HAS PRESIDENT JAMMEH SACRIFICED SOS BABY ADOPTED BY THE FIRST LADY AS A RITUAL?

HAS PRESIDENT JAMMEH SACRIFICED SOS BABY ADOPTED BY THE FIRST LADY AS A RITUAL?

HAS PRESIDENT JAMMEH SACRIFICED SOS BABY ADOPTED BY THE FIRST LADY AS A RITUAL?

 

A newly born Gambian baby, who was dumped by her mum immediately after labor, and was “adopted” by Gambia’s First Lady Zeinab Suma Jammeh back in 2000, has disappeared—amid speculations that the dictator might have allegedly sacrificed the girl as a ritual. The baby was being taken care of by a foster parent at the Bakoteh Children’s village, where the First Lady offered to adopt the baby as her parent. At the time, her daughter baby Mariam Jammeh needed a company, and she thought that the best way to keep her child entertained was to become a foster parent.

Zeinab left the State House under the company of  Fatou Jahoumpa Ceesay, Nyimasata Sanneh Bojang, and a handful of her protocol staff to the Children’s village to ask the SOS management to help allow her adopt the abandoned new born baby. Management agreed, and she later showed up with a pregnant goat, bag of rice, cooking oil and Cola-nut to christen the baby.

The SOS staff, including the foster parents at the SOS  threw a party for the child. The baby was named after the President’s wife Zeinab Souma Jammeh. The goat that was brought by Zeinab died, when a heavy storm hit the SOS village, a source said.

Fatou Jahoumpa Ceesay, and Nyimasata Sanneh Bojang played a crucial role towards the baby’s adoption. Nyimasata used to work with the SOS as a Social case worker prior to joining the Jammeh regime. She was very familiar with the SOS.

The First Lady came to pick up the child a month after the naming ceremony. She told the girl’s foster parent that she was going to take her to the State House to keep her daughter accompany. This tells you that Jammeh has no family in the Gambia to interact with his daughter. They had to adopt an abandoned child to keep baby Mariam accompany. There is nothing wrong with Zeinab adopting an abandoned kid, but the circumstances surrounding the child adoption raises a red flag. There was no legal paperwork signed to account for the adopted child.

For eleven solid years, the SOS adopted child is nowhere to be seen around Zeinab’s kids. The baby was last seen by the SOS management when Zeinab, FJC and Nyimasata Sanneh Bojang came to adopt her.

Concerned parties approached the Freedom Newspaper asking for help to locate the adopted SOS girl. The parties concerned said they were present when the First Lady was accompanied by Fatou Jahoumpa Ceesay, and Nyimasata Sanneh Bojang asking the SOS Management for the baby to be adopted by Zeinab.

During our investigations, we interviewed numerous sources within the Jammeh State House. One insider said he was aware of the child adoption. The insider said after adopting the child, the First Lady decided to give the baby to her aunty one Hadija. Hadija raised Zeinab when she was poor child.  She has not been blessed with a child in her lifetime, the insider said.

According to the State House insider, the baby was never hosted at the State House, contrary to Zeinab’s initial impression that she was going to raise her with Mariam. The baby was staying with Hadija at a property within the Greater Banjul Area, the insider tells the Freedom Newspaper. He said Hadija will occasionally bring the baby to the State House to interact with baby Mariam.

“The baby later stopped coming to the State House. I don’t know where she is right now. I don’t know whether she is alive, or has been sacrificed by the President,” the insider said.

“ I do know for a fact that the President worships idols. He has “Jalangs” in Kanilai. One Faye Bojang has been assigned by Jammeh to pour alcohol on the “Jalangs” on every Thursday and Friday. This has been a routine practice. Even whereas the President is away, Faye Bojang must pour alcohol on the Jallangs. The President worships idols,” the source said.