National Electoral Commission (NEC) OAU Drive, Tower Hill

PRESS STATEMENT ON THE DECLARATION OF RESULTS FOR WESTERN AREA RURAL DISTRICT VILLAGE HEAD ELECTIONS HELD ON SATURDAY 29TH JUNE 2013

1. By the powers vested in it under section 33 of the 1991 Constitution of (Act No. 6 of 1991) the National Electoral Commission conducted Village Head Elections on Saturday 29th June 2013 in the Western Area Rural District;

2. The Village Head Elections were conducted in accordance with the relevant electoral legal framework;

3. The Political Parties Registration Commission (PPRC), National Elections Watch (NEW), the Media were accredited observers for the elections;

4. The ( SLP ) provided security in all centres where elections were held;

5. Vacancies were declared for a total of Ninety Six (96) Villages. The Commission received nominations for Ninety One (91) villages.

Fifty Five (55) were contested and Thirty Six (36) uncontested.

No nominations were received for the following five (5) Villages -

i. Rikette-Banana Island, ii. Makonteh, iii. Malamina, iv. Masorie Nyor and v. Bekemakandor.

The positions of Village Head for these villages therefore remain vacant until they are filled by elections conducted by the National Electoral Commission.

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DECLARATION OF RESULTS

A. UNCONTESTED By the powers vested in me, as National Returning Officer, I hereby declare as duly elected the sole nominated candidates as Village Heads in the following Villages:

VILLAGE NAME OF CANDIDATE 1. BATH-KUMP KANU KABBA 2. BUREH TOWN TUCKER MICHAEL 3. CHARLOTTE HARDING CATHERINE K. 4. DEVIL HOLE SESAY ALHAJI IBRAHIM 5. FABAINA CONTEH SAIDU 6. FIVE MILE DAVIES EMMANUEL (JR) 7. GBONKOWILI FORNAH IBRAHIM 8. JOE TOWN KOROMA THOMAS 9. KALI-TOWN CROSSING FOFANAH ALUSINE 10. KOSSOH MIDDLE TOWN UDOH MICHAEL J.U. 11. KPOUBU SESAY THOMAS JALLOH 12. LEICESTER JAMES HORTON 13. MABUREH KAMARA ABUBAKARR 14. MADONKEH KARGBO IBRAHIM ZUKIE 15. MAFONIKAY KAMARA ALIE 16. MAFULA MANSARAY IBRAHIM 17. MAGBAMPOR SESAY ABU BAKARR 18. MAKOMBA BANGURA SAIDU ADARD 19. MAKONO CONTEH ALIE 20. MALAMBAY KOROMA ALIE 21. MANALO HARDING JAMES 22. MASANTIGIE CONTEH IBRAHIM HASSAN 23. MASORIE MANSARAY ALUSINE 24. MASWARAY KAMARA ABASS 25. MATINDI COKER SONNY 26. MATINKAY KABIA ABASS 27. MOYAIN KOROMA FODAY M. 28. NGARAHUN KAMARA MOMODU 29. NO. 2 RIVER CONTEH JEFF A.B.T. 30. NYANGBA KAMARA ALIE 31. ROGBERE CONTEH ALIE 32. ROKUNDOR SESAY ABUBAKARR 33. ROBONGA KAMARA SAIDU M. 34. SAMUEL TOWN HARDING JAMES 35. SUSSEX (SHERBRO TOWN) SAWYERR TOMMY 36. TORIGEHUN BAH SALIEU S.

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B. RESULTS FOR CONTESTED VILLAGES:

1. ADONKIA SESAY HASSAN 722 LAVEY ALBERT GIBAO 228 KARGBO JEFFERY LAMIN 98 1,048 2. ATEGBE KAMARA DANIEL 85 DUMBUYA ALHAJI ALIEU 83 168 3. BASSA TOWN KARGBO ABDUL KARIM 855 KARGBO MELDRA T 154 1,009 4. BATHURST WOODIE SAMUEL J S 119 JOHNSON THEOPHILOUS ADE 46 165 5. BAW BAW KARGBO GIBRILLA 140 BANGURA ALEX 100 240 6. BENGUEMA CONTEH MRS EKUNDAYO 1,090 WILSON TAIWO 858 BANGURA ALPHA 368 2,316 7. BONGA WHARF BANGURA SIDIKIE 85 TURAY ALUSINE 55 140 8. BOYOH FAKAI KAMARA JOHN SHERIFF 138 KAMARA SULAMAN 130 JALLOH ABUBAKARR 53 321 9. BRAMA KOROMA SAIDU 145 MANSARAY SAMUEL WALKER 72 217 10. CAMPBELL TOWN MUSA PAUL 627 KAMARA MOHAMED 441 1,068 11. COLE TOWN TURAY ALIMAMY SOKIE 259 KARGBO ABU BAKARR 194 Page 3 of 10

