{"id":95783,"date":"2026-04-11T11:15:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T11:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/banjul-mayor-reaffirms-commitment-to-udp-amid-rumors"},"modified":"2026-04-11T12:06:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T12:06:23","slug":"banjul-mayor-reaffirms-commitment-to-udp-amid-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/banjul-mayor-reaffirms-commitment-to-udp-amid-rumors","title":{"rendered":"Banjul Mayor Reaffirms Commitment to UDP Amid Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Banjul Mayor Rohey Malick Lowe, a member of the United Democratic Party (UDP), has reaffirmed her loyalty to the party amid circulating speculation that she might join the National People\u2019s Party (NPP).<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In an interview with West Coast Radio on Tuesday, Ms. Lowe dismissed claims of a possible defection. \u201cThey have been saying that I will leave the party, and they are the ones who left,\u201d she said, referring to former UDP members who recently departed.<\/p>\n<p>She also addressed allegations that she shared information with President Adama Barrow, describing them as unfounded claims propagated by a faction within the UDP. \u201cThere has been a stigma since 2019. A particular group had an agenda, and they think that I am the obstacle,\u201d she said. \u201cThey were the very people saying that every day I go to the State House for dinner, lunch, and breakfast. They sell that to our own people, the UDPians, and they buy it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Lowe suggested that her gender has contributed to skepticism regarding her loyalty. \u201cBecause I am a woman, they did not believe me, and they believed that person over me. I am very consistent, and I won\u2019t damage anyone\u2019s image because I want to be in a position,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor reaffirmed her commitment to the UDP, describing it as the party where she was politically nurtured. \u201cAn institution where I was born, raised, and know; if that institution is going to collapse, it will not be from me. The best thing to do is take steps and observe,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>On her future political involvement, Ms. Lowe stated that she has deliberately stayed out of active politics for strategic reasons. \u201cThey say I should come in the middle, and I said no; when it is time to politic, I will come and do politics for my party, but right now I won\u2019t join,\u201d she said.<\/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. Banjul Mayor Rohey Malick Lowe, a member of the United Democratic Party (UDP), has reaffirmed her loyalty to the party amid circulating speculation that she might join the National People\u2019s Party (NPP). In an interview with West Coast Radio on Tuesday, Ms. Lowe dismissed claims of a possible defection. \u201cThey have been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":95782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,10],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-95783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","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>Banjul Mayor Reaffirms Commitment to UDP Amid Rumors - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Banjul Mayor Rohey Malick Lowe, a member of the United Democratic Party (UDP), has reaffirmed her loyalty to the part ...\" \/>\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\/banjul-mayor-reaffirms-commitment-to-udp-amid-rumors\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Banjul Mayor Reaffirms Commitment to UDP Amid Rumors\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Banjul Mayor Rohey Malick Lowe, a member of the United Democratic Party (UDP), has reaffirmed her loyalty to the part ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/banjul-mayor-reaffirms-commitment-to-udp-amid-rumors\" \/>\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=\"2026-04-11T11:15:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-11T12:06:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2026\/04\/sm_1775896497.062465.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\/banjul-mayor-reaffirms-commitment-to-udp-amid-rumors#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/banjul-mayor-reaffirms-commitment-to-udp-amid-rumors\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Banjul Mayor Reaffirms Commitment to UDP Amid Rumors\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-11T11:15:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-11T12:06:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/banjul-mayor-reaffirms-commitment-to-udp-amid-rumors\"},\"wordCount\":336,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/banjul-mayor-reaffirms-commitment-to-udp-amid-rumors#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2026\/04\/sm_1775896497.062465.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/banjul-mayor-reaffirms-commitment-to-udp-amid-rumors#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/banjul-mayor-reaffirms-commitment-to-udp-amid-rumors\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/banjul-mayor-reaffirms-commitment-to-udp-amid-rumors\",\"name\":\"Banjul Mayor Reaffirms Commitment to UDP Amid Rumors - 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