The electoral umpire said
it is unprecedented for a Gambian head of state to accept defeat before the
announcement of the final results.
Earlier the BBC quoted the
head of the Gambian electoral commission as saying President Yahya Jammeh will
concede defeat to his major opponent, Adama Barrow in the presidential
election.
Jammeh had been trailing
Barrow in partial results released by the electoral body in the last 24 hours.
Jammeh took power in a coup
in 1994 in the tiny West African nation and has been in charge for all of 22
years.
His office is yet to
release a statement since the results started trickling in.
A reporter with the UK's
Guardian newspaper in Gambia, Ruth Mclean claims the concession video by Jammeh
has already been recorded.
As Jammeh defeat is
imminent, some Gambians have taken to the streets to celebrate the end of an
era
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