All Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community Of West African State (ECOWAS) member countries have named President Muhammadu Buhari as Chief Mediator in the current Gambian political logjam, brought about by election imbroglio.
This was even as members of the regional body resolved to attend the inauguration of that country’s President-Elect, Adama Barrow, on January 18, next year, 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 today, 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 added the outgoing President of Ghanaian to Buhari as Co-Mediator. [myad]
