FREETOWN 3 Apr (ANA) - Sierra Leone's opposition party says its candidate won the country's presidential election run-off, according to its own tallying of results.

 

Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) said opposition leader Julius Maada Bio took 54.11 percent of the votes, while Samura Kamara of the ruling All People's Congress (APC) won 45.89 percent.

 

"We are confident that retired Brigadier Julius Maada Bio is the next president of Sierra Leone," Jacob Saffa, the SLPP's election management chairman, told a news conference in the capital, Freetown, on Monday.

 

Meanwhile, the country's electoral commission said it "expected" to release the result by Thursday.

 

"Final results are expected within 72 hours," Albert Massaquoi, external relations officer at the NEC, said on Monday.(ANA)

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