New campaign attempt for Buju's release

Fans of embattled dancehall/reggae musician Mark 'Buju Banton' Myrie have unearthed another avenue in their desperate attempt to have the entertainer released from bondage.

Organisers of the new campaign to have Buju released are calling on 50,000 of the artistes diehard fans, family and friends to make direct contact with the home and office of US President Barrack Obama, The White House.

The new worldwide campaign is being launched on the basis of what they call an unjust incarceration, alluding to an entrapment by a US Government informant.

It is expected of the participants to call, email, or write the White House before Buju is resentenced in Tampa on October 30, 2012.

The organisers, @freebujunow, following an announcement on Monday, steadfastly refuse to let the embattled reggae star spend more time in prison.

When Buju faces the court later this month, he could face five additional years behind bars in relation to his ongoing drug case.

"I have heard a little of the new campaign, I have done it and will continue to urge my friends to as well ... anything to support the cause even though I am not sure who started it," Buju's son, Marcus, said.

When asked how he thought the outcome may be, he reasoned, "I am not sure how it will affect the case ...".

Meanwhile, the charge on the White House by Banton's apparent loyalists, follows on the heels of a failed appeal filed by his legal representation this past summer in which the 'Gargamel' was refused a possible reversal of his initial conviction and subsequent 10-year sentence on drug-related charges in 2011.

An attempt, which followed for a new trial, also fell through the roof as the judge upheld the prosecution belief that there was enough evidence for his conviction on the drug charges, and as such, it made lawful the reinstatement of a gun-related charge which was originally thrown out during the February ruling.

Banton reportedly fired his lawyer David Oscar Markus shortly afterwards, and hired the services of Mississippi human-rights attorney Chokwe Lumumba.