Buhari activates process to oust Yahya Jammeh and install Adama Barrow as Gambia’s President

News Express |31st Dec 2016 | 2,293

President Buhari

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has activated the process to oust Yahya Jammeh and install Adama Barrow as Gambia’s President in keeping with the mandate given him by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as mediator for The Gambia.

His Senior Special Assistant (Media and Publicity) Garba Shehu said in a statement issued on Saturday afternoon in Abuja: “One of the outcomes of the just-concluded ECOWAS Summit held on December 17, 2016 in Abuja was the decision to designate President Muhammadu Buhari as the Mediator for The Gambia with Mr. John Mahama, the out-going President of Ghana as Co-Mediator.

“The Summit also gave the terms of reference to include ensuring the safety of the President-Elect, Adama Barrow, the political leaders and the entire population; upholding the result of the Presidential election held on December 1, 2016 and ensuring that the President-elect is sworn into office on January 19, 2017, in conformity with the constitution of the country.

“On the direction of the President, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama is leading a Mediation Support Team (MST), working with the team of the Co-Mediator, President Mahama. The committee has begun immediate consultations with leaders in the sub-region as well as with international partners.

“The main task of the Mediation Support Team is to undertake the first phase of the preparatory and support work that would lead to a high level meeting of the Mediator (President Buhari) and the stakeholders.

“President Muhammadu Buhari remains optimistic that a peaceful resolution of the problem, in line with the laws and the constitution of The Gambia is possible before the January 19, 2017 inauguration date of the new President.”

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