A HUMAN rights
activist, Ms. Carol Ajie, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari, to explore the
option of using the mediation panel of the Nigerian Bar Association,
NBA, to
resolve the crisis over President Yahaya Jammeh’s refusal to relinquish power
after being defeated in Gambia’s presidential election.
Carol, who was
recently made a global agent for change in a statement yesterday, said: “With
your (Buhari) permission, a mediation panel of the Bar Association should help
resolve the Gambian imbroglio and steer Africa from a regional crisis.
Some may say
but NBA mediation committee on 2016 presidential election didn’t work, so how
could NBA perform the magic of intervention. “I suggest Mr. President in your
letter to A.B. Mahmoud, SAN asked for the names of the lawyers, who constituted
a mediation committee that didn’t demonstrate the will to call a peace meeting
of the parties, because they ought not to feature in any further mediation
exercise. “NBA has 60,000 practicing lawyers, the association is not short of skills.
I suggest a quick tip towards resolving President Jammeh’s tenure elongation
bid. NBA ought to bring both sides President Jammeh and President-elect Barrow
to sign a power pact. Jammeh obviously does not want prosecution for the
atrocities committed during his 22-year reign.
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