FORMER GAMBIAN PRESIDENT YAHYA JAMMEH TO GO INTO EXILE TODAY

The former president of Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, who recalcitrantly held on to the presidential seat after he lost to Adama Barrow in the December 1^st 2016 Gambian presidential election is expected to go into exile today Saturday 21^st January, 2016.

Surrounded by ECOWAS troops that eagerly awaited a mandate to forcefully oust him, Jammeh reluctantly surrendered yesterday 20^th January, 2016, by virtue of a superfluous announcement that he was stepping down.

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This occurred after a peace move by Conde the president of Guinea and Mauritania’s president, Ould Abdel Aziz, who travelled to Banjul to persuade the long ruling Jammeh to leave peacefully before ECOWAS forces pounced on him.

After some talks, Yahya Jammeh will now leave Banjul on Saturday 21^st January, 2017 with Conde to begin a new life of exile in Guinea.