Tension Builds Up In District 16, As Riot Police Escorts Two Persons

Like District 8, another tension developed in New Kru Town, District 16, when riot police of the Liberia National Police escorted two persons who are alleged to  have influenced voters to mark the Unity Party presidential candidate, Joseph Nyuma Boakai.

Due to this incident, angry crowd in their number gathered at the polling center demanding the handover over to them the two persons, but police kept those involved in it’control.

This incident brought the process to a halt for nearly an hour, later the two, a male and a female were placed in a police marked vehicle and taking away under heavy police escort.