President Yahya Jammeh
All
Heads of State and Government of the ECOWAS member countries have
resolved to attend the inauguration of the Gambian President-Elect,
Adama Barrow, on January 18, 2017, in conformity with the Gambian
constitution.
According
to a communiqué presented at the end of the 50th Ordinary Session of
the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government held in Abuja on
Saturday, the out-going President Yahya Jammeh must uphold the result of
the December 1 presidential election in the country and must guarantee
the safety and protection of the President-elect.
“The
Authority calls on President Yahya Jammeh to accept the result of the
polls and refrain from any action likely to compromise the transition
and peaceful transfer of power to the President-Elect,’’ the communiqué
added.
The
Authority also appointed President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria and his
Ghanaian counterpart as Chief Mediator and Co-Mediator respectively in
the Gambian political impasse.
Gambia: ECOWAS Names Buhari Chief Mediator
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