MUNU ABUBAKARR 171 624 12. DUBLIN BANANA ISLAND WRAY ELLIS 40 CAMPBELL KAINDE GEORGIANA 20 MACARTHY DALTON 14 74 13. FOGBO KAMARA IBRAHIM SORIE 419 BANGURA SAIDU 176 595 14. FOO-FOO WATER KAMARA LAMIN O 47 CONTEH SULLAY 30 77 15. GBENDEMBU SESAY MOHAMED 857 BANGURA THORLU 660 1,517 16. GBOVEHUN CONTEH ABDULAI A 25 BANGURA HASSAN 21 46 17. GLOUCESTER KALLON WILLIAM 354 KANU SYLVANUS PAWAH 235 KARGBO ABU 92 681 18. GODERICH KAMARA MUSTAPHA PAPA 2,007 BANGURA HASSAN 1,318 KOROMA PATRICK SAIDU 893 4,218 19. GRAFTON WALLACE EMMANUEL CHARLES 1,517 BAH ISATU 569 JALLOH ALUSINE 458 2,544 20. HAMILTON CONTEH MORLAI 896 DAKOWA HANNAH 624 DUMBUYA DAVID 16 1,536 21. HASTINGS SESAY ABDUL 1,306 PEARCE KAINDE 1,261 2,567

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22. JUI KABIA SOLOMON SAHID 723 KOROMA MOHAMED A 421 FOMBA BOCKARIE 339 NYLANDER JOSEPH 161 MADIYE GABRIEL 115 1,759 23. KENT MASSAH SAMUEL 214 KING JOSEYLL 43 257 24. KISSI TOWN KAMARA AMARA 144 GBLA IBRAHIM SORIE 109 UNITY DENNIS 39 292 25. KISSY TOWN II KOROMA MOHAMED DAVIES 964 SESAY PETER B 634 1,598 26. KOSSOH TOWN HAFFNER VICTOR 483 COKER ARIGE 448 CASSELL EKUNDAIYO 123 1,054 27. KWAMA SANKOH SULLAYMAN 64 KABIA SALAMY 22 86 28. LAKKA SHYLLON SYVANUS MICHAEL 423 MACAULEY TEDDY 381 DOUGLAS TOMMY 19 KANU YUSIFU BILLY 2 825 29. LUMPA KABBA MOHAMED 1,652 KAMARA SHEKU O 701 BANGURA JAMES 325 2,678 30. MABOIKANDOH KAMARA ISATU 71 CONTEH AMADU 62 133

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KAMARA BAI 131 CONTEH ALFRED 64 195 32. MACDONALD WILLIAMS FRANCESS O 180 JALLOH IBRAHIM 132 BROWNE FRANKLYN 79 MACFOY THEOPHILUS 44 435 33. MAGBAFTI KOROMA TAMBA 118 KAMARA ALLIEU AUGUSTUS 72 190 34. MAMA BEACH BENGA EDWARD B 345 THOMPSON SAMUEL 128 473 35. MANO KOYA MOHAMED KAMARA S 552 KAMARA MUSTAPHA JAMES 298 KOROMA MOHAMED 269 1,119 36. MONGEGBA KABIA THAIMU 95 KARGBO REBECCA Y 86 BANGURA BUNDU 35 216 37. MORABIE KAMARA HUMU 411 BANGURA SULLAY 388 799 38. NEWTON BROWNE TOMMY 550 KOROMA ANDREW B 196 746 39. NYANDEHUN CONTEH ALPHA YALLAH 391 TURAY SABAINA 286 677 40. OBER FUNKIA ANDERSON HECTOR 377 JACKSON ALBERTON 373 JACKSON CHUKUMA KOJO 262 ELLIOTT DONALD 102 COKER FLORENCE 18 1,132

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KAMARA ABDULAI SHAKA 683 BANGURA ABDUL 422 1,105 42. PWD COMPOUND CONTEH MOHAMED 240 KAMARA KAPR 137 377 43. REGENT JOHN BENJAMIN R 570 METZGER ELEANORAH JOKOMIE J M 304 874 44. ROKEL LANGLEY IYAMIDE BEATRICE 1,307 COKER TUNDE 407 SESAY BORBOH 355 2,069 45. RUSSELL JOHN JESSE OLU 212 LACAN NATHANIEL 219 431 46. SATTIA KARGBO ALIMAMY O 105 SESAY IBRAHIM J 70 175 47. SHERBRO TOWN BANGURA MOMOH 29 KAMARA MORLAI 18 47 48. SIX MILE PETERS ISAAC 234 KAMARA IBRAHIM B 91 325 49. SONGO COLONY CONTEH BASSERU 105 KAMARA FODAY T 64 169 50. SUSSEX KINGTOWN ELLIOTT MOIRA 228 THOMPSON DERICK 129 357 51. KAMARA SALLIEU S B 118 KAMARA IBRAHIM G 109 227 52. TOKEH SLOW ALHAJI JAMES 616 GABBIDON PHILLIPE 460 1,076 Page 7 of 10

