APRC Kansala candidate postpones campaign over security matters

By Mustapha Jarju

APRC Kansala parliamentary candidate has postponed his campaign amid insecurity in his constituency caused by clashes between Senegalese soldiers and MFDC rebels of Cassamance.

The clashes has internally displaced hundreds Gambians, thus has made President Adama Barrow pledged D5 million aid to these internally displaced people.

Honorable Musa Amul Nyass said: “I supposed to start my campaign today but I can see that people who are supposed to vote for me cannot be in a condition of this, while I go to them to seek for their votes. (If I do so) my mind would betray me.”

Therefore, he said, “on Wednesday, I called an emergency meeting with my people to postpone all our campaign activities. Today we are not going for campaign I am running from shelter to shelter to see what I can provide as a food aid to take it for my people who are internally displaced.”

“I am doing this to console these people because the condition they are going through they need held rather than telling them things that are not happening and creating confusion among people is not my life and not my nature,” he explained.

“Shelter, food and bedding is a concern for the internally displaced persons and it is my focus by engaging the right authorities to make sure this people who are facing difficulties can be rescued. Either you know it or not this is why I don’t have time for talking other things what I am up to is that those people who leaves their wealth in their homes villages to help them out from their current situation,” he said.