By Landing Colley
Thousands of APRC supporters have staged a protest calling for the return of former president Yahya Jammeh, as the party accused UN, AU, and Ecowas for ignoring their calls.
Mr Jammeh,54, ruled the country for 22 years. He has been living in exile in Equatorial Guinea after losing in a 2016 presidential election to President Barrow.
His supporters on Thursday gathered at Sukuta traffic light holding placards bearings ‘Jammeh must come back’ as well as chanting bearing named on the placards ‘Jammeh must come back.’
Speaking to Fabakary Tombong Jatta, interim leader of the party said: “we are here to demand the full implementation of the joint declaration between president Jammeh and ECOWAS, UN and AU that led to his departure to Equatorial Guinea in January 2017.”
“Over the period we engage, we have written letters to UN to date and we observe that the agreement is not implemented. So today we are here to demonstrate peacefully to deliver to them demanding for the full implementation of the joint declaration,” he added.
According to him, when two gentlemen go into an agreement it is your integrity that you protect anybody can fraud an agreement but how are you assert by the public.
Former Kanifing mayor Yankuba Colley said the agreement that led Jammeh into exile is the same agreement giving him right to return home.
He said they are not making any forceful tempt to bring Jammeh back but “we are demanding for them [UN, AU, and Ecowas to implement the agreement that has been signed.”
Mr Colley also responded to government over Jammeh security guaranty saying “If the government cannot secure him APRC will secure him.”