Odds are beginning to go against Gambia’s President, Yahya Jammeh, as the country’s information minister, Sherrif Bojang resigned to protest his refusal to hand over power to the President-elect, Adama Barrow who election in the December 2016 polls.

According to Ceoafrica, the former minister said that efforts to contest the results were "an attempt to subvert the express will" of the Gambian people.

The United Nations (UN) Security Council, has called on President Jammeh, who initially conceded defeat to Adama Barrow and later made a U-Turn rejecting the result over anomalies discovered by him, to step down.

"The Gambia has decided and we must accept and respect this decision," Mr Bojang said in a statement.

In October, Sheriff Bojang made headlines when he announced The Gambia's intention to pull out of the International Criminal Court (ICC), describing it as "an International Caucasian Court for the persecution and humiliation of people of colour, especially Africans".

Mr Jammeh has ruled The Gambia since taking power in a coup in 1994. He has acquired a reputation as a ruthless leader, whom West African leaders, including Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari, will travel to the country on Wednesday in a second bid to convince him to accept the results.

The Gambia has not had a smooth transfer of power since independence from Britain in 1965 and regional grouping Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) has placed forces on standby in case President Jammeh does not step down.

Last week, the head of The Gambia's army gave his full backing to the president.