Winner of December's presidential election in The Gambia, Adama Barrow, has said that he is confident that he would be sworn in next week despite the refusal of incumbent President, Yahya Jammeh, to accept the election results.
Select leaders of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, has reiterated the resolve of the entire sub-region that President of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, must quit office at the expiration of his tenure, having lost the presidential election held in the country in December.
President Muhammadu Buhari will host some African leaders in Abuja on Monday in his capacity as the mediator in the current crisis rocking The Gambia following the refusal of President Yahya Jammeh to accept the presidential election which held in the country in December.
Former Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament and Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has called on the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, to have a rethink on its decision to deploy soldiers to The Gambia if incumbent President Yahya Jammeh refuses to step down at the expiration of his tenure on January 18.
The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, has said that troops from the sub-region have been placed on alert to intervene in The Gambia if President Yahya Jammeh refuses to step down next month.
