Members of the House of Representatives have offered the President of Gambia a priceless lifeline to end political impasse in his country.
The House of Representatives on Thursday expressed Nigeria’s readiness to offer President Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia asylum as a possible solution to the looming political crisis in the small West African country, Punch reports.
According to the report, the reps promised Jammeh that Nigeria would be a 'safe haven'. Also, the House called on President Muhammadu Buhari to make this offer to Jammeh as part of the ongoing efforts by leaders of the West African sub-regional group, ECOWAS, to end the stalemate in the Gambia.
President Buhari who is already int he could to meet with Jammeh and other African leaders in Banjul over a resolution to the political conflict.
The motion, which led to the resolution, was moved by a member from Jigawa State, Mr. Sani Zoro. He recalled how Nigeria in the past extended a similar gesture to former presidents like “Felix Malloum of Chad; Siad Barre of Somalia; Thabo Mbeki of the African National Congress; Messrs Charles Taylor and Yomi Johnson of Liberia and several other leaders.”
Lawmakers described the asylum offer as a “cheaper” option to allowing a political crisis to explode in the Gambia
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