{"id":64979,"date":"2023-06-25T13:01:33","date_gmt":"2023-06-25T13:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=64979"},"modified":"2023-06-25T13:01:33","modified_gmt":"2023-06-25T13:01:33","slug":"in-sierra-leone-osinbajo-others-monitor-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=64979","title":{"rendered":"In Sierra Leone, Osinbajo, others monitor election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After nearly a week in Sierra Leone, the Commonwealth Observer group, led by Nigeria&#8217;s immediate Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo SAN, has been monitoring the election in the West African nation.<\/p>\n<p>According to a statement by one of its aides, Mr. Laolu Akande, Osinbajo, &#8216;at the crack of dawn on Saturday visited multiple polling stations in Freetown,&#8221; the country&#8217;s capital to observe elections.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-64983\" src=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG-20230624-WA0057-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_64984\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-64984\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-64984\" src=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG-20230624-WA0063-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-64984\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Above: Vote counting; Below: Osinbajo monitoring vote counting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He also witnessed the counting of votes later in the day.<\/p>\n<p>Other members of the Observer group:<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa\ufe0eMr John Njie, National General Secretary (Executive Director) of The Gambia YMCA &amp; National Coordinator of the CSO Transitional Justice Working Group, The Gambia<br \/>\n\u25aa\ufe0eLady Anande Trotman-Joseph, President, Caribbean Women in Leadership &amp; Chairperson, Commonwealth Caribbean Association of Integrity Commissions and Anti-Corruption Bodies, Grenada<br \/>\n\u25aa\ufe0eDr Nasim Zaidi, Former Chairman &amp; Chief Election Commissioner, India<br \/>\n\u25aa\ufe0eHon Justice Amraphael Mbogholi Msagha, Retired Judge, Kenya<br \/>\n\u25aa\ufe0eMr Sangwani Mwafulirwa, Director, Media and Public Relations, Malawi<br \/>\n\u25aa\ufe0eDr Elsie Nghikembua, Chairperson, Electoral Commission, Namibia<br \/>\n\u25aa\ufe0eMs Cynthia Mbamalu, Co-Founder and Director of Programmes, Yiaga Africa, Nigeria<br \/>\n\u25aa\ufe0eMr Glen Mashinini, Commissioner, Electoral Commission, South Africa<br \/>\nJustice Rohini Marasinghe, Chairperson of The Human Rights Commission and Former Supreme Court Judge, Sri Lanka<br \/>\n\u25aa\ufe0eMr Wesley Gibbings, Journalist\/Media Trainer, Trinidad &amp; Tobago<br \/>\n\u25aa\ufe0eMs Elizabeth Lwanga King, Development Advisor and Former UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Representative in Sierra Leone, Uganda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After nearly a week in Sierra Leone, the Commonwealth Observer group, led by Nigeria&#8217;s immediate Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo SAN, has been monitoring the election in the West African nation. 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