“She maintained that in Ivory Coast and Liberia, a prevalence study was done on Gender Based Violence and that the women interviewed raised a lot of issues and complains.
“In Sierra Leone, Ms. Evans said most women claimed that they started suffering domestic violence in the home perpetrated by some of their fiancés; some in the hands of their legal husbands and some from their family relations and that in most cases; nothing was done by the authorities to halt domestic violence.
Julius Maada Bio of the SLPP who came second in the presidential race polled eight hundred and thirty seven, five hundred and seven votes – constituting 37.4% of the valid votes cast at the said election. The other presidential candidates did not get as many votes as President Ernest Bai Koroma and Julius Maada Bio of the APC and SLPP respectively.
It goes without saying that there is nowhere in the world where elections are conducted 100% free of a few hiccups here and there. It could be in the form of late arrival of election materials; it could be in the form of voter apathy or it could be in the form of violence. The fact is, elections anywhere in the world including the United States of America are never bereft of a few hitches.
It goes without saying that there is nowhere in the world where elections are conducted 100% free of a few hiccups here and there. It could be in the form of late arrival of election materials; it could be in the form of voter apathy or it could be in the form of violence. The fact is, elections anywhere in the world including the United States of America are never bereft of a few hitches.
Thompson and other pivotal stakeholders in the electioneering process of Sierra Leone were present.”
The above is a report in a local tabloid. It is not the contents of the report that concern us, but rather the statements attributed to UDM leader and flag bearer, Mohamed Bangura.
Kargbo: I can see or discern no justifiable reason why any candidate, be presidential, parliamentary, Mayoral/ district council chairperson or even ward councilor, to dispute or contest the elections results because there would be no vote rigging.
This Lion Mountain is very unique. At times, Ariogbos wonder if everybody in the Lion Mountain are laws unto themselves.
The Ariogbos are disturbed over the fact that the very ones making the laws are the ones violating them. What a pity! In the Ariogbo Kingdom, if you make a law and go against it, the punishment is instant death…‘we nor get waste time sef’.
This Lion Mountain is very unique. At times, Ariogbos wonder if everybody in the Lion Mountain are laws unto themselves.
The Ariogbos are disturbed over the fact that the very ones making the laws are the ones violating them. What a pity! In the Ariogbo Kingdom, if you make a law and go against it, the punishment is instant death…‘we nor get waste time sef’.
And a satire piece in this edition will serve as a warning shot to a particular state functionary who thinks he can beat up teachers and threaten journalists and go scot-free. The Ariogbo Newspaper has resolved to continue to give that state functionary continuous coverage until the whole world knows his true character. Did I hear one of my ancestors telling me that this state functionary relies on ‘juju’ to intimidate, insult and assault people and go scot-free? Well, let him try ‘Juju’ on this Ariogbo.
All efforts by the two printing shrines to fight the ‘witches’ and ‘wizards’ proved unsuccessful. That is why the Ariogbo Newspaper did not come out on Tuesday.
Humans are saying they do not understand what I have just said. Well, I will explain in Lion Mountain English. We encountered printing difficulties at both printing presses where our newspaper was submitted on Monday night for printing.
