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West Africa to protect Gambia election result

(From L) Sierra Leon's President Ernest Bai Koroma, President of ECOWAS official Marcel Alain de Souza, Liberian President and Ecowas Chairperson Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari (R) and Guinean President Alpha Conde (C) pose during the 50th summit of the 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Abuja, on December 17, 2016. (AFP)

Danjuma Abdullahi
Press TV, Abuja

Leaders of the West African regional bloc, ECOWAS, say they will take all necessary actions to uphold the result of the recent presidential election in Gambia, where veteran President Yahya Jammeh is refusing to step down. As Press TV’s Correspondent Danjuma Abdullahi reports, the African leaders have pledged to attend the president's inauguration ceremony on January 18th.


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