Voting in the town, located in District #3, Gbarpolu County, was suspended on Election Day when the chief allegedly ordered a group of young people to seize the ballot boxes for unknown reasons. The Precinct Code is #45039 and comprises four polling places with 2,021 registered voters, according the National Elections Commission (NEC). According to the Daily Observer, one of the aggrieved supporters of Madam Kanneh named several persons from the Camp of Rep. Koiwood that were already in the town. At some point we heard that they had to take cover, and that some ballot boxes, again were under siege. On Sunday, she revealed that the NEC magistrate building in River Gee was barricaded with rival senatorial candidates’ supporters who, citing alleged voter fraud, threatened to set the building ablaze while the NEC staff were left stranded inside.

Source: Front Page Africa December 15, 2020 00:45 UTC