By Lamin Njie
Opposition APRC Monday held a cake cutting ceremony to mark the 25th anniversary of the July 22, 1994 military coup which brought former president Yahya Jammeh to power.
Twenty-five years ago today, The Gambia experienced its first change of government through the barrel of gun. On July 22, 1994, disgruntled young army officers of the Gambia National Army now re-baptized Gambia Armed Forces took control of the affairs of The Gambia and the 22 years quasi-military rule that followed is a history that many Gambians relate to variously.
But on Monday, Jammeh’s party, APRC, held a cake cutting ceremony and a quran recitation in Tallinding attended by tens of people.
“For us, we believe that from July 1994 up to July 1996 to date, massive transformation took place in the socio-political life of The Gambia,” APRC interim leader Fabakary Tombong Jatta told Gambian Talents Promotion at the quran recitation event.
He added: “So we are here to thank God, that we were able to witness those successes and also pray to Allah to bring those glorious days back again [and] to give former president Yahya Jammeh and his family long life, peace and prosperity and for him to return to The Gambia.”
