The Nigerian Chief of Defence Staff,
Abayomi Olonisakin, on Saturday
hosted colleagues from other West
African countries as ECOWAS steps up
preparation for a possible military
action in the Gambia.
The meeting, held at the Defence
Headquarters in Abuja, was part of
the preparation for the inauguration
of an Ecowas Military Intervention
Group (ECOMIG) for the small West
African country should President
Yahya Jammeh makes real his threat
not to step down when his tenure
expires on January 19.
Mr. Jammeh lost the December 1
2016 election to Adama Barrow of the
opposition.
While welcoming the participants
and ECOWAS officials to Nigeria, Mr.
Olonisakin, a General, expressed the
readiness of regional leaders and
military commanders to continue
the pursuit of dialogue with the
political leaders of Gambia and
ensure peaceful transition of power
in accordance with the Gambian’s
constitution and the peoples will.
A source close to the meeting told
PREMIUM TIMES that a decision was
taken that the defence chiefs should
return to their various countries to
prepare troops for possible
deployment in Gambia.
A statement published on the
website of the Defence
Headquarters
listed notable dignitaries at the event to include the
chairperson of ECOWAS
Chief of Defence Staffs, Daniel Ziankahn of Liberia (Brigadier General); CH Gueye of
Senegal; ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, Hajiya Salamatu; Vice
President of the Commission; the Ghanian Chief of Defence Staff and principal staff officers from Defence, Army, Navy, and Air Force headquarters.

No communique was issued at the
end of the meeting, which held just
as ECOWAS vowed to take all
necessary actions to enforce the will
of the Gambian people.
The UN Office for West Africa and the
Sahel (UNOWAS) said ECOWAS had
decided to take all necessary actions
to enforce the results of the Dec. 1,
2016 presidential election in the
Gambia.


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kk

This is the kind of thing nigeria is good at,but when it comes to internal security,we suck.


Go well,nd come well boys