According to insidethegames.biz, Tamba, the president of the Gambia National Olympic Committee (GNOC), was given the penalty after being found guilty of trying to stage a coup in 2006 while head of the Armed Forces. Tamba denies the allegations and is now appealing.
But the GNOC has already called an extraordinary congress to elect a new president to replace Tamba, who is also vice-chairman of the Gambia Football Association. Tamba was elected as the president of the GNOC in April 2009.
However he was arrested in November 2009 after allegedly being involved in a plot to embezzle $12 million from the Government. The other charges followed soon after. The favourite to replace Tamba is Beatrice Allen, who has been leading the GNOC since Tamba's arrest.
Allen, who was elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 2006, is among Africa's most influential female sports administrators. She is a member of the IOC's Coordination Commission for the Rio 2016 Olympics and Paralympics.
