{"id":89056,"date":"2025-10-31T10:08:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T10:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/jammeh-warns-barrow-cannot-stop-his-return-to-gambia"},"modified":"2025-10-31T10:32:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T10:32:52","slug":"jammeh-warns-barrow-cannot-stop-his-return-to-gambia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/jammeh-warns-barrow-cannot-stop-his-return-to-gambia","title":{"rendered":"Jammeh Warns Barrow Cannot Stop his Return to Gambia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Former President Yahya Jammeh has asserted in a WhatsApp audio message that current President Adama Barrow cannot bar him from returning to The Gambia, declaring, \u201cSooner or later, we will see who owns The Gambia, you or me.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In the recording, Jammeh rejected the idea that he would return covertly, saying he would not \u201csneak into the country\u201d and recalling the public nature of his departure. \u201cThe way I left, the whole world saw me going, red carpet to the plane. That is the way I will come out of the plane,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Jammeh also criticized the state of security in the country, alleging that levels of violent crime have risen dramatically and that prosecutions are not being pursued. He listed incidents such as rape, stabbings, hit-and-run collisions, and robberies, and said the country has become \u201ca place for all the neighborhood criminals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Responding to past criticisms of his administration\u2019s security measures, Jammeh said Gambians once condemned his use of checkpoints and the executions carried out under his rule. \u201cNow you know the reason,\u201d he said, adding that some who criticized those measures would come to regret it.<\/p>\n<p>The remarks add to the ongoing debate within the country about governance, public security, and the political future.<\/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. Former President Yahya Jammeh has asserted in a WhatsApp audio message that current President Adama Barrow cannot bar him from returning to The Gambia, declaring, \u201cSooner or later, we will see who owns The Gambia, you or me.\u201d In the recording, Jammeh rejected the idea that he would return covertly, saying he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":89055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-89056","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>Jammeh Warns Barrow Cannot Stop his Return to Gambia - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former President Yahya Jammeh has asserted in a WhatsApp audio message that current President Adama Barrow cannot bar ...\" \/>\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\/jammeh-warns-barrow-cannot-stop-his-return-to-gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jammeh Warns Barrow Cannot Stop his Return to Gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former President Yahya Jammeh has asserted in a WhatsApp audio message that current President Adama Barrow cannot bar ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/jammeh-warns-barrow-cannot-stop-his-return-to-gambia\" \/>\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=\"2025-10-31T10:08:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-31T10:32:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/sm_1761894110.959715.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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\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\/jammeh-warns-barrow-cannot-stop-his-return-to-gambia#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/jammeh-warns-barrow-cannot-stop-his-return-to-gambia\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Jammeh Warns Barrow Cannot Stop his Return to Gambia\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-31T10:08:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-31T10:32:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/jammeh-warns-barrow-cannot-stop-his-return-to-gambia\"},\"wordCount\":229,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/jammeh-warns-barrow-cannot-stop-his-return-to-gambia#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2025\/10\/sm_1761894110.959715.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/jammeh-warns-barrow-cannot-stop-his-return-to-gambia#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/jammeh-warns-barrow-cannot-stop-his-return-to-gambia\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/jammeh-warns-barrow-cannot-stop-his-return-to-gambia\",\"name\":\"Jammeh Warns Barrow Cannot Stop his Return to Gambia - 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