Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has offered his private aeroplane for the use of ex-President of Gambia, Yahya Jammeh out of the country on Saturday, January 21, 2017.
According to reports, there was no plane to fly Jammeh out of Gambia after he finally agreed to leave office on Saturday night.
This necessitated the Guinean President Alpha Conde and his Mauritanian counterpart Mohammed Ould Abdel Azizthere to mount pressure on the APC national leader.
It was reported that the leaders then contacted Tinubu, who authorised his private plane – VP-CBT Falcon Jet – to be used to fly Jammeh out of Banjul, Gambia’s capital.
The All Progressives Congress leader was said to have given the condition that the plane should only be used “if it will facilitate the quick exit of Jammeh and lead to the restoration of peace and democracy in The Gambia.”
Consequently, the plane flew out Jammeh, his wife, mother and Conde to Equitorial Guinea.
Jammeh, who ruled The Gambia for 22 years had rejected the results of the December 1 presidential election, which was won by Adama Barrow.
