10 quotes of Gambia’s Yahya Jammeh

Who is Yahya Jammeh?

He was born in 1965; he came to power in 1994 as a 29 year-old army officer. He walks around with a prayer beads but is also reported to be one of the most ruthless leaders in the world.

1. My fate is in the hands of almighty Allah. I will deliver to the Gambian people and if I have to rule this country for one billion years, I will, if Allah says so.
2. Homosexuality is anti-humanity. I have never seen a homosexual chicken, or turkey. If you are convicted of homosexuality in this country, there will be no mercy for offenders. We will put you in the female wing of the prison.
3. Who am I to expect that everybody would praise me? Just as the Prophet Mohammed prevailed and established Islam, I also prevailed to cure HIV/AIDS.
4. As far as I am concerned, LGBT can only stand for leprosy, gonorrhoea, bacteria, and tuberculosis, all of which are detrimental to human existence.
5. I am not a witch doctor, and in fact, you cannot have a witch doctor. You are either a witch or a doctor.
6. I will develop the areas that vote for me, but if you don’t vote for me, don’t expect anything.
7. The British […] wiped out all the elephants and ended up selling Africans.
8. I don’t believe in killing people. I believe in locking you up for the rest of your life.
9. Some people go to the West and claim they are gays and that their lives are at risk in the Gambia, in order for them to be granted a stay in Europe.
10. If I want to ban any newspaper, I will, with good reason.