President John Mahama has congratulated Mr Adama Barrow for emerging as winner in the recently held presidential election in The Gambia.
"Congratulations to president-elect Barrow Adama of Gambia," the Ghanaian president tweeted.
President Yahya Jammeh, who was defeated in Thursday’s poll, has called Mr Barrow to concede defeat.
"I'm calling you to wish you all the best. The Gambian people have spoken and I've no intentions to contest the will of almighty Allah," he told the president-elect on phone in the presence of the media after election results showed Mr Barrow had won.
"I wish you all the best, the country will be in your hands in January and you are assured of my guidance on your transition … but you have to work with me … so that I hand over the state house to you. … You are the elected president of The Gambia and I wish you all the best. I have no ill will and I wish you all the best. It is transparent; this is the will of Allah. … You have my full support," Mr Jammeh promised.
Mr Jammeh has led The Gambia for 22 years after he first took power in a coup in 1994.
The Gambia has not had a smooth power transfer since independence in 1965.
Electoral Commission chief Alieu Momar Njie said that Mr Barrow had won Thursday's election by more than 50,000 votes. He runs a property company which he founded in 2006.
A devout Muslim, Mr Jammeh, 51, once said he would rule for "one billion years" if "Allah willed it".
"It's really unique that someone who has been ruling this country for so long has accepted defeat," Mr Njie told reporters.
Mr Jammeh's defeat has been greeted with astonishment in The Gambia, where most people expected him to win. He has served four terms as president but now this unpredictable and ruthless man is to be replaced by a property developer.
Source: classfm
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I wish to hear you do same for Nana Addo in good faith. J M twa so.
GET READY U WILL CONGRATULATING MAHAMA
Get ready mr Jon mahani cos u are going to be doing same in just a few days time. U are going to call president elect Nana Dankwah Akuffo Addo to congratulate him. No amount of purloining will win u this particular election. U may have gotten away with it in the past, but not this one!!!
GAMBIA, USA AND NIGERIA HAVE SHOWN US THE WAY. WE SHALL FOLLOW COME 7TH DECEMBER, 2016.
Mr Jammeh said he would rule for 1million years if God permits. Thy will is not my will said the Lord. Ndc have told Ghanaians they will rule for 30 more years hello are they there? God hates arrogance, boastful people,disrespect and dishonesty the hall mark of the ndc. Kwesi Pratt is telling others are going to get heart attack i Know it will return to him Eeeeiiii ndc you need to know there is God oooo. What you are doing twisting and turning the hands of the EC with the connivance of this alata woman there is God oooo you are doing exactly what Goodluck Jonathan did to opposition there is God. Today, who thought the Gambian would have a new president? The intimidation and ruthless power meted out to the people Yahya Jammeh is now in the opposition there is God oooo. Heheheee! ndc released prisoners jailed by the Supreme Court of the Land with the explanation they were working for the ndc president there is God oooo Baba Kamara ordered for the arrest of a noble man whose premises was used to photograph ndc trucks bought with state money there is God oooo, ndc deported the 3 South Africans for training the security of the opposition leader for crowd control eeeeeeeh!show of power there is God ooooo NPP presidential candidate's security officer was arrested by the ndc for jogging near the flagstaff house poultry farm but the ndc thugs who were sent to the opposition leaders house to hurt him, his family and anyone in the house were let go there is God ooooo 2 days more the Ghanaian people will go to the polls to choose who they want to lead and GOD will show his powers that day for all to see he is the Alpha and Omega.
Ghanaians am also ready to exit my office so u can vote for me or not.... Bye bye to Ghana am on my way to Dubai. Akuffo Addo pls fix up my mess for me wai. Don't forget to arrest all my small greedy boys with sharp teeth especially Kofi Adams