Saturday, 3 December 2016

President Yahya Jammeh accepts defeat at the poll as he follows Jonathan's good example

Gambian President

After ruling Gambia for 22 years, president, Yahya Jammeh, has surprised the world as conceded defeat to the opposition candidate in the just concluded election, Adama Barrow.

The news information was released by the country’s chairman of the Gambia’s independent electoral commission, Alieu Momar Njie, on Friday.

The Chairman to journalists prior to the announcement of the result of the presidential election held on Thursday that, “It’s really unique that someone who has been ruling this country for so long has accepted defeat.”


Jammeh was in for a fifth term with his party, Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction, APRC, while Barrow ran for eight political groups who united for the first time to field a single candidate.

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