The Gambia's President-elect, Adama Barrow,
has left the country after talks failed to persuade
President Yahya Jammeh to step down.
Nigeria's president flew to Banjul to try to broker
a deal but Mr Jammeh would not relinquish
power.
Mr Barrow is now heading to Mali, where he will
meet West African leaders attending a summit
there.
The former estate agent wants to resolve the
transitional deadlock so he can be sworn in next
week.
President Jammeh's term ends on Thursday.
The African Union has said it will no longer
recognise Mr Jammeh's rule beyond this point.
Nigerian leader Muhammadu Buhari had flown to
The Gambia's capital, Banjul, to try to broker a
deal, as the region fears the consequences of a
non-peaceful transition.
Ecowas, a 15-nation bloc of West African states
that organised the delegation, has it said it would
consider removing Mr Jammeh using military
force if he refuses to step aside. - BBC
The Spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Campaign Council, Kogi State, Faruk Adejoh-Audu says he cannot congratulate Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello because Kogi State was turned into a war field during the Saturday election.Adejoh-Audu said the election was marred by violence, claiming that nine PDP members were killed during the election.He also explained how the PDP women leader of Ochadamu Ward in Ofu Local Government Area, Salome Abuh, was burnt to death in her home by political thugs.“I will have congratulated Governor Yahaya Bello but unfortunately, I cannot because he won no election. What he won was a war waged by him and the Nigerian Police, so I cannot congratulate him.“His claim that there were just pockets of violence is incorrect. There is hardly any ward in Kogi State except a few that did not experience violence.“Violence is not necessarily when people die, but in this case, people died. At least nine people died, all of them were PDP members. The 10th pe...
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