{"id":361550,"date":"2017-10-13T06:27:50","date_gmt":"2017-10-13T06:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=361550"},"modified":"2017-10-13T06:27:50","modified_gmt":"2017-10-13T06:27:50","slug":"liberia-election-ex-football-star-george-weah-takes-early-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/10\/liberia-election-ex-football-star-george-weah-takes-early-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberia election: Ex-football star George Weah takes early lead"},"content":{"rendered":"
Partial results from Liberia’s presidential election show former football star George Weah has taken an early lead.<\/p>\n
Figures from the National Elections Commission (NEC) put Mr Weah ahead in 11 out of 15 counties, although most votes have yet to be counted.<\/p>\n
His main rival, incumbent Vice-President Joseph Boakai, leads in one county and is second in most others.<\/p>\n
A candidate needs more than 50% of the votes for outright victory.<\/p>\n
If no-one achieves that, a second round will be held in November.<\/p>\n
The election is to choose a successor to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf – Africa’s first elected female president and a Nobel Peace laureate.<\/p>\n
As the results came in, the manager of Arsenal Football Club, Arsene Wenger, was apparently duped by false reports that Mr. Weah had won.<\/p>\n