The newly formed political party of Gambia’s Adama Barrow scored a major election victory over the weekend when it won a by-election in parliament.

The seat in the Niami East Constituency, North of the country became vacant after its occupant, Demba Sowe of Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC) died in January after a brief illness.

The election was contested between GDC and the National People's Party (NPP).

 It was the NPP’s first political contest since its formation earlier this year.

A spokesman of the party, Seedy Njie, has been telling WADR what this victory means for his party.