The government of The Gambia has denied the existence of a memorandum of understanding and immunity for former President Yahya Jammeh, who left for Equatorial Guinea in 2026 following his defeat to current President Adama Barrow.
“The government wishes to correct recent claims about the existence of memorandum of understanding or promise of immunity for former President Yahya Jammeh. No such agreements exist.
“The only document contemporaneous with his departure was an unsigned Joined Declaration by the African Union, ECOWAS and a United Nations. This declaration was a diplomatic efforts to secure a peaceful transition, not a binding quarantee; it confered no immunity from prosecution, nor did it place former president Jammeh beyond the reach of the law,” Gambia government said in a press statement on Tuesday.
Jammeh has Sunday made a an announcement to his supporters in his home town in Kanilai via a WhatsApp audio, that he will be back in Gambia in November, without mentioning a day. The announcement sparked controversies resulting his alleged victims to call for justice on human rights violations he had been accused of.
The press release made it clear that ex-President Jammeh and other Gambian citizens have the right to come back, which is quaranteed by the Constitution of the Gambia and other respected International Laws.
