(JollofNews) -Thousands of Gambians are casting their votes in today’s presidential election.
The small West African nation of less than two million people has been ruled by President Yahya Jammeh since 1994, when the then 29-year-old seized power in a bloodless coup.
Mr Jammeh who is eyeing a fifth term was re-elected in 2011 with 72 per cent of the votes. He is beng challenged by Mamma Kandeh of the Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC) and Adama Barrow of the opposition coalition.
886, 578 Gambians have been registered to vote in the election as opposed to 796, 929 in the last election while the number of polling stations have also increased from 1300 in 2011 to 1422 and votes will be counted on the spot as soon as the polls close at 1700 hrs.
We will publish the election results as soon as they are announced by the Gambia’s Independent Electoral Commission (IEC).
We definitely want to see free and fair election
Let the security forces do their job diligently to protect the citizens from any form of brutality
I will be coming for sure if the election is manipulated,
If Jammeh will win again then me ,as European citizen, only can conclude that this elections are manipulated and falsified. I was in Gambia 2 months ago and i did not meet any Jammeh-voter.
Gambians have put all their hope in the opposition. I saw all the Gambians cheering car caravans of the oppositions making publicity for the elections.
And yes last years there were a lot of Gambians doing the backway to Europe via Italy.
I know two Gambians in person arriving by boot in Europe totally in dispair of their own Gambian economic-political situation. I hope and i pray that Gambia earns and gets a better future not guided by a murderous dictator.
cheeeee gambia whats the meaning of democracy if you are being enslaved by the very own people you pay tax money to work for the your country 2016 its really time to wake up gambia 22 years is enough its time for change