Gambian citizens are fleeing their country as the countdown to the term of President Yahya Jammeh ends on thursday.
The President has been adamant and refused to step down despite efforts by the leaders of ECOWAS made efforts to intervene.
The African Union announced it will no longer recognize Jammeh’s rule beyond Thursday and ECOWAS has said it will consider resulting to military force if he does not step down from office on his own.
Jammeh initially accepted the results of the election after Barrow won 43.3 percent of the vote versus his 39.9 percent.
He later filed a request with theSupreme Court to block Barrow from swearing in and said he will not step down until the court is able to reach a decision in May.
Jammeh has been accused of human rights violations since seizing control of the country in 1994 and thousands of Gambians have fled the country due to fear of the political uncertainty.
The citizens are afraid of their dear lives if the carnage going on in Libya, Iraq, Syria are anything to go by.
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