From Paul Ejime |paulejime@outlook.com | In Freetown, Sierra Leone |Sierra Leoneans turned out in reasonable numbers at polling stations on Wednesday to elect their country’s new president, members of parliament and local councils in the fourth cycle of elections since the civil war in 2002. Fifty-six-year-old Abdulai Koroma, a visually-challenged voter assisted by his friend Kamara, was among the early voters at the Lumley polling centre. Commissioner Behanzin, echoed his sentiments, noting that the process had started well and was expected to improve during the day. NEC registered some 3.17 million voters to cast their ballots in 11,122 polling stations across Sierra Leone’s 16 Administration Districts. Sixteen candidates, including two women are vying to replace outgoing President Ernest Bai Koroma, who has served two mandates of 10 years.

Source: GNN Liberia March 07, 2018 16:18 UTC