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Gambia’s Jammeh Parts Company With Another Minister

Alieu K Jammeh

(JollofNews) – With eight days left before the end of his tenure of office, President Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia Tuesday  parted company with his  minister of Youth and Sports, Alieu K. Jammeh.

Mr Jammeh is third minister to exit President Jammeh’s cabinet in less than a week. He is succeeded by a previously unknown figure, Gabriel Gomez.

No reason was given for Mr Jammeh’s removal but a statement from the Office of the President said it was done in accordance with the Gambian constitution.

Alieu Jammeh joined Mr Jammeh’s cabinet in February 2012.

A graduate of Malaysia’s International Islamic University and University of York, he held various senior positions in the Gambian civil service in permanent secretary ministery of Youth and Sports, principal assistant secretary, Ministry of Youth and Sports, and principal decentralisation officer for planning and strategy, Directorate of Governance, Ministry of Local Government and Lands.

President Jammeh’s mandate expires on January 18th following his surprised defeat in last month’s election.

The election was called in favour of opposition candidate Adama Barrow who won more than 45% of the vote according to the country’s electoral commission.

Mr Jammeh had initially conceded defeat and praised the country’s electoral system as rigged proof. He changed his mind a week later and declared the results null and void citing huge and unacceptable mistakes by the electoral commission.

He has vowed to cling to power despite numerous appeals by the UN Security Council and regional organisations.

7 Comments

  1. Traitors behave just like how Sheriff Bojang and Alieu K Jammeh others do.

    Yahya expect that many of their tribesmen will abandon you, but remain steadfast and reaffirm your position “backward never forward ever. God is ever powerful and Inshallah they will all regret their acts. As the wollof saying goes “Sosseh du sosal ken” they are devillish and only want to see your downfall but they will never live to see that. Note that with their treacherous plans in their defections none will ever survive to see your downfall. It is now clear to you that with all what they were saying in niceties and praise singing they were undermining you just to see your downfall but God the all knowing and everpowerful is and will continue to.protect you from their evil machination. INSHALLAH.

    LONGLIVE YAHYA A.J.J. JAMMEH
    LONGLIVE THE GAMBIA

    • U must be very stupid, short minded fool.

    • The lack of skills in a human beings make them resort to grudge, woeful ethnocentrism and savagery. A beaten liar and dishonest person has nothing to demonstrate but shameless hypocrisy and mischief. His downfall is right there under your nose and what is drawing him closer to it is the fact that he thinks Gambia owes him something.

  2. These newly appointed ministers will go down in history as the shortest serving ministers who failed to learn ‘end times signs’. Poor victims of circumstances will be haunted indefinitely.

  3. Adama Barrow fraudulently President elect

    Hello Fellow Gambians,

    I, Adama Barrow Independent Candidate representing the Coalition of eight parties hereby declare that the planned innaugration schuled for 19th January be postponed until when the ruling can be made on Petition filed by the APRC Party.

    The reason is, i want to go into office with a clean sheet. If i had known that the self exiled Gambians in the Diaspora had bribed the corrupt IEC Chairman Alieu Momar Njie before December 1st election i would have withdrawn my candidature. Democracy is not about cheating its all about being clean and to clean the mess other people left. On that note i am declaring the scheduled innaugration be halted until further notice. No urge for ascending to the presidency when the peace and tranquility of our beloved Gambia can be endangered.

    Many thanks for your cooperarion.

    Yours
    ADAMA BARROW
    Candidate Independent Coalition.

  4. The thing I like about fools is they they are the wisest among mirtal men!!
    See how idiotic and imature you sound..
    May you live long to cure your broken heart!!

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