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140 under the tree after zuhr prayers and would go home after Asr prayers. I am not sure whether the tree is still there or has perished with passage of time. The Alhaj said that he saw in the dream that he was digging the place. ‘I found two golden turbans from there; of these I put one on Alhaj Farimang and the other on myself. ’ The following day, after the zuhr prayers, the people were sitting and chatting under the tree as usual and listening to the radio as well. It was news time and the first news that the newscaster read was that Alhaj Farimang Singateh had been appointed as the Governor General of the Gambia. Thus Allah, the Almighty fulfilled the dream of Alahaje Jikini in a magnificent way. Alhaj Fariman Singateh often took Alahaje Jikini with him on official tours. Alhaj Farimang Singateh was born in Georgetown, the Gambia on 10 November 1912. On independence from the British rule in 1966, he got the honour of being the only Gambian citizen to take over as the Governor General of the country. When the country became a republic in 1970, the office was abolished, and the Prime Minister, Dauda Jawara became an executive President. Alhaj died on 9 (19 in Wikipedia) May 1977 in Banjul and was buried with full state honours. Alhaj was an Ahmadi Muslim, by the Grace of Allah, and was president of the Gambia Jama’at. A street in the capital Banjul , was named in his honour. Alhaje Ibrahim Jikini Those were early days of Ahmadiyyat in the Gambia and opposition was at its climax. Jama’at was under attack from all