Gambia: Barrow Critic Alhagie Saidy Barrow Rejects NPP/APRC Defence of Seedy Njie Remarks –

By: Fatou Krubally

Political commentator Alhagie Saidy Barrow has criticised a press statement issued by the National People’s Party/APRC alliance in defence of remarks attributed to Deputy Speaker Seedy SK Njie concerning Mandinka identity, describing the explanation as “unconvincing” and “misleading.”

In a public reaction, Barrow rejected the alliance’s characterisation of the remarks as merely an “error in judgment,” arguing instead that the…