The Gambia’s President-elect, Adama Barrow, has told the BBC he would on January 18th declare himself president despite incumbent Yahaya Jammeh’s rejection of the election result.
He said his team are preparing for his inauguration and urged Mr Jammeh to respect the will of the electorate.
Mr Barrow was declared the winner of the December 1st poll by the election commission and Mr Jammeh has launched court action to annul the result after initially accepting defeat.
He even turned down African leaders who had flew in to ask him to obey the law by stepping down.
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