Mayor Aki-Sawyerr Raises Concerns Over Legitimacy of Freetown City Council Election Results

Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, the candidate of the main oppositio, All People’s Congress (APC), has raised questions regarding the legitimacy of the recently announced results of the 2023 Freetown City Council elections.

The Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone (ECSL) declared Aki-Sawyerr as the winner, defeating her main rival, Mohamed ‘Gento’ Kamara of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP), but the controversy surrounding the election outcome has now taken center stage.

The tightly contested mayoral election witnessed Aki-Sawyerr emerging as the victor, securing 51% of the votes with a total of 288,683 votes. Kamara, her main opponent, put up a strong fight, garnering 48% of the votes with a total of 268,213 votes. However, Aki-Sawyerr took to Twitter yesterday to express her doubts about the accuracy of the results, raising concerns that have ignited a storm of controversy.

In her tweet, Aki-Sawyerr shared a spreadsheet containing links to uploaded copies of 1,289 Result Reconciliation Forms (RRFs) from 226 polling centers, representing 80% of the total. She claimed that the data from these RRFs showed a significant discrepancy compared to the officially announced results.

“Pleased to share the spreadsheet below with links to uploaded copies of 1,289 #RRFs from 226 (80%) of polling centers. The results data from these RRFs show 191,634 (66.1%) votes for Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr and 95,025 (32.78%) votes for Mohamed Gento Kamara,” she stated.

According to the provided information, Aki-Sawyerr’s analysis of the RRFs indicated that she received 191,634 votes, accounting for 66.1% of the votes, while Kamara obtained 95,025 votes, representing 32.78% of the votes. These figures diverge noticeably from the officially declared results, casting doubt on the electoral process and outcome.

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King Asensio | 2023-07-15 15:42:48

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Ibrahim thoronka | 2023-07-15 15:40:40

Big man you ask for the balance 1.11% maybe 1.11% is the invalid votes casted
SIK767 | 2023-07-14 20:48:58

Koroma you're an idiot. Yvonne had published these results since but your stupidity didn't let you see them. This is the second time she has published them
| 2023-07-14 20:43:07

Ar nor blame you na wae you win you go talk all nonsense
Dauda Samuel Tamba | 2023-07-14 20:42:15

I based on the result she published depend on the percentage according to her the 66.1% and why Gento has 32.79%. When u add the average percent is not up 100% if you manu the both percentage from the total percentage that is and the different will be 1.11%. My question where is the balance of 1.11%
Koroma | 2023-07-14 20:02:50

She is balderdash and a stupid idiot, is it now that she is publishing her results, what had she been waiting on ? That which the are wishing for will surely not work . Nonsense bloaks
| 2023-07-14 19:54:45

Since you guys have decided to stay off governance, it's high time you stopped all of these and allow prezo Bio to peacefully run our country. We are gradually getting to one party state.