By Alphonso Toweh/ Reuther|One of Liberia’s leading political parties called for a halt in announcing the result of Tuesday’s presidential election, citing irregularities in the vote. The NEC was originally expected to release preliminary results on Thursday. “The Liberty Party is deeply troubled by the discovery of numerous incidents of irregularities and fraud that occurred during the elections,” Liberty Party national chairman Benjamin Sanvee said in a statement. “We are calling on NEC to immediately halt further announcements of election results. He did not give specific evidence of voter fraud and it was unclear what kind of activity could have altered Tuesday’s vote.

Source: GNN Liberia October 11, 2017 23:03 UTC