Jammeh seized power during a 1994 military coup and has been labelled an Islamist autocrat, with Human Rights groups accusing him of abuses and repression of opposition.
Mr Barrow, who was once a security guard in UK high street store, Argos, gained a lot of support from those opposing the President. "He is leading the most credible challenge to Mr Jammeh’s power since his 1994 military coup," BBC Africa reports. Several previously better-known opposition leaders are in jail after taking part in a rare protest in April.
Barrow, on the other hand, told the BBC that Gambians had been suffering for 22 years and now was the time for change.
"Voters know that I am genuine and ready for change and
that's why they should trust me," Mr Barrow said.
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