Nigerian warship NNS Unity is sailing to Gambia ahead of the ECOWAS military intervention to flush out President Yahya Jammeh and install Adama Barrow, the winner of the country’s last month’s elections.
The vessel left the port of Lagos and currently off the coast of Ghana.
Senegal will be leading ground troops across its northern and southern borders into the Gambia.
President Yahya Jammeh has until Thursday to step aside peacefully or be forced to do so by the regional force.
The Gambia’s military of about 2,500 personnel is deeply divided. President Jammeh is relying heavily on his Republican National Guard, which includes his elite presidential guard and special forces to support him.
Liberia’s President and ECOWAS Chair Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said the position of the regional body has not changed. She insisted that Mr. Jammeh must respect the constitution of The Gambia.
Gambia’s President-elect Adama Barrow is currently in Senegal and will be accompanied to Gambia to be sworn-in by the West African troops.
Another bang bang about to explode because people who lead do not listen, they are too greedy selfish and think they own the country but thumbs up to ECOWAS Southern African Dictators Club and All Useless need to take a leaf from ECOWAS. Just realised ECOWAS have Ambassadors from foreign Countries accredited to the Organisation SADC learn from ECOWAS
I disagree with Nigeria on many things (including its failure to deal with Boko Haram), but when it comes to regional matters Nigeria DOES really provide leadership unlike this sorry and pathetic neighbour to the south of Zimbabwe who wears the ‘CROWN’ with utter TERROR!!
If Nigeria had continental leadership, ubumbulu baboMgabe lobu would be a thing of the past.
Mandela, Thabo … and now Msholozi… give us a break!! Until someone who knows the commodity of power takes over in SA. What a bunch!! Useless, I mean!
Bwaaaaaaaahahahahahahahaha
You made my day
Sadac ndeye MA dictator
Kik out MA dictators
Thumps up ECOWAS. You are force to rely on, better than toothless AU and SADC
Haa mbwende chaidzo.
Don’t take any prisoners, you need to put down that guy straight away. And it should be reminder to those once who sits in high chairs that no one owns a country.
Send TB joshua
Viva ECOWAS murishumba dzegwindingwi vanozvoti ihombarume dzemapugwe dzoita mudumbu aifunga inhoda achahwigwa vurombo sanaMbeki kunaMugabe apo ndokubaya bveni napahudhlu .Bvuma kudhliwa kwete kuda kunamira segupa chero risisina simba
Kwete mbwende dze sadcc…