Almameh Gibba pledges Yahya Jammeh’s return if he wins election
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Kerr Fatou
Almameh Gibba, candidate for the No To Alliance Movement in Gambia’s presidential election, has promised to facilitate Yahya Jammeh’s return if he wins the 5 December vote. The former president has lived in exile since January 2017, and the promise comes as his return remains contested by victims of human rights violations committed under his regime, Kerr Fatou reports.
Almameh Gibba, candidate for the No To Alliance Movement in Gambia’s presidential election, has promised to facilitate Yahya Jammeh’s return to The Gambia if he wins the 5 December vote. He presented this prospect as a priority for his potential administration in an interview with West Coast.
Jammeh, the former Gambian president, has lived in exile since leaving power in January 2017. Gibba is also the MP for the Foni Kansala constituency. His promise comes after he opened the door to an opposition coalition and ruled out joining President Adama Barrow’s party on 19 October.
Jammeh also appointed the candidate to lead a faction of the APRC, the former president’s party, on 17 October. The faction had previously linked Jammeh’s return to an alliance with the NPP, in a position reported on 11 October.
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