ECOWAS may be forced to use troops to compell Yahya Jammeh

After hours of working hard to convince the Gambia’s defeated President Yahya Jammeh to hand over power, leaders of the Economic Community of West African States left Banjul, the capital city without achieving their goals.

President Jammeh would not renege on challenging the December 1st presidential election results at the Supreme Court which lacks enough judges to preside over cases.



The head of the ECOWAS Commission Marcel de Souza told Radio France International that sending troops was “a conceivable solution” if negotiations have failed.

The regional leaders will also convene a summit on the Gambia’s political crisis in Abuja on Saturday.

In the light of all these developments, the ECOWAS Chair who led a delegation of four heads of state remains hopeful. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf told Reuters that “it is not time for a deal. It is not   something that can happen in one day. It is something that we have to work on.”