Senator Prince Johnson’s choice of candidate Representative Jeremiah Kpan Koung of the Movement for Democratic Reconstruction (MDR) has been declared winner of the Nimba County mid-term senatorial election by the National Elections Commission (NEC).
He got 37,899 votes constituting 36.12% over his closet rival Edith Gongloe-Weh of the Collaborating Political Parties (CPP).
Edith accumulated 34,153 votes constituting 32.55% representing 741 polling places in Nimba County. Koung was backed by the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change which decided not to field a candidate in Nimba.
Rep. Koung’s victory over the CPP’s candidate who came very close is due to his alignment with Senator Johnson who is revered as the godfather of the county.
The victory for Koung means Madam Gongloe-Weh who has contested for the senate position three times in 2011, 2014 and 2020 has again ended up as runner.
The win for Koung also proves Ex-warlord and senator prince Johnson supremacy over Liberia’s second most populated county of Nimba.
Madam Gongloe-Weh according to reports has since called for recount of the votes in Nimba pointing out fraud.
Meanwhile, the NEC on Wednesday continued the announcement of provisional results from the referendum with ‘YES’ vote leading the ‘NO’ votes for the entire eight-preposition forwarded for amendment.
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