Former President Yahya Jammeh has said leaders of APRC who entered into an alliance with NPP are no longer leaders of the party and has named new leaders.
Jammeh shocked the nation on Friday by addressing supporters in Kanilai where he told them he had not given his consent and blessing to APRC’s alliance with NPP.
“APRC will work with GANU and no other party,” Mr Jammeh stunningly said.
Abdou Jarju, Bakaray Saibo Sanneh, Jerrending Sanyang and Pa Modou Mbowe are part of a group of leaders Jammeh named. Jammeh also declared himself supreme leader of APRC.
Jammeh said he did not approve the APRC’s alliance with National People’s Party, contradicting Fabakary Tombong Jatta who said he did.
APRC leader led by Fabakary Tombong Jatta in September agreed to back President Adama Barrow in the December presidential election.
“Whatever we are doing, former President Yahya Jammeh is aware and has endorsed it,” Mr Jatta had said at a press conference in September while announcing the move.
Mr Jammeh told his supporters at his home village in Kanilai on Friday evening he never approved the decision, contradicting Mr Jatta.
“All those who are with NPP, I am not approving it, we are not going to align with NPP, we are aligning ourselves with GANU party,” Jammeh said.
Jammeh addressed his supporters through telephone from Equatorial Guinea where he has been living in exile since 2017 following his 2016 electoral defeat.
