Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari
has arrived Banjul to persuade Yahya
Jammeh to respect election result.
President Mahama, President Buhari and
President Sirleaf Johnson in Gambia to
persuade Yahya Jammeh
In Banjul with Mr Buhari are his
counterparts from Ghana and Liberia, John
Mahama and President Sirleaf Johnson,
Chairperson of the Authority of Heads of
State and Government of ECOWAS, and
President Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra-Leone.
They were received at the airport by
Gambia's Vice-President,
Recall that Gambia’s president, Yahya
Jammeh who had accepted defeat at the
presidential election recently backtracks and
asked for a new poll run by a "Godfearing"
electoral commission.
President Buhari with President Sirleaf Johnson
in Gambia
President Buhari and the ECOWAS leaders
will discuss the ensuing impasse in The
Gambia with President Jammeh, and insist on
the sanctity of the electoral process, and
respect for the wishes of the people.
They would also ask their host to respect the
Constitution of his own country, and
maintain the inviolability of an electoral
process that had been concluded, and in
which he had admitted defeat, and
congratulated his main challenger.
President Buhari shaking hands with President
Mahama of Ghana
President Buhari arriving Gambia to persuade
Yahya Jammeh
The leaders are also scheduled to meet the
President-elect, Adama Barrow.
President Buhari is expected back in Abuja
later today.
Meanwhile, the Presidency has dismissed
reports that President Muhammadu Buhari
has ordered the replacement of two of its
service chiefs, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS),
General Gabriel Olonisakin and Chief of
Naval Staff (CNS), Vice-Admiral Ibok-Ete
Ekwe Ibas.
L-R: Sirleaf Johnson, Muhammadu Buhari
arriving Gambia to meet Yahya Jammeh over
election result
Meanwhile, the meeting between President
Buhari, the president of Ghana and the
president-elect of Gambia is currently on and
no resolution to the deadlock in Gambia has
been announced.
The special adviser on media and publicity to
Buhari, Femi Adesina posted this on his
official Facebook page:
"President Buhari and his co-delegation meet
with President-Elect of Islamic Republic of
Gambia Adama Barrow during the High Level
UN/AU/ECOWAS Joint Mission in Gambia on
December 13, 2016."
Below are some pictures from the ongoing
meeting:
President Buhari looks on as the meeting
unfolds
The president-elect speaks to the gathered
delegation
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