The coalition of seven political parties that produced The
Gambia President-elect, Adama Barrow, is looking up to President Muhammadu Buhari to deploy his vast
experience, alongside other African leaders, to resolve the political logjam in
the West African country.
According to a statement issued by the Special Adviser on
Media and Publicity to the President, Femi Adesina, one of the coalition
members, Hamad Bah, spoke with the media during the high-level ECOWAS /AU/UN
Joint Mission to The Gambia on Tuesday.
He said: “We need the experience of President Muhammadu
Buhari of Nigeria in many ways. Like President Jammeh, he is a former military
officer, so he knows how the military thinks, and would be able to talk to him
appropriately.
“Again, President Buhari was in the opposition in Nigeria
for about 12 years, before he won election in 2015. So, he also knows how the
opposition thinks. He can feel what we feel. We are quite glad that President
Buhari is here, it gives us a lot of hope.”
The high-level team, in series of meetings that lasted the
whole of Tuesday, met with President Jammeh, twice, conferred with Barrow,
consulted with security chiefs, members of the diplomatic community, leadership
of the electoral commission, and many other interest groups.
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