Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, Nigeria’s immediate past Vice President, will head a 12-member Commonwealth Observer Group (COG) for the upcoming elections in Sierra Leone. Osinbajo had accepted the Commonwealth’s offer to lead the Observer Group formed by the Commonwealth’s Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland, to monitor the general elections.
His media assistant, Laolu Akande, confirmed Osinbajo’s schedule through Twitter, saying the former Vice President will be in the West African country for the rest of the month. Akande penned:
“Immediate past VP Osinbajo heads to Sierra Leone today as Chair of 12-person Commonwealth Observer Group for the country’s elections. He” ll 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”.
It will be the Observer Group’s seventh visit to Sierra Leone since the end of the civil conflict in 2002.
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