By Mathew K Jallow. Unlike many of his countrymen, he never succumbed to the abstraction of reality in order to escape the heavy moral burden weighing down Gambia’s political establishment. And nor did the state’s use of brutal force lull him into fear and hopelessness. OJ was awake to the […]
H.E. Adama Barrow will tomorrow, Wednesday, 17th May 2023, present a posthumous National Award to Honourable Omar A. Jallow alias OJ at the Pipeline Mosque, where the Muslim funeral rights will also be conducted before the burial at 11:00 AM, a statement from State House revealed.
As OJ leaves us, we are bound to show him gratitude for his stand against Dictatorship since the overthrow of his PPP Government by rogue soldiers in 1994 who came to unleash untold suffering and humiliation on Gambians. Many in the overthrown PPP Government decided to join the AFPRC/APRC regime, […]