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Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>The independent electoral commission (IEC) has announced that Bakary Saibou Sanneh, an independent candidate for Brikama Area Council Chairperson, has withdrawn his candidature ahead of the chairmanship elections.<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Independent Electoral Commission wishes to inform the general public that Bakary Saibou Sanneh has withdrawn his candidature from the Chairmanship Elections of 20th May 2023. The Returning Officer for Brikama Administrative Area, Anthony Robert Secka has duly accepted the withdrawal of Bakary Saibou Sanneh: Independent Candidate in the Brikama Administrative Area,\u201d IEC said.<\/p>\n

Bakary Saibou Sanneh was nominated by the APRC \u201cNo To Alliance\u201d group after Ibrahim JS Sanneh had difficulty in obtaining his leave letter from his employer, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Sanneh has since received and submitted his leave letter to the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and has his nomination accepted.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Gambia. The independent electoral commission (IEC) has announced that Bakary Saibou Sanneh, an independent candidate for Brikama Area Council Chairperson, has withdrawn his candidature ahead of the chairmanship elections. \u201cThe Independent Electoral Commission wishes to inform the general public that Bakary Saibou Sanneh has withdrawn his candidature from the Chairmanship Elections of 20th […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":34405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12],"tags":[2355,2361,260],"class_list":["post-34406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-gambia","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"\nBakary Saibou Sanneh Withdraws From Contesting Local Government Elections - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The independent electoral commission (IEC) has announced that Bakary Saibou Sanneh, an independent candidate for Brik ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bakary-saibou-sanneh-withdraws-from-contesting-local-government-elections\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bakary Saibou Sanneh Withdraws From Contesting Local Government Elections\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The independent electoral commission (IEC) has announced that Bakary Saibou Sanneh, an independent candidate for Brik ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bakary-saibou-sanneh-withdraws-from-contesting-local-government-elections\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-05-06T09:12:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-05-06T09:13:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1683346757.08.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bakary-saibou-sanneh-withdraws-from-contesting-local-government-elections#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bakary-saibou-sanneh-withdraws-from-contesting-local-government-elections\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Bakary Saibou Sanneh Withdraws From Contesting Local Government Elections\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-06T09:12:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-06T09:13:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bakary-saibou-sanneh-withdraws-from-contesting-local-government-elections\"},\"wordCount\":154,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bakary-saibou-sanneh-withdraws-from-contesting-local-government-elections#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1683346757.08.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Gambia\",\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bakary-saibou-sanneh-withdraws-from-contesting-local-government-elections#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bakary-saibou-sanneh-withdraws-from-contesting-local-government-elections\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/bakary-saibou-sanneh-withdraws-from-contesting-local-government-elections\",\"name\":\"Bakary Saibou Sanneh Withdraws From Contesting Local Government Elections - 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