(JollofNews) – Gambia’s former president Yahya Jammeh has withdrawn his challenge to last December’s presidential election results. According to judicial sources, Mr Jammeh who now lives in exile in Equatorial Guinea as part of a deal brokered by regional leaders, has instructed his lawyer, Edward Mendy to discontinue the suit[Read More…]
Tag: Jammeh Asks Supreme Court To Void Election Results
Gambia: Jammeh’s Lawyer absconds, Asks Him To Step Aside
(JollofNews) – A lawyer who represented Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh in his attempt to overturn the results of last month’s presidential election at the Supreme Court has called on him to relinquish power in the interest of peace and love for Gambians. Edward Anthony Gomez who fled the Gambia into[Read More…]
Gambia: Jammeh Seeks Court Injunction Against Barrow’s Inauguration
(JollofNews) – President Yahya Jammeh Thursday made a desperate bid at the supreme court to stop President-elect Adama Barrow from being sworn-in pending the outcome of his election petition. Mr Barrow is due to be sworn-in next Friday as the Gambia’s third president after he was declared winner of last[Read More…]
Gambia: President Jammeh’s Election Petition Suffers Major Blow
(JollofNews) – President Yahya Jammeh’s hopes of using the supreme court to void last month’s election results Tuesday suffered a major setback after his foreign hired judges failed to show up. The election was called in favour of opposition candidate Adama Barrow who won more than 45% of the vote[Read More…]
Gambia’s Supreme Court To Hear Jammeh’s Election Petition
(JollofNews) – The Supreme Court of the Gambia is Tuesday expected to commence hearing President Yahya Jammeh’s petition against last month’s presidential election results. 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. But[Read More…]
Letter From New York: Reelection Is The Only Solution To Gambia’s Political Impasse
(JollofNews) – It really breaks my heart when people try to make the political impasse in the Gambia all about His Excellency President Yahya A. J. J. Jammeh Jammeh alone. That he is the only one trying to unjustifiably cling to power without any reasons in an election he had[Read More…]
Gambia: IEC Boss Says Jammeh Cannot Legally ‘Stop’ Barrow’s Inauguration
(JollofNews) – President Yahya Jammeh cannot do anything legally to stop the inauguration of Adama Barrow as president of the Gambia on 19th January, says the chairman of the country’s Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). Alieu Momarr Njai said Mr Barrow, 51, was duly elected by Gambians in a free and[Read More…]
Gambian Lawmaker Defends Jammeh’s Election Challenge
(JollofNews) – A nominated member of the Gambia’s National Assembly has become the first lawmaker in the country to publicly defend President Yahya Jammeh’s challenge to the results of the December 1st presidential election. Seedy Njie said Mr Jammeh’s lawsuit to the supreme court was done in accordance with the[Read More…]
Gambia: Jammeh Asks Supreme Court To Void Election Results
(JollofNews) – President Yahya Jammeh’s Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) has filed a petition with the ‘vacant’ Supreme Court of the Gambia asking it to void the recent presidential election result. The December 1st presidential election results were called in favour of Adama Barrow of the opposition coalition[Read More…]
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