Nigeria’s newest warship, the NNS Unity, is sailing towards The Gambia ahead of possible military intervention over President Yahya Jammeh's refusal to accept election defeat and step down when his term expires on Thursday.

A Nigerian military source tells the BBC that the patrol vessel is currently sailing off the coast of Ghana after leaving from the commercial caital, Lagos.

The initial aim is to put on a show of force rather than to launch an attack.

Senegal is preparing ground troops ahead of Thursday’s deadline.



The Gambia’s tiny army is no match for the regional powers. In recent years, President Jammeh has been promoting his loyalists, including army chief Ousman Badjie, to ranks beyond their competence.

This has further downgraded its military capabilities.

The regional body, Ecowas, has sad that military intervention will be a last resort to bring an end to the political deadlock in The Gambia.

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has been leading mediation efforts to persuade Mr Jammeh to hand power to former estate agent Adama Barrow, who won the 1 December election.

Also,
Outgoing Gambian President Yahya Jammeh declares 90-day state of emergency two days before expected handover

http://www.bbc.com/news/world/africa/live

Checkmate

Buhari like war

President Buhari should release Nnamdi Kanu according to the Ecowas court. You are coming to equity but you are not coming in with clean hands!

Buhari recently sent Police recruits to Somalia, now warship to the Gambia what about Southern Kaduna?

God will punish not just Buhari but those zombies that voted for him.

Buhari who lost election 3 times, and went to court 3 times is telling Jammeh to accept defeat.

Hypocrisy is Buhari telling Jammeh to obey the rule of law why he himself doesn't.

Loooool

Jammeh thought it is a joke right? He should keep acting like a spoilt child and see what will happen to him.

mad man in power. He's playing with a lighter in a gas station. organized a coup de tet for d guy,or their are no patriots in that country? imaging their brethren fleeing to neighboring country. Anyway, ayo fayose is also a mad man for undermining Buhari in leading the ECOWAS delegation some weeks back, I guise he can now used ekiti resources to care for d refugees.

Nigeria wants to go back to the days of making Africa the Centre piece of her foreign policy

Power

Ok

Pls use Buhari to make a sentence for me.....

Why waste Such resources? I am So pissed right now. Jammeh doesn't need such sophisticated weaponry to oust him.


With my 2 Canoes, Catapult, Bow and Arrow and Dagger, i will chase that guy out of Gambia in no time.

Warship for Tiny Gambia wey no Big pass Victoria Island and Ikoyi? Buratai you fall my hand.

100 UNARMED boyscouts from a Nigeria Primary School will pursue that man. Our Man O War is too much for them.

Operation Temple Run...abi nah Shark Tank?

Yahya Jammeh. May your case never be like that of Gaddafi. Live dog is better than a dead lion. Better step down in peace and seek asylum in North Korea because that's the place people like you deserves to live in

Mynd44:

As set by Gowon.

It is good we are taking the initiative, no chance for some sit tight mad president to start feeling like he cannot be ousted. His jail term will be mesured in the amount of sand in the Sahara

why u carry this man matter for head like say na nairaland Is he different from ur tyrant demi God in aso rock whom u worship like a zombie

Back to topic

operation python dance and doggy style loading......

dukie25:
Buhari recently sent Police recruits to Somalia, now warship to the Gambia what about Southern Kaduna?

God will punish not just Buhari but those zombies that voted for him.

Wa pe be

Ghen ghen! E don shele !

Jammeh, you better step down now or end up like Gaddafi.

Jammeh your game is over,
buhari your game will start in 2019

how many likes for GEJ?

this is d kind of thing buhari like

dis yaya jahmeh wan fvck wit Baba abi?
OK, mek him wait

BUBU SHA

Wetin concern us na? we get our insecurity problems here o

This military enter buhari head no be small

If only the FGN could show such commitment to issues plaguing our nation.

Hmm. . . . . Nigeria and Busy Body



See How Boko Haram Dey Slaughter People Everyday, Still No Warship, No Air Strikes



Come Kaduna, FULANI HERDSMEN (Not even certified Terrorists) are beheading and killing Christians, No Warship, No Intervention . . . . .



Na Gambia wey get only 2million People na em We Send Warship Go. Nawao.

Abeg i noba ready to fight war ooo, Buhari my hand no dey o!

Jeoma11:
Nigeria wants to go back to the days of making Africa the Centre piece of her foreign policy

As set by Gowon.

It is good we are taking the initiative, no chance for some sit tight mad president to start feeling like he cannot be ousted. His jail term will be mesured in the amount of sand in the Sahara

The gient is awake

redcliff:
President Buhari should release Nnamdi Kanu according to the Ecowas court. You are coming to equity but you are not coming in with clean hands!

Nnamdi Kanu is a seditious secessionist, and (until he successfully creates the country he wants and becomes a "founding father", he will be treated as such.

Jahmmeh is a sit-tight president whose mandate has ended. He too is being treated as such.

Where is the "dirty hands" you speak of?

Just because we have not solved all the problems in our land, does not mean we should sit down and watch another African country tear itself to pieces. This is a message being sent to all Africans, for the good of our future: the era of sit-tight dictators is drawing to a close. It's a process, but these are the building blocks of a prosperous continent, 50 years hence.