By Sulayman Waan
The Gambia Democratic Congress’s youth leader has asked President Adama Barrow to send the Senegalese forces out of State House as he said the presidency should be secured by Gambian securities.
Momodou MC Cham made the remarks in an exclusive interview on Wednesday describing the presence of the Senegalese at State House as “very serious, because State House is the country’s most sensitive place.”
“I am calling on President Barrow to quickly withdraw all Senegalese Forces from the country’s most sensitive offices and give Gambian security personnel the responsibility to secure State House,” Mr Cham said.
He added that The Gambia has professional security personnel whom can secure the country without the presence of any foreign forces to help restore stability in the country.
On the extension of Ecomig mandate Mr Cham advised the President to “focus more on Gambian security forces than any other foreign security apparatus in the country. I don’t see president confident in the GAF because since he came to power almost four years now. But we never see him visiting the Military Barrack.”
Gambian State House has been predominantly occupied by Senegalese gendarme since 2017 when the country’s ex-tyrant President Yahya Jammeh fled into exile after losing the 2016 presidential election to President Adama Barrow.
