The fight for the Nimba vote is between the Mano and Gio tribes. In that run-off election in Kpain, Weah received 405 or 33 percent while Unity Party obtained 812 of the 1,217 vote cast. Back then, the town voted for CDC in the runoff, though the party boycotted the election. Kollah said he’s always voted for Johnson because of what he did for Nimba during the civil war. Senator Johnson is the “face of Nimba County and should be respected by all citizens of the county irrespective of tribal divide,’’ Dorley said.

Source: Front Page Africa October 31, 2017 17:03 UTC