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Gambia’s Yahya Jammeh is to concede defeat in Thursday’s election

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The head of The Gambia’s electoral commission says President Yahya Jammeh is to concede defeat in Thursday’s election,BBC reports

President Yahya Jammeh has ruled the Gambia for 22 years.

A journalist of West Africa correspondent for the Guardian is tweeting about the President conceding defeat

https://twitter.com/ruthmaclean/status/804655347285819396

Meanwhile supporters of Adama Barrow are celebrating his victory but the electoral commission is yet to give the official results.

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