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How NGC and Kandeh Yumkellah Plunged Themselves into a Legal Mess

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By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah When NGC officials confirmed Kandeh Yumkellah as their party’s presidential candidate in late 2017, little did they realize that they had plunged their party into a deep kettle of a mess. In the course of the confirmation, NGC officials noted that Yumkellah had renounced his foreign citizenship status in November …

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Yumkellah’s NGC: Windshield Wiper Politicians and Social Media Vigilantes

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By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah In early December 2017, the Sierra Leonean political scientist Zubairu Wai, in an incisive social media comment titled “the dilemma of a ghost,” characterized Kandeh Yumkellah as “a parachute politician who believes he is doing the country a favor by running for president.” Wai notes that Yumkellah’s militant desire for …

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