But insulting each other’s mother does not bring peace. The Almighty Allah, as Muslims is Haram, as Christians it is Haram. So please even if they insult you, don’t insult back. Please for the sake of the Almighty Allah and our religion. Insulting people will bring Allah’s anger upon the country and that is not good. That is why people are suffering in The Gambia today,” he said and appealed via telephone call to his sympathisers last Friday.
