FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Sierra Leone’s opposition presidential candidate warned Sunday that his party will not accept delaying Tuesday’s runoff vote after the High Court granted an interim injunction he called a delay tactic by the ruling party. If the vote doesn’t go ahead Tuesday, “President Koroma will be considered to be illegitimate and we will not take any orders from him,” Bio added. Tensions have been escalating since the March 12 vote, when neither the ruling party candidate nor the leading opposition candidate won outright. The opposition Sierra Leone Peoples Party has not held the presidency since 2007. Bio, who is making his second electoral bid at the presidency after losing in 2012, took 43.3 per cent to 42.7 per cent for ruling party candidate Samura Kamara.

Source: National Post March 25, 2018 16:59 UTC