Gambia: $11million declared missing from the country's treasury after Jammeh went on exile

Gambia: $11million declared missing from the country's treasury after Jammeh went on exile

- The exiled former president of The Gambia Yahya Jammeh has been accused of emptying the coffers of the state before going into exile

- He was accused of withdrawing over $11million within the last two weeks from the treasury of the West African country

- President Adama Barrow has however promised to look at all the documents and evidence and clarify all issues as soon as he returns to Banjul

Gambia: $11million declared missing from the country's treasury after Jammeh went on exile
Yahya Jammeh has been accused of emptying the coffers of the state before going on exile

After weeks of uncertainties and the eventual exit of Gambia’s former president Yahya Jammeh, the BBC is reporting that over $11million has been declared missing from The Gambia's treasury as the ex-leader goes into exile.

Recall that Yahya Jammeh, who was defeated by Adama Barrow in the December 1 presidential poll, finally left the country in the evening of Saturday, January 21, 2017 after 22 years of holding sway as the president of the tiny West African country.

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Gambia: $11million declared missing from the country's treasury after Jammeh went on exile
Adama Barrow, the new president of The Gambia, has promised to look at all the documents and evidence and clarify all issues as soon as he returns to Banjul

An adviser to President Adama Barrow, Mai Ahmad Fatty, who spoke to reporters in the Senegalese capital Dakar, said that The Gambia was in financial distress as a result of this.

"The coffers are virtually empty. It has been confirmed by technicians in the ministry of finance and the Central Bank of the Gambia," Fatty said.

“There is no money in the coffers. It’s what we have been told. But the day we actually take office, I will take a look at all the documents and evidence and we will clarify all of it,” President Barrow on the other hand reportedly said.

Fatty alleged that more than $11m has disappeared from The Gambia’s treasury in the past two weeks alone.

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The BBC however has not been able to independently verify the claims.

Meanwhile, it has been revealed that Nigerian APC national leader Bola Tinubu helped facilitate peace in Gambia over the weekend by allowing his private jet to fly out former president Yahya Jammeh and his family into exile

The jet, VP-CBT Falcon, had been in the care of Alpha Conde, the president of Guinea and a close friend to Tinubu who flew out from Gambia with Jammeh aboard the plane.

Source: Legit.ng

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