{"id":5473,"date":"2017-12-29T15:17:09","date_gmt":"2017-12-29T22:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?p=5473"},"modified":"2017-12-30T22:15:08","modified_gmt":"2017-12-31T05:15:08","slug":"defeated-liberia-vp-accepts-results-congratulates-weah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/defeated-liberia-vp-accepts-results-congratulates-weah\/","title":{"rendered":"Defeated Liberia VP accepts results, congratulates Weah"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"program--News programBlockHeader\">\n<p class=\"article__title\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/41\/90\/419011\/1024x576_bonus-Boakaiii2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"hidden-in-basic article__image main-video\">\n<div class=\"video__wrapper\">Dec 29, 2017: George Weah\u2019s opponent in the presidential runoff vote of December 26 has conceded defeat at the polls and congratulated the 51-year-old former footballer.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article__body\">\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article-content__text article-content__left-column\">\n<p>Vice president Joseph Boakai and Weah entered the runoff after placing first and second respectively in the main poll held in October.<\/p>\n<p>The National Elections Commission (<span class=\"caps\">NEC<\/span>) on Thursday declared initial results which gave Weah over 60% of votes cast whiles Boakai had about 38% with 98.1% of results certified.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy love for the country is more profound and intrinsic that my desire for the presidency, as such, a while ago, I called Ambassador George Manneh Weah of the Coalition for Democratic Change to congratulate him as the winner in the presidential contest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also avail myself to helping in anyway he may find me useful in advancing the good of our country. Even though I\u2019ll not be the captain of the ship, it is my fervent desire that the ship of state always sails smoothly,\u201d Boakai told teeming supporters.<\/p>\n<p>Boakai, a former Minister of Agriculture has been outgoing Ellen Johnson Sirleaf\u2019s deputy since 2006. Supporters of the Unity Party continue to accuse Sirleaf of abandoning Boakai leading to their loss.<\/p>\n<p>AfricaNews<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dec 29, 2017: George Weah\u2019s opponent in the presidential runoff vote of December 26 has conceded defeat at the polls and congratulated the 51-year-old former footballer. Vice president Joseph Boakai and Weah entered the runoff after placing first and second respectively in the main poll held in October. The National Elections Commission (NEC) on Thursday [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Defeated Liberia VP accepts results, congratulates Weah<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/defeated-liberia-vp-accepts-results-congratulates-weah\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Defeated Liberia VP accepts results, congratulates Weah\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dec 29, 2017: George Weah\u2019s opponent in the presidential runoff vote of December 26 has conceded defeat at the polls and congratulated the 51-year-old former footballer. 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