Senate President, Bukola Saraki has said that Nigerian troops deployed in the Gambia at the height of the political crisis in the country would return to Nigeria soon.
Speaking when he visited Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, at the Presidential Villa, Saraki noted “The acting president is briefing us on our trip to Gambia and what the situation is; and that the navy and the air force will be coming back”.
He added however that “It is most likely that some troops will be left behind”.
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Recall that following the refusal of former President Yaya Jammeh to relinquish power on January 19, 2017, after losing elections to Adama Barrow, the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS), deployed troops in the country to enforce an ECOWAS mandate to chase out Jammeh.
After several diplomatic shuttles and a show of military might by ECOWAS forces, the former President Jammeh fled into exile in Guinea paving the way for President Barrow to assume duty as the new Gambia President.
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