Tamsir Jasseh has resigned as national president of the Gambia Action Party (GAP) less than two months after joining the party. 

Mr Jasseh also terminated his membership of the embattled party in a letter sent to GAP’s administrative secretary.

“I wish to terminate my membership with the Gambia Action Party with immediate effect. 

“At this time, I wish to pursue other opportunities to serve the people and our homeland. It was an honour working with the party, and I wish you the very best. Thank you,” Mr Jasseh said. 

Mr Jasseh, a former soldier in the US navy, has served in The Gambia Police Force and Immigration Department respectively before he was exiled after being implicated in a coup against former president Yahya Jammeh.