Gambia’s president, Yahya Jammeh has been accused by his communication minister, Sheriff Bojang of attempting to subvert the will of Gambians by refusing to accept the outcome of last year’s presidential elections which he lost to Adama Barrow.
Sheriff Bojang on Monday left his post and told Reuters in a letter that “the Gambia has decided and we must accept and respect this decision,”.
He becomes first of major appointees of Yahya Jammeh resigning from his government after he refused to step down and hand over power to Adama Barrow.
Reuters quoted Bojang as saying that the refusal to accept the results as declared by the Independent Electoral Commission was “an attempt to subvert the express will of the Gambian electorate”.
Bojang who has fled the country now wants other government officials to join him in taking a similar action.
There are reports of other state officials fleeing as uncertainty surrounds the future of the country as Jammeh’s tenure expires on January 19.
Meanwhile a delegation of West African leaders is expected to travel to the Gambia on January 11 to make another attempt to resolve the current political crisis in that country.
The delegation will be led by Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari. He will be joined by leaders of Sierra Leone, Liberia and the former president of Ghana, John Mahama during this visit.
Source: Africafeeds.com
