Ecowas through its commission has said it unleashed its troops to The Gambia to help the country in terms of maintaining peace and bringing stability.
Heavily armed Ecowas troops led by a Senegalese army general entered The Gambia in 2017 forcing former President Yahya Jammeh to flee into exile – and effectively ending a month-long post-election impasse.
“The objective was to help the country in terms of maintaining peace, bringing stability and also helping the security reform by training, by bringing support to the forces of The Gambia, the Gambian military forces,” Ecowas commission president Jean Claude Kassi Brou said on Tuesday during a engagement with reporters at State House.
The Ecowas commission boss who was on an official visit to The Gambia said he has been told his forces have done a good job in the country.
“We are please to hear from the authority that they are pleased with ECOMIG, that ECOMIG has done a very good work,” Kassi Brou said.
