The ECOWAS Commission has said its coalition force in The Gambia would remain for the next six months, as requested by President Adama Barrow. Mr Marcel de Souza, president of the commission said:
“Barrow would like us to have a sufficient force on ground for about six months; we will see which troops will be withdrawn and which would be retained.”
“We needed to have a specific strategy and prevent a single shot being fired and bloodshed.
“Orders were given for forces to move to Banjul, it was a mission to secure the situation, the environment and the life of Barrow, not a military move.
“What if there was an assassination attempt on his life, it will question the whole process.
“We are waiting for a report, by today or tomorrow we will be able to indicate that Barrow will return,” he said.
The commission’s president said that member countries handled the costs of maintaining the troops.
He also confirmed that the Gambian armed forces welcomed the ECOWAS coalition force.
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