Julius Maada Bio Sworn In As New President Of Sierra Leone

Opposition candidate and former military junta leader Julius Maada Bio of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) was sworn in as Sierra Leone’s new president on Wednesday night, barely a few hours after the elections commission announced his victory in a tight run-off poll. The National Electoral Commission announced at 10:00pm local time that Maada Bio of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) won 51.8 percent of a total of over 2.5 million ballots cast in the March 31 vote, beating out the ruling All People’s Congress candidate Samura Kamara, who garnered 48.1 percent. “We have only one country, Sierra Leone, and we are all one people.”

 Maada Bio, who briefly ruled Sierra Leone as head of a military junta in 1996, replaces outgoing President Ernest Bai Koroma, who could not seek re-election due to term limits. A hard road ahead

By Umaru Fofana in Freetown

Julius Maada Bio was sworn in rather strangely on Wednesday night - at a hotel instead of State House, and less than two hours after he was declared president-elect. Do you have something awesome to share with the world? Click here to share

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Julius Maada Bio is sworn in as President of Sierra Leone.