`Gambian citizens and members of DUGA this morning stormed the Gambian Embassy in Washington DC and chained themselves inside the embassy. Embassy staff went into hiding and the secret service and police were called. Upon arrival Gambian dissidents explained their mission and read their demands to the Gambian government.The protesters organized a command center from across the United States, provided a teleconference number for the media to cover the event live. This mission was well calculated and planned. According to the organizers they had extensively discussed about the risk and repercussions that they can expect from this protest.
The Gambian activists’s mission was to draw the attention of the administration in Banjul on their violations of the rights of Gambian citizens. They read a list of demands that would be transmitted to the general public in due course.