How Tinubu’s Private Jet Flew Jammeh Out Of Gambia

Former Gambian president Yahya Jammeh, on Saturday, agreed to vacate office for the newly-inaugurated leader Adama Barrow.

Jammeh’s exit follows advice from Guinean President Alpha Conde and his Mauritanian counterpart Mohammed Ould Abdel Aziz, who were with him over the weekend.

It was learnt that Jammeh flew out into exile in Guinea on the private jet of the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

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According to The Nation, Tinubu’s VP-CBT Falcon Jet had been in the care of his close ally Guinea President Alpha Conde and he authorised it to be used to fly out the old regime in Gambia to pave way for a new one.

The newspaper said, “After agreeing to leave and save The Gambia from a major crisis, Jammeh was confronted by big challenge – how to fly out.

“The leader reached out to All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart Asiwaju Bola Tinubu who authorised his private aircraft to be used to fly Jammeh out of Banjul.”

The report quoted sources as saying that after Tinubu was contacted to allow the use of his jet to fly Jammeh out of Banjul and he gave a condition that he would allow it only “if it will facilitate the quick exit of Jammeh and lead to the restoration of peace and democracy in The Gambia”.

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The plane flew out with Jammeh, his wife, mother and President Conde on board. Jammeh was flown to Equitorial Guinea where he will be on exile.

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