The All People’s Congress (APC) district executive elections in Falaba District have been indefinitely postponed after disagreements among party supporters led to unrest at the voting centre.
According to reports from Falaba Town, the disruption escalated into the destruction of ballot papers and ballot boxes, forcing election officials to halt the process. The exact trigger of the dispute has not been independently verified.
Security personnel from the Sierra Leone Police were deployed to the venue to restore calm and prevent further escalation.
No new date has been announced for the continuation of the elections. Party delegates and supporters are now awaiting official communication from the APC’s Interim Transitional Governance Committee (ITGC) and the party’s electoral body on the way forward.
Falaba is one of the newest districts in Sierra Leone, created in 2017, and is a key battleground in the northern region, traditionally considered an APC stronghold. However, internal rivalry has frequently disrupted the party’s lower-level elections in the district.
The postponement in Falaba comes as the APC is conducting district elections nationwide to regularize its structures ahead of the 2028 general elections. While elections in districts like Pujehun ended peacefully on Saturday with Sylvester Massaquoi defeating Dr Woo, Falaba now joins a list of districts where the process has been marred by tension.
Party stakeholders in Falaba say the incident raises fresh concerns about the need for the APC leadership to ensure a peaceful, transparent and credible process, warning that repeated disruptions could weaken grassroots mobilization in a district the party cannot afford to lose.
The APC is yet to issue a formal statement on the Falaba incident.
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