Gambia’s former leader, Yahya Jammeh, flew out of the capital Banjul on Saturday and into exile after stepping down from power.
Reuters witness and mediators gave the update on Saturday but did not say the country he was leaving for.The authoritarian leader took power in a 1994 coup and stepped down overnight in the face of pressure from West African armies that entered Gambia to force him to recognise that he lost an election in December to President Adama Barrow.
ECOWAS mounting pressure to force Gambia’s Yahya Jammeh out of office paid off after all, as he has attributed his decision to step down to the pressure from West African armies which entered the Gambia this week.
Mr Jammeh had rejected the result of the presidential election he lost to Mr Barrow, even after he had earlier said he accepted the defeat.
His announcement on state television overnight signalled an end of a political impasse.
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