UDP official says Barrow won in 2016 thanks to Darboe
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Kerr Fatou
Lamin Manneh, an official of Gambia’s United Democratic Party (UDP), says Adama Barrow owes his 2016 victory to the campaign conducted on behalf of Ousainu Darboe, rather than to his own programme. He thereby disputes the president’s remarks on the next election, in an interview with Teledal TV reported by Kerr Fatou.
Lamin Manneh, deputy administrative secretary for external affairs of the United Democratic Party (UDP), said Gambian President Adama Barrow should not underestimate UDP leader Ousainu Darboe ahead of the presidential election in December. He argued that Barrow owed his 2016 victory to the coalition that helped oust Yahya Jammeh, rather than to his own efforts, according to an interview with Teledal TV.
Lamin Manneh compared Ousainu Darboe to a chicken facing Yahya Jammeh, whom he described as an elephant. He explained that the former president had been difficult to overthrow because he had the backing of a military dictatorship, according to Teledal TV.
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