Nigeria leader Muhammadou Buhari has told President Adama Barrow the role Ecowas played in sacking former President Yahya Jammeh wasn’t just about helping President Barrow but also Ecowas.
“I was in Gambia physically at least two times. It was the least we could do to stabilize the region. We’ve accepted multi-party democracy, and we must comply with its tenets. By supporting you, we were supporting ECOWAS. We are dealing with our own troubles here, but we will continue to support you bilaterally, and through ECOWAS,” President Buhari told President Barrow who is on an official visit to Nigeria, according to Vanguard Nigeria.
Ecowas troops including Nigerian soldiers were unleashed to The Gambia in January 2017 when Jammeh refused to step down. Jammeh then fled.
As The Gambia goes to the polls next year, President Buhari pledged Nigeria’s support in different ways possible, Vanguard Nigeria reported on Thursday.
According to the outlet, President Barrow said his visit was actually to say thank you to Nigeria once again for its multifarious helps, noting that the support had been unflinching since he got to office in 2017.
“You have given us technical support in the Ministry of Education, in Ministry of Justice, and in many other areas. We are grateful,” President Barrow said, according to Vanguard Nigeria.
Going forward, President Barrow said his country still needed Nigeria’s stabilizing force, “as things would have been very difficult for us without the invaluable support you gave,” Vanguard Nigeria said.
