By Lamin Njie
The campaign to bring former president Yahya Jammeh to justice has received a huge boost as Gambians abroad have stumped up various amounts that totalled D70,000 ahead of a march on Saturday.
Victims of Mr Jammeh’s 22 years tyranny will take to the streets on Saturday to call for the former leader’s arrest and prosecution for crimes he allegedly committed.
Mr Jammeh’s rule was marked by gross human rights violations and abuses, and the case has sparked an investigation.
Victims of his rule will stage a protest on Saturday to call on the Barrow administration to ensure Mr Jammeh faces justice. An amount of D77,000 have been raised to be ploughed into the march with indefatigable Yunus Hydara leading the fundraising campaign. The sum is from diaspora Gambians.
It comes days after opposition APRC, Mr Jammeh’s party, staged a protest calling for the return to the country of the former president.
Mr Jammeh has since January 2017 been living in exile in Equatorial Guinea following his shock electoral defeat in an election the previous year. He had refused to step down but troops activated by Ecowas forced him to flee the country.
