The Gambia President Yahya Jammeh has vowed to remain in office, lashing out at regional mediators urging him to step down, saying he will not be intimidated.
ECOWAS Leaders, President Muhammadu Buhari, Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Sierra Leone’s Ernest Koroma and Ghanaian President John Mahama, who lost election and accepted the outcome, visited Jammeh to urge him to respect the election result.
At a follow-up meeting of ECOWAS in Abuja last weekend, the sub regional group mandated Presidents Buhari and Mahama to coordinate the plan to install a democratic government in The Gambia next month, when Jammeh is due to stand down.
ECOWAS said military intervention might be a possibility if diplomatic efforts failed.Jammeh, who said the December 1 poll was flawed, added that he would defend his country if need be.
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