Ousted president of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh has denied leaving the country with stolen funds as reported in some sections of the media on Monday.
According to reports, Jammeh left the country with $11million cash after he was forced to go on exile in Guinea on Monday.
TheNewsGuru.com had reported that following a meeting with Guinean President Alpha Conde and Mauritania’s President Mohammed Ould Abdel Aziz on Saturday, Jammeh left Banjul into exile with his family aboard Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s Falcon 900.
However, investigations have revealed that there was money on the private jet.
According to a source who craved anonymity, “No such thing happened.”
Speaking further, the source said: “In fact, it was impossible for looted monies to have been taken away on an aircraft that was in public glare. The radar of the international media, security forces and Gambian people was on the aircraft.
“It is practically impossible to load millions of dollars on the plane. In any case, no money was loaded into the plane, safe Guinean President Conde, Jammeh, his wife, mother and son.”
TheNewsGuru.com also reported that the newly sworn in president, Adama Barrow has promised to investigate and probe the former president if found guilty.