Embattled President of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, has asked that the High Level Economic Community of West African States mediation mission, led by President Muhammadu Buhari, should push their planned visit to Banjul to Friday.
The ECOWAS leaders had, at a meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Monday, resolved to meet Jammeh on the political impasse in the country on Wednesday.
In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the President said despite the postponement of the scheduled meeting, the mandate of the regional body would be achieved.
The statement read, “At the instance of President Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia, the High Level ECOWAS mediation mission led by Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari, has pushed forward its visit to Banjul, the capital of The Gambia, to Friday.
“In accepting to postpone the visit earlier planned to take place on Wednesday, President Buhari, who is mediating alongside Mr. John Mahama, the immediate past President of Ghana, said the delay notwithstanding, the mandate of the ECOWAS would be accomplished.
“President Buhari reiterated the appeal on Monday by ECOWAS leaders that the Gambian leaders do everything they can to douse the tension in the West African country, which has led citizens to leave the country due to political uncertainty.
