Rtd Julius Maada Bio of the opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) and Dr Samura Kamara of the ruling All People’s Congress (APC) will go for presidential run-off vote in two weeks’ time having emerged frontrunners in the fiercely contested March 7 elections. NEC Chair quoting the constitution said a second round will take place March 27 since none of the candidates obtained 55% of the votes in the first round. Votes cast were 2.6 million and valid votes 2.5 million. Following the announcement on Sunday of 75% of the processed votes, NEC atthe instance of some political parties carried out vote recounts at 154 polling stations, while ballots of 221 polling stations were annulled because of irregularities. The winner of the run-off vote will replace outgoing President Ernest Bai Koroma of APC, as the country’s 5th President.

Source: GNN Liberia March 13, 2018 23:37 UTC