Finally, Yahya Jammeh Leaves Gambia!! (See Photos)

Yahya Jammeh has left Gambia weeks after vowing to stay on until the supreme court hears the petition he filed to challenge the victory of President Adama Barrow in the December 1 election.

Abdoulie Sey, a Gambian journalist, who witnessed the departure of the soldier turned politician, disclosed this late Saturday.

In series of tweets, Sey gave updates on the last moments Jammeh spent in the country he has presided over since 1994.

Jammeh, who initially accepted the result of the election and congratulated Barrow, later made a U-turn, citing alleged irregularities.

Attempts by ECOWAS leaders to make him step down was met with stiff resistance until late Friday when Guinean and Mauritanian leaders succeeded in pacifying him.

This was a day after Senegalese troops entered Gambia with the intention of forcefully ejecting him. ECOWAS had also put together a standby force to oust him.