President Muhammadu Buhari seems to have congratulated the President-elect of The Gambia , Mr Adama Barrow , on his triumphant in the country’s presidential election .
The President and also saluted the energy of statesmanship demonstrated by the out-going President of the country , Alhaji Yahya Jammeh , by conceding triumph over .
In an opinion declared by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity , Mr Femi Adesina , on Saturday in Abuja , Buhari said that such unusual gesture was vital in consolinganxieties of unrest in the West African nation .While explaining pleasure at the gallantry demonstrated by Jammeh , President Buhari enjoined President-elect Barrow to be magnanimous in triumphant .
He likewise suggested Gambians for peaceably regular exercise their democratic ideal to easily select their head and called on all stakeholders to keep up the peace .
Based on him , he looks forward to a soft switch of power and working together with the inward President of The Gambia to stronger current jovial connections between each countries .
The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN ) recent reports that Rival candidate Adama Barrow , won the Gambian presidential polls with 263 ,515 votes , the Gambian electoral commission stated on Friday .
The commission’s chair , Alieu Njie , stated he was pursued by out-going President Yahya Jammeh with 212 ,009 votes when Mama Kandeh , the 3rd candidate in the running , came 3rd with 102 ,969 votes .
NAN reports that Jammeh , who acquired ruled the country for 22 years , had since admitted defeat .
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