President Buhari in a statement signed by Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Femi Adeshina commended Oyedele’s dedication to development of the country through his profession, electrical engineering, and participation in democratic processes, which includes playing an active role in the merger of the APC, and achievements of the party.
Browsing: President Adama Barrow
Sunday Aghaeze, Personal Assistant to the President (Photography), confirmed this in pictorial report of the event.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports Barrow is visiting Nigeria for the third time since his inauguration as Gambian President on February 19, 2017.
Jammeh, who seized power in a 1994 coup, fled Gambia early last year as West African neighbours were poised for military intervention to topple him after he refused to step down following an election loss to current President Adama Barrow
Tambajang made the remark at a dinner organised for the Nigerian delegation to the 62nd Commission on the Status of Women at the Nigeria House, New York on Thursday night
Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, made this known in a statement in Abuja
Troops from Gambia’s neighbour, Senegal, as well as from Ghana and Nigeria will make up the smaller operation, whose mandate begins on February 21 and will last for three months
Barrow who, was elected almost on December 1, was forced to flee to Senegal when his predecessor, Yahya Jammeh refused to step aside
Barrow was inaugurated in neighbouring Senegal as mediators sought an exit deal for his predecessor, Yayha Jammeh, on January 19
Marcel de Souza said this while briefing members of the diplomatic corps and partner organisations on the political situation in The Gambia on Tuesday in Abuja
The move comes shortly before President Adama Barrow is expected to return to Gambia from neighbouring Senegal, where he sought refuge for security reasons
The master-stroke by the Buhari mediation team came when Yahya Jammeh was presented with a fait accompli, with the swearing-in of Adama Barrow as the legitimate President of the Gambia in Dakar, Senegal in the premises of the Gambian Embassy!
Barrow also appointed Fatoumata Tambajang as vice president
One of the advisers of President Adama Barrow, May Fatty, leveled the allegations of looting against Jammeh
Jammeh, who ruled the small West African country for 22 years, flew into exile late on Saturday to Equatorial Guinea
The former president left Banjul on Saturday to go into exile after he was pressurised by the ECOWAS to rescind his earlier decision not to accept the outcome of December 1 presidential election
The US Department of State, in a statement by its spokesperson, Mark Toner, also welcomed the ongoing peaceful transition in the country and the commitment to democracy by the people
The former governor made these remarks on Sunday in his Abuja residence while hosting a cross-section of Gambian investors led by Edrissa Jobe
Barrow on his twitter handle, @adama_barrow, said: “As Yahya Jammeh officially stepped down from office, I will be returning to my homeland, the Republic of The Gambia. #NewGambia.”
It was earlier reported that Jammeh left the State House to join President Alpha Conde of Guinea to the airport, to begin a new life in exile