He said critics who accused him of winning last month's elections through intimidation and fraud could "go to hell".
The West African regional body Ecowas said the electorate had been "cowed by repression".
Mr Jammeh, who took power in a coup in 1994, was re-elected with 72% of the figures, official figures show.
The 46 year old said he did not fear a fate similar to Egypt's ousted President Hosni Mubarak or killed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
"My fate is in the hands of almighty Allah," he said.
The November poll was the fourth since Mr Jammeh overthrew The Gambia's first post-independence leader Dawda Jawara aged just 29.
On Journalist's Death
In 2004, the editor of the privately owned The Point newspaper, Deyda Hydara, was gunned down, but no-one has been charged over his murder.
Mr Jammeh denied that the government's security agents had killed him.
"Listen to me: Is he the only Gambian who died? Is he better than Gambians who die in accidents, Gambians who die at sea, Gambians who die on their way to Europe?" Mr Jammeh asked.
"Other people have also died in this country. So why is Deyda Hydara so special?"
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