Brigadier General  Yankuba Drammeh, deputy chief of Defence Staff of The Gambia National Army  was yesterday demoted to a private and dismissed from the Gambia Armed Forces, a press release from the Office of the President disclosed.

Below is the release  as issued by the Office of the President. The office of the president hereby informs the general public that, His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya AJJ Jammeh, president of the Republic of The Gambia and Commander In-Chief of the Gambia Armed Forces, has with immediate effect from today 30th November 2009 demoted Brigadier General Yankuba Drammeh, deputy chief of Defence Staff of The Gambia National Army to a private and dismissed him from the Gambia Armed Forces.

In the same vein, His Excellency the president has appointed Brigadier General Ousman Badjie, Army commander as deputy chief of Defence Staff with immediate effect.