The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has told President of The Gambia, Yahaya Jammeh, that he has until midnight of Wednesday to vacate office or be removed with force.
Jammeh is refusing to hand over to president-elect, Adama Barrow, despite initially accepting defeat in last month’s presidential election.
President Muhammadu Buhari and other notable African leaders have tried to convince him to step down, but Jammeh has remained adamant.
“From what I gathered, they are extending the olive branch till midnight of January 18th. If he does not (handover power) by 19th, the troops will take over,” a Ministry of Foreign Affairs Staff told Thisday Newspaper.
Nigeria has reportedly asked British military advisers to assist in planning a “rapid reaction” military incursion into Gambia, in order to install Adama Barrow as the country’s new president.
Barrow is currently in Senegal and will not return home until his inauguration on Thursday.
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