Justice Simeon Allieu has yesterday ruled on the Paramount Chieftaincy elections in Sambaia Chiefdom, Tonkolili District, in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone, declaring Alhaji Musa Jalloh as winner.

Alhaji Musa Jalloh obtained 55% of the total votes counted.

In June last year, the sitting SLPP Honorable Member of Parliament Alhaji Musa Bamba Foray Jalloh representing constituency 056-Sambaia Bendugu Chiefdom in Tonkolili District, won the hotly contested Paramount Chieftaincy elections in Sambaia Bendugu Chiefdom, beating nine(9) other candidates by securing 461 votes representing 96.8% of the 476 valid votes cast, out of a total tribal votes of 495 with 19 void vote


However, 10 other contenders petitioned the election results, taking it to law court.