53. TOMBO MANSARAY MOHAMED D 1885 BANGURA ALIE J 1797 KAMARA IBRAHIM K 175 3,857 54. WATERLOO BROWNE OMOJOWO DENNIS 1,986 WHENZLE LESLIE OSEH 928 2,914 55. YORK ATSAKPO PETER K 344 ANDERSON JAMES A 165 GBONDO ROBERT 123 THOMAS LYNDON BARNARD 15 647

7. DECLARATION OF WINNERS In exercise, therefore, of the powers conferred on me as the National Returning Officer, by Section 84 Subsection(4) of the Electoral Laws Act 2002, I hereby declare the under mentioned candidates having polled the highest number of valid votes cast duly elected Heads in the following Villages and Towns:

1. ADONKIA SESAY HASSAN 722 2. ATEGBE KAMARA DANIEL 85 3. BASSA TOWN KARGBO ABDUL KARIM 855 4. BATHURST WOODIE SAMUEL J S 119 5. BAW BAW KARGBO GIBRILLA 140 6. BENGUEMA CONTEH MRS EKUNDAYO 1,090 7. BONGA WHARF BANGURA SIDIKIE 85 8. BOYOH FAKAI KAMARA JOHN SHERIFF 138 9. BRAMA KOROMA SAIDU 145 10. CAMPBELL TOWN MUSA PAUL 627 11. COLE TOWN TURAY ALIMAMY SOKIE 259 12. DUBLIN BANANA ISLAND WRAY ELLIS 40

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13. FOGBO KAMARA IBRAHIM SORIE 419 14. FOO-FOO WATER KAMARA LAMIN O 47 15. GBENDEMBU SESAY MOHAMED 857 16. GBOVEHUN CONTEH ABDULAI A 25 17. GLOUCESTER KALLON WILLIAM 354 18. GODERICH KAMARA MUSTAPHA PAPA 2,007 19. GRAFTON WALLACE EMMANUEL CHARLES 1,517 20. HAMILTON CONTEH MORLAI 896 21. HASTINGS SESAY ABDUL 1,306 22. JUI KABIA SOLOMON SAHID 723 23. KENT MASSAH SAMUEL 214 24. KISSI TOWN KAMARA AMARA 144 25. KISSY TOWN II KOROMA MOHAMED DAVIES 964 26. KOSSOH TOWN HAFFNER VICTOR 483 27. KWAMA SANKOH SULLAYMAN 64 28. LAKKA SHYLLON SYVANUS MICHAEL 423 29. LUMPA KABBA MOHAMED 1,652 30. MABOIKANDOH KAMARA ISATU 71 31. MABROWN KAMARA BAI 131 32. MACDONALD WILLIAMS FRANCESS O 180 33. MAGBAFTI KOROMA TAMBA 118 34. MAMA BEACH BENGA EDWARD B 345 35. MANO KOYA MOHAMED KAMARA S 552 36. MONGEGBA KABIA THAIMU 95 Page 9 of 10

37. MORABIE KAMARA HUMU 411 38. NEWTON BROWNE TOMMY 550 39. NYANDEHUN CONTEH ALPHA YALLAH 391 40. OBER FUNKIA ANDERSON HECTOR 377 41. OGOO FARM KAMARA ABDULAI SHAKA 683 42. PWD COMPOUND CONTEH MOHAMED 240 43. REGENT JOHN BENJAMIN R 570 44. ROKEL LANGLEY IYAMIDE BEATRICE 1,307 45. RUSSELL LACAN NATHANIEL 219 46. SATTIA KARGBO ALIMAMY O 105 47. SHERBRO TOWN BANGURA MOMOH 29 48. SIX MILE PETERS ISAAC 234 49. SONGO COLONY CONTEH BASSERU 105 50. SUSSEX KINGTOWN ELLIOTT MOIRA 228 51. TISSANA KAMARA SALLIEU S B 118 52. TOKEH SLOW ALHAJI JAMES 616 53. TOMBO MANSARAY MOHAMED D 1885 54. WATERLOO BROWNE OMOJOWO DENNIS 1,986 55. YORK ATSAKPO PETER K 344

Signed:

Dr. Christiana A. M Thorpe Chief Electoral Commissioner/Chairperson National Returning Officer National Electoral Commission

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