Jammeh sacks Deputy Chief of Defense

Gen. Yankuba Drammeh

By Ebrima G. Sankareh Editor-In-Chief

Highly placed and unimpeachable military sources say, President Yahya Jammeh has sacked The Gambia’s Deputy Chief of Defence Staff, General Yankuba Drammeh from The Gambia National Army (GNA). Reveals our indefatigable military whistleblower Officer “X” (OX), Mr. “Sankareh, I can reveal with all the authority that earlier this morning, President Jammeh signed a memorandum dismissing General Yankuba Drammeh with disgrace, a rare form of military sacking here particularly, for a senior military officer”.

Brigadier General Yankuba Drammeh in green with US Ambasador Wells

It can be recalled that early October, General Drammeh was promoted to the rank of Deputy Army Chief following the high profile sacking of four senior military officials among them the disgraced Army Chief of Defence Staff, General Lang Tombong Tamba. That fateful sacking also witnessed the promotion of General Masanneh Kinteh to the rank of Chief of Defence Staff and because Kinteh was abroad on overseas studies, General Drammeh was Chief of Staff Protempore until his dismissal with disgrace this morning.  

As we went to press OX reports that the entire presidential guard has been placed on high alert and that arrests were imminent.