The 54-nation African Union (AU) has made it clear to the Gambian President, Yahya Jammeh that after January 18, the date he is due to hand over power to the winner of the December 1st Presidential election, Adama Barrow, it would not recognize as president of The Gambia.
The AU’s Peace and Security Council in a statement today, Friday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, also warned of “serious consequences in the event that his action causes any crisis that could lead to political disorder, humanitarian and human rights disaster, including loss of innocent lives and destruction of properties.”
The warning came on a day President Muhammadu Buhari was already in Banjul at the head of an ECOWAS delegation to persuade Jammeh to step down.
Yahya Jammeh’s political party, in the latest gambit, has gone to court to halt the inauguration of Adama Barrow, on the basis that his challenge of the electoral result had not been decided by the country’s Supreme Court.
The case was adjourned for months, because the court could not form a quorum. [myad]
