{"id":23886,"date":"2025-08-08T10:34:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T09:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=23886"},"modified":"2025-08-08T10:37:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T09:37:39","slug":"bios-claim-no-party-in-sierra-leone-has-won-3-successive-elections-misleading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/bios-claim-no-party-in-sierra-leone-has-won-3-successive-elections-misleading\/","title":{"rendered":"Bio\u2019s claim no party in Sierra Leone has won 3 successive elections, misleading"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Claim: <\/strong>A Facebook page, Abram Shaku, posted a video of President Julius Maada Bio, claiming that \u201cno political party has ever won three consecutive elections in Sierra Leone.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verdict: <\/strong>Misleading! According to historic facts published by Sierra Leone Web, the University of Central Arkansas, and Aziza Nigeria, the All People\u2019s Congress (APC) won three elections under ex-president Siaka Stevens in 1967, 1973, and 1977. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full Text<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sierra Leone’s politics is fragile, and it has been spearheaded by two main political parties, the Sierra Leone People\u2019s Party (SLPP) and the All Peoples\u2019 Congress (APC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although the APC is a breakaway party from the SLPP, both parties have shaped the country’s political dynamics since Sierra Leone gained independence on April 27, 1961. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the country returned to a democratic electoral system in the 1990s, the SLPP and the APC have led it for two terms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former President Alhaji Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, who led the country from 1996 to 2007, was replaced by Ex-President Ernest Bai Koroma of the APC after a run-off election in 2007. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ex-President Koroma won the election over the SLPP\u2019s flagbearer, Solomon Berewa, in a highly competitive election despite the SLPP’s cries of irregularities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After leading the country from 2007 to 2018, ex-president Koroma was succeeded by President Julius Maada Bio after a tightly contested run-off election against the APC\u2019s flagbearer, Samura Wilson Kamara. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the end of President Bio\u2019s first term in 2022,  he \u201cnarrowly and controversially\u201d won the 2023 election, defeating his primary opponent, Samural Wilson Kamara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the APC\u2019s dissatisfaction with overturning the election result, citing allegations of electoral irregularities, President Bio was sworn in as President. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, Abram Shaku<\/a> posted a video of President Bio, claiming that \u201cno political party has ever won three consecutive elections in a row.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the video, President Bio can be heard saying, \u201cWe [SLPP] need a candidate that can lead us to a straight victory in 2028. No party has ever done it three times in a row; we will do it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The video was extracted from President Bio\u2019s speech <\/a>during the SLPP\u2019s 14th National Delegate Conference. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The president’s similar claim has been found on different digital platforms, such as here<\/a>, here<\/a>, and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The statement has sparked public debate, buzzing social media platforms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

DUBAWA decided to fact-check it due to its mandate to amplify truth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verification<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Firstly, DUBAWA reviewed the political history of Sierra Leone from 1961 to 2018 on different platforms like the U.S State Government<\/a>, Parliament of Sierra Leone<\/a>, the Sierra Leone Web<\/a>, and the University of Arkansas.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although our investigation on the University of Arkansas<\/a> website does not explicitly point out the three executive elections won by the All People\u2019s Congress (APC), we found that the APC won the general elections in 1967 and two other polls in 1973 and 1977, respectively. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Sierra Leone Web<\/a>, a credible Sierra Leonean historic site, published that the APC won the 1967 and the 1973 elections respectively. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although these elections were marked by allegations of electoral malpractices, irregularities, and violence, the APC won three consecutive elections in 1967, 1973, and 1977. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notably, these elections had different political contexts in which they were held. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below is a breakdown of how these elections were held:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n