Gambia: President-elect, Barrow, to be inaugurated in Senegal today

Gambian President-elect, Adama Barrow, has said he will take the oath of office in Senegal later today. Google has effectively recognised him as the president of Gambia.

President Yahya Jammeh, who has led the country for more than 22 years, has defied all efforts by ECOWAS leaders to get him to step down from office having lost the country’s presidential election on December 1, 2016.

Mr. Barrow said in a message posted on his Twitter handle Thursday morning that he will be sworn in at 4:00 p.m. local time in Dakar, the capital of Senegal and urged his supporters to attend the event.

“I would like to inform you that the Inauguration Ceremony is going to take place at the Gambian Embassy in Dakar, Senegal,” he said.

ECOWAS, the African Union, AU, and many world leaders are also expected to recognise Mr. Barrow as the Gambian President from January 19.