The
Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) and other relevant authorities in The Gambia are
working with the neighbouring countries about the purported threat of military
invasion in The Gambia.
In
an interview with this paper, Lt Colonel Omar Bojang, public relations officer
of GAF, said: “We heard information of
the deserters threat to The Gambia. We
have contacted relevant stakeholders, especially in the neigbouring countries,
to share with us any information of threat to The Gambia they gathered.”
Last
month, Senegalese foreign minister Mankeur Ndiaye, in a press conference during
the visit of the French foreign minister to Dakar, said that there was a
possible threat against The Gambia but he did not elaborate.
Security
sources said some army deserters who served under the former regime of Yahya
Jammeh and are currently living in Mauritania, Guinea Bissau and Conakry are
planning to launch a military attack on The Gambia.
Confidential
document from the Senegalese military confirmed the presence of Gambian army
deserters in those countries.
The
sources added that security authorities in The Gambia are monitoring the
activities of the deserters together with the Senegalese army and ECOMIG – the
ECOWAS military forces in the country.
