So far, the engagement of the ECOWAS sub regional leaders led by President Buhari is heartwarming, and there appears to be light at the end of the tunnel. It is hoped that President Yahya Jammeh will abide by the resolutions of the ECOWAS leaders, so that

region has guaranteed the full participation and commitment of other sister heads of states and government in the sub-region and beyond to the peace process.

Time has also come for all well-meaning people to implore President Yahya Jammeh to give up power and save his people and country from the needless catastrophe his actions may likely bring to his country.

It will be a mark of patriotism for him to step down from power after staying for 22 years and more so as he has been defeated in a free and fair electoral process. It will amount to ingratitude for him to plant violence and upheaval in a country that has done so much and invested heavily on him.

The trust of The Gambia people on President Yahya Jammeh must not be betrayed or their confidence taken for granted. The Gambian people deserve peace, freedom and development and not upheaval.

As it stands now, the whole world repose their faith for a peaceful resolution of the impasse on Nigeria’s visionary leader, President Muhammadu Buhari and from all indications he has shown immense capacity to solve what many may consider intractable problem.

So far, the engagement of the ECOWAS sub regional leaders led by President Buhari is heartwarming, and there appears to be light at the end of the tunnel. It is hoped that President Yahya Jammeh will abide by the resolutions of the ECOWAS leaders, so that once more calm will return to the restive country.

Equally commendable is the decision of the country’s Supreme Court to stand down any decision in respect of the presidential election until the body is fully constituted. More importantly is their advice to the parties in the electoral dispute to abide by the decision of the ECOWAS leaders.

It was the late Winston Churchill who posited that “jaw jaw is better than war war’’, and in the case of the The Gambia political logjam, it is expected that President Jammeh should allow dialogue and reason to prevail.

The current tough stance of President Jammeh by threatening hell and brimstone in the event that he is forced to vacate office does not augur well for a peaceful resolution of the impasse.

With President Buhari leadership role in the Gambia political debacle, Nigeria has once more assumed its preeminent position in the sub region, and the honour and prestige the country was associated with by providing leadership in Africa have been restored.

It is instructive that the whole world is lending their support to the initiative of ECOWAS leaders under President Buhari to ensure a peaceful and orderly transition of power in The Gambia. The era of clinging to power by despots is over, and the earlier this lesson is imbibed by all aspirants to power the better. In our world of today, democracy is the vogue and taking root in all nooks and crannies of the world and Africa will not be an exception. Enekwechi wrote this piece from Abuja .