Suspected State House Cooks, revered sources say, have already fled Gambia and are in an undisclosed European country while a very secretive investigation proceeds following the first family’s alleged food poisoning as we scribble these. 

At least one child of the president, a daughter (name withheld) has been suffering from abdominal upsets, a development observers connect to a grand conspiracy to “poison the food” of our first family.

Meanwhile, the tiny nation’s intelligence outfit is mounting a quick information gathering while some employees in the kitchen at State House have reportedly fled the nation. “The NIAs  used the Jammeh days dark-tinted vehicles to arrest suspects. 

Unfortunately, they found out some were already gone. But they still managed to arrest some other cooks who have been asked to be reporting to the NIA daily. They are also searched everyday before entering the building,” an informer told forGambia Sunday. 

President Adama Barrow’s trip to Mankamankunda was tipped to us prior. Sources say he was also not feeling good health-wise, a development they correlate to the on-going investigations regarding possible food poisoning. 

We seldom cheer-lead for Barrow. In fact, we have been the first to denounce and decry his unpatriotism and disinterest in Gambia’s genuine prosperity. But we don’t want to see anything like this proceed in The Gambia. Our prayers for the little girl allegedly suffering stomach aches. We want Barrow to go. But not through stealth or some ruse that would even harm a fly.