West African forces have arrested a senior Gambian army general and have seized weapons from the private residence of exiled former ruler Yahya Jammeh, force commander Francois Ndiaye has said.

General Bora Colley, the head of an elite commando unit, had been arrested in neighbouring Senegal, he said, without giving details.

Regional troops had also raided Mr Jammeh's residence in his home village of Kanilai, recovering arms and ammunition, General Ndiaye said, adding: "The situation is under control."

General Colley was the former commander of the military camp in Kanilai, where Mr Jammeh had planned to go and retire before being forced into exile after refusing to accept defeat in the 1 December election, The Gambia's Freedom newspaper reported.

Four guards for Mr Jammeh's wife, Zainab, were also arrested, in the border town of Karang in Senegal, General Ndiaye said.

Regional forces have been helping President Adama Barrow to consolidate his power in the tiny West African nation since Mr Jammeh went into exile more than a week ago.

Mr Jammeh had tried to cling to power, but left after under pressure from Senegalese-led troops and mediators.

BBC

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this is serious

E never finish

Hmm... E deh really hot everywhere oh..

I hope others, especially African leaders are learning from this. The end of it all is disgrace

Nice one. Let him taste his own cup of tea.

Means he's a threat perhaps?

Nigerian Jews were supposed to prevent such arrest!

After all, they supported Jammeh because PMB insisted he must go.

Taut he signed an agreement with AU Dat dey wnt go after his allies

Nice move!

This is seriously old news

I hope Robert Mugabe is seeing this.

Y they no kum follow Jameh go exile na

Seriously?

I really have better things to worry about than Gambian General... Ewu Gambia

This is good news for Democracy

I, Sheik, Doctor, Professor, Alhaji Yahya ..... Jammeh.....

Abeg make una help see an African leader's title that was forced to leave the throne.

Future events. Nothing lasts forever. Even the Roman, Egyptian, Ottoman, etc.. empires crumbled at last. As we talk EU is shaking. So will the Hausa-Fulani zoo-keeping, stunted empire called Nigger Area come to an end some day, soon.

good news

This jammeh use head resemble somebori wey i know b4 b4......Fmr Senate Leader, Dimeji Bankole.

Make them leave this man na

BUSHHUNTER:
Make them leave this man na

They can't leave him until it is clear that he is no more a threat to national security in the Gambia.
I think the cleansing is necessary. The ex-leader was a military person. So his boys in the Gambian Army should be retired to a larger extent.

Welcome development

thunderbabs:
This jammeh use head resemble somebori wey i know b4 b4......Fmr Senate Leader, Dimeji Bankole.

hmm.. dat must b in anoda con3. d bankole wey me knw was speaker house of reps..

Fmartin:
hmm.. dat must b in anoda con3. d bankole wey me knw was speaker house of reps..

Ok, woreva....Speaker, house of nairaland....he sha use head n lips resemble jammeh

The former president himself should be arrested and brought back to the country to be prosecuted their that he may be punished for his crimes. Or has he been made to escape with all his crimes against humanity? If so, then there is no justice in Africa still. The corrupt leaders in Africa committed crimes and their corrupt colleagues helped them to evade and escape justice and punishment

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