Yahya Jammeh
Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh (born 25 May 1965) is a Gambian politician and former soldier, who served as President of the Gambia from 1996 to 2017.
Quotes
[edit]- The man at the head of Jammeh’s party, Fabakary Tombong Jatta, is now the Speaker of the Gambia National Assembly.
- However, those bodies have not always upheld their end of the agreement.
- I have respected the accord signed between myself, ECOWAS, and other organizations.
- Yahya Jammeh’s Journey: From Presidency to Exile; Retrieved on June 24, 2024
- I will deliver to the Gambian people and if I have to rule this country for one billion years, I will, if Allah says so.
- Listen to me: Is he the only Gambian who died? Is he better than Gambians who die in accidents, Gambians who die at sea, Gambians who die on their way to Europe?
- I will not bow down before anybody, except the almighty Allah and if they don't like that they can go to hell.
- Absolute intolerance of any form of criticism in The Gambia, with death threats, surveillance and arbitrary night-time arrests the daily lot of journalists who do not sing the government's praises.
- Gambia's Yahya Jammeh ready for 'billion-year' rule; Retrieved on 12 December 2011
