Exiled Gambian ruler Yahya Jammeh has been accused of stealing millions
of dollars in his final weeks in power, plundering the country's state
coffers and shipping luxury vehicles by cargo plane, a special adviser
for the new president said on Sunday. Mai Ahmad Fatty told journalists
in neighbouring Senegal that already they have determined Jammeh made
off with more than $11.4m during a two-week period alone.
Prominent
Gambian media house, The Gambia Today -has shared photos of cars
purportedly stolen by Yahya Jammeh before stepping down.
Jammeh,
who ruled this west African nation for more than 22 years, went into
exile late on Saturday under mounting international pressure. He is now
in Equatorial Guinea, home to Africa's longest-serving ruler.
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