Just In: President Yahya Jammeh to Be Forced Out of Office If Final Negotiation Fails Today

 

According to BBC News, Dakar correspondent, Thomas Fessy, Yahya Jammeh is 'highly likely to leave for Conakry today' following the arrival of the Presidents of Guinea, Alpha Condé and Mauritania, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz on a final push to persuade him to peacefully relinquish power.

 

The Ecowas deadline for Jammeh to leave has been extended to allow for this last negotiation. 

 

A source revealed to Fessy that Jammeh is "highly likely" to leave for Conakry today. People lined up waving and chanting "peace".  

 

The deadline for Yahya Jammeh to relinquish power has now passed. 

 

But Reuters news agency says Ecowas Regional West African forces will wait for talks between Yahya Jammeh and the Mauritanian and Guinean presidents to take place before resuming their military operation to force Jammeh out of office. 

 

Meanwhile a BBC correspondent says that a Mauritanian Airlines plane used by the president has now landed at Banjul International Airport.