Retired footballer George Weah has won the elections in Liberia to become that country's 25th president.

The senator of Montserrado County - once named Fifa World Player and winner of the much coveted Ballon d'or - defeated his 73-year-old opponent Vice President Joseph Boakai in a landslide victory in results announced in Liberia on Wednesday morning.

"I am deeply grateful to my family, my friends, and my loyal supporters who contributed to our campaign during this extremely long election season," Weah said on Twitter before the results were announced.

Weah is set to replace Africa’s first female head of state, economist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, and see the West African nation, founded by freed American slaves, hand over power from one democratically elected government to another.

Source: http://mandynews.com/2017/12/27/breaking-news-former-chelsea-star-george-weah-is-new-president-of-liberia/

Congrats George Weah!!

Up Chelsea!

NEC have not declare him officially as president elect

nice one from Liberians. Anyone above 70years has no business ruling a nation. Nigeria is next!

Congratulations to him, Okocha, Kanu, Taribo, Victor go wan test popularity too soon

Congrats to him, never give up attitude. After loosing to Hellen he surmmon courage to go again.

Congrats

wow

congratulations legend... The only player who won balon d'or from Africa.

Congratulations to the great sport icon, looking forward to the day a former and well educated Nigeria Footballer will achieve this kind of laudable feat.

I hope he will assembly a good team to manage his government.
Football should develop there naturally.

congratulations

Patience is a virtue.

Congrats George Weah, I hope you make Africans proud!!

Congratulations, I saw it coming.


This should be a great challenge to all our young Nigerian to also stand up in one accord to take the mantle of leadership from all our old for nothing cargos.

Youths in Nigeria, let's wake up from our sleep and stand for our right.


#IStandWithYouthLeaderIn2019

Up Chelsea!!!!!

Agenda

Industries, vocational and technical education, fight corruption, increase security.

He was World best player, now he can be world best president.

Tho he is too close to one Charles Gankey Taylor....

Wow wow wow wow wow

This is indeed good

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Hope it is not the one that we will be begging him to vacate office when his tenure ends.

Nice one for Liberia

you dey craze

niggi4life:
Up Chelsea!!!!!

May turn out to be a disaster. No be football be this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0IDoOH34fw

The only dream that works are the dreams you chase relentlessly.

Okocha or Kanu Nwankwo too should come out and defeat our own 83 years old incumbent president I 2019

Congrats. Please don't behave like one Nigerian President that raised our hopes in 2015 and has been dashing it since then.

Pursue the same excellence you had as a footballer . Dare to be different. Dont play ethnic ad religious politics. It destroys in the long term.

Congrats again!

WEAH
W world footballer of the year
E European footballer of the year
A African footballer of the year
H head of state of the year

Prettythicksmee:
Wow wow wow wow wow

Ambulance
Convoy siren

Congratulations Mr president