Julius Maada Wonie Bio

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...

The presidential and legislative elections due in November 2012 will be close-run pitting President Ernest Bai Koroma and the All Peoples’ Congress (APC) against Julius Maada Bio and the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP)...

An advisor close to Julius Maada Bio one-time coup-maker and now presidential candidate for the opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party told AAC that Bio had doubts about the move to overly commit to a partnership with one country...

Opposition opportunity The opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) is anxious to exploit public disaffection over corruption and has a strong presidential candidate Brigadier (Retired) Julius Maada Bio to face Koroma in the election late next year...

Benjamin is in deeper trouble for his hostility to the leading candidate for his party's nomination the former military leader Brigadier Julius Maada Bio...

Retired Brigadier Julius Maada Bio who led the coup and joined the NPRC junta is now an SLPP leader...

There were eight aspirants for the SLPP leadership: Vice-President Solomon Berewa; ex-Finance Minister JB Dauda; Charles Francis Margai who has twice challenged President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah; Sam Hinga Norman former leader of the Kamajor militia indicted by the Special Court; retired Brigadier Julius Maada Bio a former military head of state; John Leigh formerly Ambassador to the United States where he now practises law; Lansana Nyallay a US-based chemist; and Abubakarr Kamara also from the USA...

Former military leader Julius Maada Bio 41 outspent his rivals at the SLPP conference and has a reputation for generosity with favours and contracts...

The two previous Bintumani conferences of civil society groups played a major role in forcing Brigadier Julius Maada Bio's military regime to hold elections and to amend the constitution...

Joseph Momoh; they stayed loyal to Captain Valentine Strasser's and Brigadier Julius Maada-Bio's military regimes which succeeded Momoh but did not support the 25 May 1997 coup against Kabbah by forces loyal to Maj...

On 16 November news leaked out that the junta had arrested Stephen Bio (cousin of former military leader Brigadier Julius Maada-Bio) RUF number two Col...