Thursday 19 January 2017

GAMBIAN SOLDIERS WITHDRAW AS ECOWAS TROOPS AWAITS TO REMOVE PRESIDENT YAHYA JAMMAH

Buhari: President, Sirleaf, Mahama to pressure JammehStrong indication shows Gambia former President Yahya Jammah must step down today. Troops from Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria, Mali and Togo are at the borders of Senegal, awaiting the green light to intervene and unseat Yahya Jammeh, the ‘defeated’ President of Gambia.
     Nigeria Raises Army Battalion For Gambia, 200 troops, fighter jets, transport aircraft, helicopters and other air assets to the Senegalese capital Dakar. The Nigerian Air Force in a statement, said its deployment was in keeping with the West African bloc’s pledge to enforce the election mandate. main while,  the country’s Army Chief, Ousman Badjie, stated that he will not put his men on the line and they will not fight or die for Yahya Jammeh.
     Info also reaching that not fewer than 26,000 Gambians have made way across the Senegal border this year and many more impending rise conflict in the recent 72 hours. Elect President, Adama Barrow reported flee the country somedays back but will be present for his inauguration.

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