He conquered the third place from big names which includes Mr. Alexander Cummings of the Alternative National Congress, by extension the CPP. He beat the likes of Tiawon Gongloe from a vote rich County of Nimba shown in the National Elections records of count. Appleton obtained forty thousand two hundred seventy-one (40, 271 votes) constituting 2.20% of the total vote count. It became an embarrassing and scaring moment when it became rumors amongst party officials of the UP that the CDC was attempting to hijack the process with a lucrative offer to Mr. Appleton to change his decision last minutes. Appleton who many described as the a surprised in the October 10, 2023 elections is the third runner-up with more than 40K votes over taking Mr. Alexander Cummings of the Alternative National Congress (ANC) who sat at third place in 2017.

Source: Front Page Africa November 08, 2023 20:53 UTC