President Muhammadu Buhari has attended the inauguration of Adama Barrow, the Gambian President, for a second term, in Banjul.
The President’s media aide in a statement, Garba Shehu, said the president witnessed the event as a mark of Nigeria’s strong commitment towards the entrenchment of democracy and good governance in the Gambia and West African sub-region.
Nigeria supported the entrenchment of democracy and good governance in Gambia following the refusal of Yahya Jammeh, the former leader, to surrender power after losing an election and has remained resolute in ensuring that democracy is sustained in that country.
Jammeh only agreed to leave after the Nigerian military had made a landing in Banjul, the capital.
Shehu maintained that the presence of Buhari in Banjul for the event equally underlined the affinity between Nigeria and The Gambia.
He stated that the ECOWAS, with the strong backing of the AU and the UN, intervened to restore democracy to this beautiful country.
