On Saturday, over three million Sierra Leoneans headed to the polls to vote for a new president that will lead the country for the next five years. Incumbent Dr. Julius Maada Bio, who is aiming to secure a second term, voted at Wilberforce barracks and his main rival Dr. Samura Kamara from the All Peoples Congress Party casted his vote at Marfa field in Lumley. However, some polling stations in many parts of the country were over two hours late, before they opened their doors to voters.

On Saturday, millions of Sierra Leoneans headed to the polls to vote for a new president that will lead the country for the next five years. However, some polling stations were over two hours late, before they opened. Dr Kamara voted at Marfa polling station in Regent road in the Lumley area of Freetown. After casting his vote, Dr. Kamara spoke to the media about some concerns he had about how the voting process was conducted.

As Sierra Leoneans heads to the polls, the chair of the Political Parties Regulation, Abdulai Masiyambai Bangurah was joined by hundreds of Freetonians including musicians and comedians on Thursday and Friday to rally across many parts of the capital, calling for a violence-free election and encouraging people to abide by the law and listen to local radio and television stations to get all the latest news about the election. The peaceful electoral violence-free rally came after a man was killed on Wednesday at the All Peoples Party Congress's head office at Railway line, Brookfield in Freetown.

Less than twenty four hours before Sierra Leoneans heads to the polls, Sherriff Barrie the Deputy Chair for the National Democratic Alliance party has promised to turn Freetown to Dubai, if he is elected as a Mayor on Saturday. Speaking to Baillor Jalloh ahead of the election, Mr Barrie said the people that constructed Dubai are just like us, they're "not animals.

Ahead of Saturday's most anticipated presidential election, high cost of living, lack of proper infrastructure and high unemployment are regarded as the top priorities for many citizens. Our reporter Baillor Jalloh caught up with some locals to get their thoughts on the upcoming election which will take place on 24th June

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