Gambia is selling several planes and a fleet of luxury cars bought by former president Yahya Jammeh as it seeks to reduce debt contracted during the former leader’s decades-long rule.

Jammeh, who seized power in a 1994 coup, fled Gambia early last year as West African neighbours were poised for military intervention to topple him after he refused to step down following an election loss to current President Adama Barrow.

While most of his people struggled in poverty under one of West Africa’s most oppressive regimes, Jammeh acquired vast wealth.

Much of the wealth he packed into planes and carried with him into exile in Equatorial Guinea.

However, a fleet of vehicles, including several Rolls-Royces with Jammeh’s name embroidered in their red leather headrests, were left behind on the tarmac.

“The fleet of expensive vehicles at State House and the three planes bought by former president Yahya Jammeh have been put on sale,” Finance Minister Amadou Sanneh told the media.

“My ministry will soon start publicising the sales.”

The International Monetary Fund warned Gambia on Wednesday against any new borrowing after its debt stock reached 130 per cent of gross domestic product at the end of last year.

Most of that debt was contracted under Jammeh, either through borrowing or the government’s taking on the liabilities of state-owned enterprises.

“Let me be very clear … it may even go higher because we have not opened the books of the state-owned enterprises,” said Jaroslaw Wieczorek.

Since taking office and discovering government coffers were largely empty, Barrow’s administration has worked to disentangle Gambia’s state finances from Jammeh’s sprawling personal business empire.

Sanneh said last year that around 100 million dollars – more than a third of the government’s annual budget – had been siphoned from state firms.

Barrow set up a commission that visited Jammeh’s many properties to establish an inventory of his possessions with the aim of recovering looted assets.

One estate boasts a mosque, jungle warfare training camp and a vast private safari park.

Investigators have also sought to establish what wealth Jammeh may have stashed abroad.

The process has faced opposition from Jammeh’s political party and supporters, who have accused Barrow’s government of carrying out a witchhunt against the ex-president.

(Reuters/NAN)

https://www.financialwatchngr.com/gambia-sells-ex-presidents-luxury-cars-planes-to-pay-off-debt/

While I detest the insatiable greed of most African (rogues) leaders, I won't and will never spare the whites for being the conduit pipe through which our rogues (leaders) loot us dry.

What we must never lose sight of is this: when (loot) corruption is mentioned, the whites are the criminal consultants that partner with our bloody leaders, sorry rogues...

Buhari hardship don reach Gambia

Africa is cursed with wicked leaders.
Imagine a broke country borrowing money to finance d luxurious life of a useless president.

Where is OBO i think chioma will be needing Assurance 2

make buhari no sell cars, make he sell this country share the money make everybody find their way

Good development there

Is been long I heard of him..... So power drunk that time....


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Good move. Buhari once said such but when be won the election he became dumb

ebuk4real:
While I detest the insatiable greed of most African (rogues) leaders, I won't and will never spear the whites for been the conduit pipe through which our rogues (leaders) loot us dry.

What we must never lose sight of it: when (loot) corruption is mentioned, the whites are the criminal consultants that partner with our bloody leaders, sorry rogues...

...spare...
...being...

I hope say no b the plane sabi go go biy

very good .When will our own ancestor go sell all the presidential plane.Nah to dey hike petroleum/cut grass d3m sabi there

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ipobarecriminals:
very good .When will our own ancestor go sell all the presidential plane.Nah to dey hike petroleum/cut grass d3m sabi there

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Why?

See signature for Now Selling Homes in Abuja...

I'm ready to sell off brooms to rescue my party that has been tamed by Jubril.

this ought to be done in Nigeria too

100 million dollars is their budget?

That's less than what a Nigeria politician will embezzle within 1 year.

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amount of zillions wasted .siphoned
embezzled
vanished
from 1960 till date in nigeria
cannot be recovered
God cursed africa

100m $
why must black man always think of material things

If they do this in Nigeria ehn, we go develop pass US in 10 years

Shalomc:

Lol
Hunger is good on you
Cc
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Shalomc:

Lol
Hunger is good on you
Cc
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me hungry? I can feed u free for 3 months, not bragging. .I won't let/allow yweet here in lekki to stone me.Abi, how do I campaign for one baba wey Kal yweet lazy? ko possible. I have wife/children to look afta biko

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