Julius Maada Wonie Bio

President Ernest Bai Koroma avoided a potentially contentious second-round in the presidential poll by defeating Julius Maada Bio outright on 17 November...

Among internationals suspicion still surrounds the SLPP candidate Brigadier (Retired) Julius Maada Bio a leader of the military junta the National Provisional Ruling Council (NPRC) of 1992-96...

Now however young people in Freetown are probably evenly split between Bai Koroma and Julius Maada Bio...

They also argue that Koroma’s opponent in the race Julius Maada Bio of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) is equally if not more vulnerable to corruption allegations dating back to his leadership of a military junta in the 1990s (AC Vol 53 No 10 Champagne for the candidates)...

The presidential candidate of the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) Julius Maada Bio who had not spoken to Koroma since becoming presidential candidate one year ago expressed his 'most heartfelt' sympathy on his Facebook page (AC Vol 53 No 10 Champagne for the candidates)...

Koroma’s main opponent in the poll Julius Maada Bio himself a former coup-maker says the elections will be violent...

When the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) chose Julius Maada Bio to compete against President Ernest Bai Koroma last year the pro-government media reckoned the November 2012 polls were as good as over...

Worries are growing that President Ernest Bai Koroma’s All People’s Congress (APC) is ramping up ethnic and political tensions in what promises to be a close contest with Julius Maada Bio of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP)...

This is perhaps based on his fury at the Sierra Leone People’s Party choosing as its presidential candidate Julius Maada Bio who was once Koroma’s gaoler under military rule...

The issue of the inquests then lay dormant until 31 July 2011 when Julius Maada Bio won the nomination as candidate for the opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party in the November 2012 presidential election...