In response to President
Yahya Jammeh’s refusal to handover after he lost the December 1st
Presidential election in the country, the Newest Nigeria Warship, the NNS Unity
is set to depart the country for the Gambia on peacekeeping mission, Nigeria’s
Military says.
This is coming on the
backdrop of the resolve of the Economic Community of West African States,
ECOWAS, to use everything within its disposal including military force to
ensure that President Jammeh steps down.
Senegal
is also said to be preparing its Military for the Thursday Deadline.
Some West African leaders
including President Muhammadu Buhari has
made several efforts to prevail on the Gambian President to handover power to
Adama Barrow, a property Developer who won the December election, all to no
avail.
Instead, President Jammeh had declared a
90-day state of emergency, barely 48 hours to the supposed handover.
The
president made the announcement on national television, where he said any acts
of disobedience to the laws of Gambia, incitement of violence and acts intended
to disturb public order and peace, have been banned under the state of
emergency.
It
will be recalled that President Jammeh had initially declared his willingness
to hand over power if he lost, but later changed his mind after Mr Barrow was
declared winner.
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