Gambia’s outgoing First Lady Madam Zinab Yahya Jammeh is reportedly avoiding a meeting with US State Department, The Fatu Network has gathered from sources close to the ministry of Foreign Affairs.
According to sources, the US State Department has been trying to have a meeting with Madam Jammeh to ask her to reason her husband, outgoing President Yahya Jammeh but it is confirmed that she is avoiding the US officials.
“She does not take calls and has not yet invited the Department of State (DOS) to come and sit with her as requested on many times” a Foreign Ministry source said, adding, she just refers the US officials to the Gambian ambassador, Sheikh Omar Faye who has in the latter recalled.
You may recall that outgoing First Lady Jammeh and her children flew out of The Gambia to the US after her husband outgoing President Yahya Jammeh was defeated in the historical presidential elections.
Meanwhile, sources have it that Madam Jammeh is considering returning back to The Gambia on either Wednesday, December 21st or Thursday, December 22nd.
She has been accorded a very uncomfortable stay at their US$3.5 Million Potomac home as Gambians in the United States have been staging massive protest at the home to denounce her husband’s regime and calling on him to hand over power peacefully.
