{"id":83638,"date":"2025-08-08T17:23:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T17:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/udp-responds-to-seedy-njies-accusations"},"modified":"2025-08-11T16:11:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T16:11:10","slug":"udp-responds-to-seedy-njies-accusations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-responds-to-seedy-njies-accusations","title":{"rendered":"UDP Responds to Seedy Njie\u2019S Accusations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>The United Democratic Party (UDP) has strongly refuted what the opposition party called \u201crecent false and divisive statements\u201d made by Hon. Seedy Njie on Coffee Time with Peter Gomez on West Coast Radio. <\/b><\/p>\n<p>The UDP in a statement issued out on Wednesday, described Njie\u2019s accusations as \u201cdangerous fabrications and a desperate attempt to mislead the Gambian people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hon. Njie talking to West Coast Radio accused UDP: of tribalism, blocking the 2020 Draft Constitution, and orchestrating voter intimidation against non-Mandinka communities. According to the UDP the allegations are \u201cbaseless and reckless.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe UDP is the most diverse and inclusive political party in The Gambia. From its inception, it has drawn support from every region, ethnic group, and faith,\u201d the statement noted.<\/p>\n<p>According to UDP, it is the ruling NPP and its allies who have continuously used tribal rhetoric to manipulate and divide the people for political gain.<\/p>\n<p>The statement highlights that what Gambians and the UDP want and expect; are free, fair and transparent elections so that only Gambians can elect their leaders noting that is what election integrity is all about.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a deliberate action of misleading the public for Hon. Njie to claim that the UDP deployed armed men to intimidate non-Mandinka voters, or that a UDP government would deport ethnic minorities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are dangerous, tribalist lies designed to provoke fear and tension. The UDP stands for one Gambia, one people, where all citizens, regardless of ethnicity, are protected, respected, and treated equally under the law,\u201d the statement noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the same Seedy Njie who defended former President Jammeh\u2019s refusal to accept the election results of 2016 and voted for a state of emergency that nearly plunged The Gambia into chaos. He followed Jammeh into exile in Equatorial Guinea, only to return and secure a political lifeline through a nomination by President Barrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomeone with such a track record of undermining democracy and supporting dictatorship has no credibility to speak about patriotism or national unity,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>UDP calls on Gambians to reject tribal politics and uphold the values of truth, democracy, and unity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet us focus on building a country where all Gambians\u2014Mandinka, Fula, Jola, Serer, Wolof, Aku and others\u2014can live and thrive in peace and dignity,\u201d the statement concluded.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Gambia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. The United Democratic Party (UDP) has strongly refuted what the opposition party called \u201crecent false and divisive statements\u201d made by Hon. Seedy Njie on Coffee Time with Peter Gomez on West Coast Radio. The UDP in a statement issued out on Wednesday, described Njie\u2019s accusations as \u201cdangerous fabrications and a desperate attempt [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":83637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,10],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-83638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UDP Responds to Seedy Njie\u2019S Accusations - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The United Democratic Party (UDP) has strongly refuted what the opposition party called \u201crecent false and divisive st ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-responds-to-seedy-njies-accusations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UDP Responds to Seedy Njie\u2019S Accusations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The United Democratic Party (UDP) has strongly refuted what the opposition party called \u201crecent false and divisive st ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-responds-to-seedy-njies-accusations\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-08T17:23:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-11T16:11:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1754665420.557474.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-responds-to-seedy-njies-accusations#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-responds-to-seedy-njies-accusations\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"UDP Responds to Seedy Njie\u2019S Accusations\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-08T17:23:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-11T16:11:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-responds-to-seedy-njies-accusations\"},\"wordCount\":396,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-responds-to-seedy-njies-accusations#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/sm_1754665420.557474.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-responds-to-seedy-njies-accusations#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-responds-to-seedy-njies-accusations\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/udp-responds-to-seedy-njies-accusations\",\"name\":\"UDP Responds to Seedy Njie\u2019S Accusations - 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