(JollofNews) – West African nations have halted their military operation in the Gambia aimed at toppling the regime of President Yahya Jammeh in favour of mediation, report says.
According to reports monitored on France 24 Television, regional leaders have given Mr Jammeh a final chance to step down peacefully by midday on Friday of face being removed forceful.
A delegation of West African leaders – including the presidents of Liberia, Mauritania and Guinea – are due to arrive in Gambia on Friday as part of a mediation mission.
There has been no immediate response from Mr Jammeh.
Mr Jammeh’s whose term expired on Wednesday after a surprised defeat in last month’s election, has earlier refused calls to step down. He declared a state of emergency on the penultimate day of his term and also used his party dominated parliament to extend his mandate for 90 days.
His successor, Adama Barrow, was sworn-in on Thursday as the Gambia’s third president at a ceremony held at the Gambian embassy in Senegal’s capital, Dakar, which was attended by western and African dignitaries.
Shortly after the ceremony he have his blessings for the Senegal led troops to entered Banjul. The troops have warned Mr Jammeh that they are ready to topple his regime militarily if refuses to step down gracefully.
Meanwhile, the UN Security Council on Thursday unanimously backed regional efforts to ensure a handover of power in the Gambia, throwing its full weight behind Mr Barrow.
Mr jammed please step down peacefully, don’t be evil as they said you are
I wish to thank one and all for the various contributions you have made to compel Junkung Jammeh to quit power honourably. I and my family are some of those unfortunate creatures who were going to hear and dance to the horrible music of the gun. May Allah bless you abundantly for the good work you have done in your different ways.
This murderous fascist defaming a beautiful country as Gambia is an aberration. Quite appalling to see this pig of a dictator riding in rolls royce, hummer and the most expensive luxuries on earth against the backdrop of reducing this poor country into penury. And he had the support of intellectually bankrupt idiots who sold theor generation for “pottage of mess”. It irks human conscience to see this illiterate anarchist take Gambian for a ride for 2 decades and he still feels the country is his personal property. Dictators surely self-destruct but this fool Jammeh should be smoked out and roasted in some dungeon. And his accomplices who helped him peddle the heinous crimes these years should be ashamed of themselves. Why are they deserting him now? To sneak out and enjoy their loot? I felt sad when I listened to an army officer tell the tale of this fool exploiting soldiers to work on his many farms….a whole army captain selling meat for this bastard. Why Africa!
We are about to make another historic mistake if the GAMBIAN LEADERS AND ECOWAS allow such a dangerous Tyrant like Jammeh to go in exile with looted state funds and access to arms. This snake will live to fight another day– He will destabilise the West African REGION ! He needs to be captured and let him face justice…
Hope the World will listen
I agree with DELTA FORCE- DICTATOR’S WORST ENEMY. The same thought I have. If he’s left into exile with his arms, he’ll definitely come back to destroy the Gambia. Capturing him is more convincing than letting him be free in another country to live with stolen States properties as he was doing self development by enriching himself through businesses and land grabbing.
Yes, you’re right. He should be caged or killed. I didn’t want him dead before but if he can willingly and selfishly endanger our lives- so be it.
I don’t understand why he still wants to hold on to power. He has been asked nicely many, many times to leave. Is Yaya Jammeh telling us that there is no human being on earth who he respects or listens to!
agreed but slowly slowly catch that monkey
As i have always stated earlier , my comments have been vindicated that this whole conspiracy could not have happened without having a hand from western powers, all i am saying is that Jammeh is not such a good leader but what i am opposed to is this kind of interfearance from mischevious outsiders who want to recolonize and despoil our resources and leave us living in extreme poverty.Jammeh is a human being just like any other person therefore he could commited mistakes just like any body else . Under Jammeh’s rule Gambia and former colonial ruler Britain have had frosty relations because western powers particularly Britain and America have accused Jammeh of commiting human rights violation and crushing dissenting voices who are opposed to his rule. That’s the reason why Jammeh withdrew Gambia from the commonwealth in 2013; and in october last year 2016 ; he withdrew Gambia’s membership from the icc.
So, the former colonial power Britain must have had every reason for for passionate hatred for Jammeh These countries often criticise our leaders for violating human rights and democracy . Jammeh is not alone in this league of criticism we have pierre Nkuruziza ; Esaias Aferwoerki;Omar Al Bashir ; Robert Mugabe .The leaders of these countries are hated by the west because they have rejected supremacist views and have frustrated neo colonialism. western countries always give patronising remarks and lecture to our leaders but on the other hand they preach water and behine the scene they take wine.Before criticizing Jammeh and other leaders for their mistakes we should focus on crimes and all human rights violations committed by the west because they are greatest exporters of tyrrany. This kind of criticism from the west you will not hear them directed to dictators like Obiang Nguema; Paul Biya; Haile Mariam Desalegne; Yoweri Museveni; Paul Kagame . Reason is simple and clear because they are listening to their western powers and they are their blue eyed boys in AFRICA.
@CONCERN PATRIOTIC AFRICAN:= The current political crisis in The Gambia is not a fight between us and the West. Is a fight between The Gambians and ex-president who recently lose a free and fair election, and refused to step down. He lose the election, therefore, he must go.
Stop being under the guise of fighting Western powers and dominant, and use it to completely reject Democracy, human rights, and the rule of law. Subjugation of your own African brothers and sisters only for expressing their political views is not a fight against Wetern powers. We can disagree and agree with the West, but at the same time respect and maintain good governance in Africa. Let’s stop the nonsense in Africa and do the right thing.
Concerned Patriotic African, of course, it is necessary to discuss and critisize the rule of the West in Africa. But, please,
don’t use it for whitewashing our dictators who like Mugabe and his wife are addicted to shopping sprees in the West or go their for medical treatment because they have run down their own countries’ systems.
