Monrovia - In the 2011 Presidential election, Nimba County Senator Prince Johnson was a kingmaker, when he supported President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s bid to become president on Unity Party (UP) ticket. In 2011 Nimba County had 174,775 registered voters, of that number Senator Johnson got 39,786 votes. After losing hold of his first brainchild, the National Union for Democracy Party (NUDP), Nimba County Senator Prince Y. Johnson (PYJ) formed a new political party, the Movement for Democracy and Reconstruction (MDR). Following the collapse of the party, Senator Johnson contested the 2014 special senatorial election, which he won as an independent candidate. In 2017, of the 214,200 registered voters in Nimba, Senator Johnson received 127,666.

Source: Front Page Africa October 25, 2017 01:21 UTC