NIGERIA DEPLOYS TROOPS TO THE GAMBIA
The
ECOWAS have unanimously decided in their meeting to use the ECOWAS
Standby Force for deployment in the Gambia with the Nigerian Military
participation. The aim is to implement the decision of ECOWAS leaders in
upholding the result of the Presidential election held in The Gambia on
the 1 of December 2016.
It could be recalled
that the ECOWAS leaders led by our noble President His Excellency
Muhammadu Buhari made series of spirited efforts to resolve the impasse
amicably but all diplomatic efforts by the ECOWAS and other world
leaders were rebuffed by outgoing President of the Gambia Haj Yahya
Jammeh. Accordingly, in line with this the Nigerian military will deploy
its assets as part of ECOWAS standby force to protect the people of the
Gambia and maintain sub regional peace and security. Additionally, it
will also protect and sustain the democratic norms in the sub-region.
This will also forestall the breakdown of law and order in the Gambia
and the sub-region in general
You are please requested to disseminate this information through your medium.
Signed:
MUHAMMED SANI AHMED
BRIGADIER GENERAL
FOR HON MINISTER OF DEFENCE
19 January 2017
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