And where did Mr. Jammeh sent his children for their school education? And where did he buy his expensive cars?
In the samesame West!
Beware of these ravenous criminals who act under the guise of anti – neocolonialism!
Frank
The Senegalese invasion
That’s the SECOND time Senegal has invaded the Gambia. On both ocasions with the pretext of reinstating a “President”.
That’s the pretext but the sole Senegalese clandestine desire of invading our very tiny and developing country that has always been a thorn in the flesh of every Senegalese government is to halt our pace towards progress and prosperity.
Even though over 250,000 Senegalese are making/make a livelihood in the Gambia, the ulterior desire of every Frenchnized neocolonial Senegalese President to annex the Gambia as Saddam Hussein intended in Kuwait.
But the onus of responsibility lies squarely on every Gambian who wants to govern the Gambia stained with the blood of our peaceful people. Jawara was accounted for it and now “President” Barrow will be reckoned for allowing Senegal to lead an invading army into our country.
It also depicts that we have always been regarded as a territory which is at the whims and caprices of Senegal. Because Senegal has never intended to invade Mauritania where their nationals were butchered in cold blood during theEx-President Abdou Diouf regime. The loss of lives of their military in the hands of the Guinea Bissau army equally went unchallenged.
But why does Senegal always want to invade the Gambia? Why the haste and anxiety? A country that has always sheltered her hundreds of thousands of nationals, giving them economic and social safe haven and collaborating with them in all international fora.
If Barrow and his cohorts with the aid of Senegal’s Macky Sall believe they should assume the reins of power at all cost even over Gambian blood, days will come when they will be judged for this irresponsable decision and called to account for it.
I believe a deal can be struck at a negotiating table. The problem with the Barrow camp is time and the haste to nuture power. We can still talk in our Gambian atmosphere and log heads to resolve this MINUTE matter which is simply who rules the Gambian people in PEACE.
Senegalese forces have long been looking forward to invading the Gambia where as in 1981, they would vandalise our properties, steal whatever merchandise they can find in all our rich commercial centres, maim the innocent population, arrest and keep incommunicado any potential figure and opposition to their unruliness and sexually assault our young girls and women.
ECOWAS’s involvement is just a prelude to the covert desire of Senegal who never wants a negotiable solution but an armed invasion.
What happens next is everyone’s guess. If President Jammeh stays put, who can guarantee the period of time it will take to oust him and the impending costs on life and material.
Barrow is erroneously following the path of Ex-President Jawara with the ill-advice of his cohorts; Mai Fatty, Fatoumatta Tambajang, Hamat Bah, Omar Jallow, Dembo Bai Force Bojang, Halifa Sallah, Sedia Jatta and “Dr” Isatou Touray. Equally faltering the Gambian masses.
Each of these cohorts is just looking for revenge, quick position and a way to perpetrate their buddies, familes and love-ones into lucrative Gambian official positions. Fatoumatta Tambang a blood cousin sister of Ex-Lt Sanna Sabally left the Jammeh government when his cousin brother was arrested and jailed.
Mai Fatty, Sedia Jatta, Halifa Sallah, Dembo By Force Bojang, Omar Jallow are all defeated political figures who revenge could only be met within the “coalition” party. That “Coalition” will soon tumble into ashes as personal interests would soon pervade. We must be very careful, Gambians not to join the bandwagon that would inevitably plunge us into an undaunting ditch. Today’s political fanfare is at the climax but tomorrow’s collective welfare is the most crucial.
When Gambians and other foreign nationals are fleeing because of the uncertainty at the outcome of the political impasse, Mai Fatty and Adama Barrow have already assumed the party-style governance of inviting Gambians to a grand-night party at one of Dakar’s most luxurious and expensive hotels. Who is defraying the costs? What’s the haste in partying while the political predicament still prevails and lives are still looming?
Our future still remains bleak!
You are the biggest fool I’m aware of.
Babu Soli,
simply shut up.
You are a hypocrite and a liar Babu Soli. You accused the Senegalese soldiers in 1981 of stealing, vandalising, arresting and detaining incommunicado, maiming, raping and sexual assaulting of our women and still can’t see that those violations and worst are same things that the Gambian people endured during Yahya Jammeh’s 22 year rule. You complaining about the get together thank you party organised in Dakar by the coalition for Gambians living in Senegal yet blinded to the extravagant wasteful parties Yahya Jammeh indulged in.The amounts Yahya would donate to a Senegalese female musician. Babu Soli! you are totally bankrupt of thought,ideas,fairness and justice. Maybe you are one of Yahya’s pet monkeys who lived on his rotten bananas from his various farms where free labour is provided by the Gambian arm forces. Where were you Babu Soli, where was your sense of justice when Yahya Jammeh is seizing the best lands from the poor peasants for his own use? where our soldiers are made to toil for free. Where in our constitution is it ok for a head of state to use the military as personal servants, use them as a tool of oppression? Where is your sense of justice when 45000 of our people had to pack their belongings and flee the country because the mad dog Jammeh wouldn’t relinguish power even though he was defeated in a fair,transparent election?
It is a pity Babu Soli that your heart can’t allow you to give credit to these distinguished men, men of courage and honour, of the coalition. May Almighty God give them all long life and good health. For their vision and love of country, Gambia will reach the majestic height of peace, progress and justice. and for the ex president Yahya arrogant jackass joker jammeh, BABOITA MANSA prepare yourself as we are coming for you.We will follow you to the gate of hell till you pay for all your crimes.
Long Life the Gambia!
Down with Yahya Jammeh and ilks like Babu Soli!
The stinky ads got away into exile but I hope he comes back to visit.