The outgoing president of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, has refused to step down even after Adama Barrow was sworn in as new leader of the country on January 19.
Jammeh has defied pressure from the international community to step down.
Jammeh has remained undeterred by the Senegalese troops who entered The Gambia shortly after Adama Barrow took office.
Yahya Jammeh's information chief has told the BBC that his boss is reportedly entrenched in Gambia's State House and is not leaving office.
As it stands, Adama Barrow and Yahya Jammeh both claim to be presidents of The Gambia and the incumbent has defied pressure from the international community to step down.
But Jammeh has become isolated as both the country’s vice president, Isatou Njie Saidy, the army led by its chief, Ousman Badjie, and a lot of others have abandoned him.
The Gambian Navy has also pledged allegiance to president-elect, Adama Barrow, shortly after his swearing-in.
Unconfirmed reports said that as tension continued to mount, the wife and children of the outgoing president, allegedly abandoned him and have equally fled the country’s capital of Banjul a day before on the eve of the deadline given him by the ECOWAS and the African Union to step down.
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