Citizens Alliance presidential candidate Dr Ismaila Ceesay’s nomination was rejected by the electoral body for failing to meet the 5,000 registered voters requirement.

According to the IEC, Dr Ceesay’s nomination submission fail to comply with Section 42 (2) 1 of the Election Act.

“He has not complied with S. 42 (2) a in that in Banjul Administrative Area, he submitted the support of nomination by less than two hundred registered voters, as opposed to the legal requirement that a candidate for election to the office of President shall be nominated in the prescribed Form 1 part A of the Fourth sechedule by not less than five thousand voters whose names appear in register of voters, with at least two hundred voters from each Administrative Area,” IEC chairman Alieu Momar Njai said.

“Dr Ismaila Ceesay nomination is rejected in accordance with section 47 (1) of the Election Act,” he added.

Reporting by Adama Makasuba