Gambia: Barrow Appoints Maj Gen Ousman Gomez As Acting Army Chief After CDS Resignation
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Gambia: Barrow Appoints Maj Gen Ousman Gomez As Acting Army Chief After CDS Resignation
President Adama Barrow has appointed Major General Ousman Gomez as Acting Chief of Defence Staff of The Gambia Armed Forces, effective immediately, following the resignation of Lieutenant General Mamat O. A. Cham.
On Friday, 29 May, the Gambian presidency formalized the immediate departure of Lieutenant-General Mamat O. A. Cham, Chief of the Defence Staff. This resignation, accepted without reservation by President Adama Barrow, comes in a context of turbulence marked by accusations against the senior officer. In his letter of resignation, Lieutenant-General Cham justified his withdrawal by the need to respond to "claims of misconduct and abuse of office.…
Barrow appoints Maj Gen Ousman Gomez as acting army chief after CDS resignation
In his resignation letter dated the same day, Lt. Gen. Cham said he was stepping down due to “numerous allegations of misconduct and abuse of office inconsistent with the Office of Chief of Defence Staff.” He thanked President Barrow for the confidence shown in him during his tenure as the country’s ninth CDS and pledged his availability for any investigations into the allegations. President Barrow accepted the resignation and, under Section 19…
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