Ifeanyi Ibe
The immediate past Vice President of Nigeria, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, has been named chairman of a 12-man Commonwealth Observer Group expected in Sierra Leone this Saturday to monitor the country’s general elections.
According to his media aide, Laolu Akande, Osinbajo had accepted the offer of the Commonwealth Observer Group’s Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland, to observe the general elections in Sierra Leone.
On his Twitter handle, Akande said the former Vice President will be in Sierra Leone for the rest of the month.
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According to him, “Immediate past VP Osinbajo heads to Sierra Leone today as Chair of 12-person Commonwealth Observer Group for the country’s elections. He will address Press Conf. on Monday & be in the country for the rest of the month. Later, the Osinbajo-COG will report on the election’s credibility.”
This is the fifth time for a Commonwealth Observer Group to observe elections in Sierra Leone since 2002 when the country came out of a devastating civil war.
