By: Alusine Rehme Wilson
Members of Koinadugu Bike Riders Union has unanimously voted their former Vice Chairman Mohamed Dogolo Jalloh as the Union’s new district Chairman.
He was voted in at the Kabala Youth Center last Sunday after securing a total of 95 votes four more than his opponent (Kalilu Mansaray) who lost the highly tensioned election.
Upon the announcement of the final elections results at the polling center by the returning officer Musa Marrah, the defeated Aspirant Kalilu Mansaray congratulated Mohamed Dogolo Jalloh for winning the elections and called on his supporters to remain peaceful and to support the vision of the newly elected district chairman of the Bike Riders Union of Koinadugu.
But his peace message to his supporters was short-lived as was Patrick J.F Conteh, the Media Officer of the Kabala Police Division confirmed that, “there was a post elections tension mounted by supporters of the losing candidate, which he says was amicably policed by the Police troops that witnessed the election.”
Since the emergence of the post elections violence, peaces has so far returned to the Kabala township as of Wednesday evening.
However, the newly elected Bike Riders Union Chairman of Tonkoli District is believed to be able to deliver positively on his new role haven acted for over one year in the same post when when he was the Union’s District Vice Chairman following the death of the former Chairman late Alphajor Jalloh.
Experienced Bike Rider in Kabala town Ferenkeh Marrah who’s popularly nicknamed as “Okada-Minister” in an interview with AWE-MEDIA.SL on Wednesday said he is hopeful that, “the newly elected Bike Riders Union Chairman will have a productive tenure in office in his until another election is conducted in the next five years.”
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