Morocco whose capital is Rabat and presided upon by, President Abdelilah Benkirane, has offered the Gambia’s President, Yahya Jammeh, asylum in return for accepting election defeat and stepping down.

Ceoafrica gathered that the disclosure of the initiative to offer President Jammeh “golden retirement” comes after an international outcry over Jammeh’s refusal to step down.

Gambia whose citizens fate remain unknown and its electoral future looking bleak, has been plunged into political turmoil, ever since the president made a U-turn by rejecting election result he initially accepted and called for the results annulment alongside conduct of fresh election with complacent electoral officials.

It was further gathered that the Morocco’s deputy foreign minister, Nasser Bourita and the North African kingdom’s foreign intelligence, chief Yassine Mansouri have been conducting “a delicate mission in Banjul”, the Gambian capital, for several days.

Even the prospect of military intervention in The Gambia has been floated in recent days, following declarations by the United Nations and African Union that boots on the ground could get the green light without a rapid resolution of the crisis.

Morocco’s King Mohammed VI visited The Gambia in 2006, and the two nations have long held strong ties.

A spokesman for The Gambia’s opposition leader, Adama Barrow, who is currently in Senegal, has vowed that the president-elect’s inauguration will go ahead as planned tomorrow.