Yankuba Darboe and Haji Suwaneh who got detained at Mile Two over their role in a campaign against President Adama Barrow rule in January have been elected into UDP’s new executive.
Yankuba Darboe got the nod as UDP’s Deputy Administrative Secretary for Media and Communication while Suwaneh is elected as the 2nd Deputy National Youth President of the party. Another UDP member Karim Touray who also took part in the Three Years Jotna campaign and also got detained Karim Touray was tapped as 1st Deputy National Youth President of the party.
Gambians under the banner of the Three Years Jotna group protested twice to demand President Barrow’s resignation in line with his 2016 pledge to serve for only three years. Their January protest turned violent when police fired teargas on them and their leaders rounded up.
