While announcing the withdrawal, Gambia's Minister of Information Sheriff Bojang said that the ICC is "an International Caucasian Court for the persecution and humiliation of people of colour, especially Africans." 
Alipokuwa akitoa taarifa ya kuachana na mahakama hii, Waziri wa Mawasilianmo wa nchini Gambia Sheriff Bojang alisema kwamba ICC ni "Mahakama ya wazungu iliyo na lengo la kuonea na kudhalilisha watu wa rangi nyingine na hususani Waafrika."