Opposition APRC will stage a protest on 17 January 2020 to demand the return to the country from exile of former President Yahya Jammeh, according to The Standard.
Former President Jammeh has been living in exile in Equatorial Guinea since his election slaughtering in 2016, but The Standard reported on Monday his party – APRC – will stage a protest next month to demand his return.
“The national executive of the APRC has seen to it that it is time for Jammeh to come back. We want to inform all APRC supporters that on the 17th of January we will hold a peaceful protest to ensure that the agreement they have with Jammeh before he left the country is adhered to. Whosoever believes in the APRC government and has the conviction that APRC is the only party that brought the needed development in this country, please come out and join us in the demonstration,” The Standard quoted the party’s first deputy interim leader Ousman Rambo Jatta, citing an audio it said it obtained.
Mr Jammeh left the country in January 2017 after dramatically losing the 1 December 2016 elections. He had been in power for 22 years and was seeking re-election for the fifth time.
His time as president was peppered by serious human rights violations and abuses prompting an inquiry. The TRRC started work in January this year and shocking revelations of gross human rights violations and abuses including extrajudicial killings, torture and enforced disappearances have been made.
