{"id":428180,"date":"2017-10-13T03:27:34","date_gmt":"2017-10-13T03:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/13\/george-weah-takes-early-lead\/"},"modified":"2017-10-13T03:27:34","modified_gmt":"2017-10-13T03:27:34","slug":"george-weah-takes-early-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/13\/george-weah-takes-early-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"George Weah takes early lead"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Partial results from Liberia\u2019s presidential election show former football star George Weah has taken an early lead.<\/p>\n

Figures from the National Elections Commission (NEC) put Mr Weah ahead in 11 out of 15 counties, although most votes have yet to be counted.<\/p>\n

His main rival, incumbent Vice-President Joseph Boakai, leads in one county and is second in most others.<\/p>\n

A candidate needs more than 50% of the votes for outright victory.<\/p>\n

If no-one achieves that, a second round will be held in November.<\/p>\n

The election is to choose a successor to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf \u2013 Africa\u2019s first elected female president and a Nobel Peace laureate.<\/p>\n

As the results came in, the manager of Arsenal Football Club, Arsene Wenger, was apparently duped by false reports that Mr Weah had won.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would like to congratulate one of my former players, who became president of Liberia,\u201d Mr Wenger told reporters.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not often you have a former player who becomes president of a country. So well done, Georgie.<\/p>\n

NEC Chairman Jerome Korkoya hit out at false reports and said his officials were doing their best to get accurate official results out as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis commission has not declared any winner,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n

International election observers said they had not identified any major problems with Tuesday\u2019s voting.<\/p>\n

However, parties supporting three of the 20 candidates have alleged irregularities and said they would contest the result, Reuters reported.<\/p>\n

Ms Sirleaf, 78, who is stepping down at the end of two terms, hailed the election as a success.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe that all Liberians are ready for this process. I thank them for participating in this process,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Liberia, which was founded by freed US slaves in the 19th Century, has not had a smooth transfer of power in 73 years.<\/p>\n

Ms Sirleaf took office in 2006, after her predecessor, Charles Taylor, was forced out of office by rebels in 2003, ending a long civil war.<\/p>\n

Taylor is currently serving a 50-year prison sentence in the UK for war crimes related to the conflict in neighbouring Sierra Leone.<\/p>\n

Mr Weah, 51, has chosen Taylor\u2019s ex-wife Jewel Howard Taylor as his running mate.<\/p>\n

Source: BBC<\/strong><\/p>\n

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