Liberia: Korkoya Threatens to Banish Daily Observer

Jerome George Korkoya, chairman of the National Elections Commission (NEC), yesterday avenged his apparent long withheld anger at the independent Daily Observer newspaper, threatening to ban the media outlet from attending NEC press conferences. "We know the Daily Observer is against the Commission," the chairman said over the phone.

Korkoya made the statement via mobile phone when NEC communications director Henry Flomo called the paper to ascertain its source for a story which quoted him confirming a run-off election on November 7.

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