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Breaking News:Heavy Rains Disrupts Gambia's Presidential Elections-6000 Casamance voters intercepted at Giboro
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Breaking News:Heavy Rains Disrupts Gambia's Presidential Elections-6000 Casamance voters intercepted at Giboro
Breaking News:Heavy Rains Disrupts Gambia's Presidential Elections!
Polling Agents Closely Watched Ballot Boxes To Avoid Vote Rigging....
Over 6000 Casamance voters intercepted at the Giboro Border?
By A Staff Writer
Heavy
rains have disrupted Gambia's voting as polling stations are
temporarily closed for now. Polling stations which were made of cartons are
likely to be destroyed by the heavy rains and wind. Our correspondent
covering the elections say many voters have left for home as there was
no place they could seek for cover under the heavy rains. Ballot boxes
were being heavily guarded as the polling agents closely watched the
boxes to avoid any possible rigging.
  
Meanwhile reports
reaching the Freedom Newspaper say over 6000 guest voters from the
Southern Province of Casamance were intercepted along the
Gambia/Senegalese border by the Senegalese security forces. The voters
traveling who tried to snick into the English speaking country were
stopped by border patrol guards. Reports have it that the 6000
Casamance natives were intercepted at Giboro border post. Their plans
to make a last minute showdown in the Gambia were frustrated as they
were repelled back by the Senegalese border guards. Senegal has closed
its border to prevent Southern Casamance native from meddling into
Gambia's local politics.
While the Gambian authorities were not
in the position to confirm or deny the said reports, an official of the
opposition told the Freedom Newspaper that he would not be surprised by
such reports as thousands of Casamance natives were already in the
country to vote. Efforts to reach the Senegalese authorities for comments proved futile.
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Posted on Friday, September 22, 2006 (Archive on Monday, October 30, 2006)
Posted by PNMBAI Contributed by PNMBAI
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