{"id":88773,"date":"2025-10-27T08:52:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T08:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/yankuba-darboe-we-are-his-masters-not-apprentices"},"modified":"2025-10-27T09:11:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T09:11:27","slug":"yankuba-darboe-we-are-his-masters-not-apprentices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/yankuba-darboe-we-are-his-masters-not-apprentices","title":{"rendered":"Yankuba Darboe: we are his Masters not Apprentices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Chairman Yankuba Darboe of the Brikama Area Council has sharply responded to President Adama Barrow\u2019s recent remarks referring to opposition parties as his \u201capprentices,\u201d declaring that the United Democratic Party (UDP) is \u201cnobody\u2019s apprentice\u201d but rather \u201cPresident Barrow\u2019s master.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaking to journalists at the Banjul International Airport during the welcome reception for UDP leader Ousainu Darboe upon his return from a European tour, Chairman Darboe took issue with President Barrow\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Barrow said the opposition are his apprentices; that is why the numbers are good today. We want to show him that we are his masters,\u201d Chairman Darboe stated.<\/p>\n<p>He further argued that the UDP played a foundational role in President Barrow\u2019s political rise, asserting that it is illogical for a mentor to become a student.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho you have taught can never be your master. Where have you ever heard such a thing?\u201d he asked rhetorically. \u201cWe are the drivers and the masters. The National People\u2019s Party (NPP) cannot do what we have done because they are our apprentices\u2014and they should accept that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chairman Darboe also used the occasion to claim that past elections in The Gambia were manipulated, stressing that the UDP had been the rightful winner in previous contests.<\/p>\n<p>He vowed that in the upcoming 2026 elections, the UDP will not allow electoral malpractice to go unchallenged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2026, we will apprehend those who try to steal elections. This time, the will of the people will prevail\u2014and we will win,\u201d he declared.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Gambia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. Chairman Yankuba Darboe of the Brikama Area Council has sharply responded to President Adama Barrow\u2019s recent remarks referring to opposition parties as his \u201capprentices,\u201d declaring that the United Democratic Party (UDP) is \u201cnobody\u2019s apprentice\u201d but rather \u201cPresident Barrow\u2019s master.\u201d Speaking to journalists at the Banjul International Airport during the welcome reception for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":88772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-88773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Yankuba Darboe: we are his Masters not Apprentices - 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