“On His Grave I Became President”: Maada Bio Recalls Political Tensions With Late Tejan Kabbah

President Julius Maada Bio has publicly recalled a controversial political statement allegedly made by Sierra Leone’s former President, the late Dr. Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, concerning his presidential ambition.

“While we are in this politics, someone was saying ‘on his dead body I become a President.’ And on his grave I became a president,” President Bio said.