The National Elections Commission (NEC) is set today, Friday, May 2nd, to certificate Representative Samuel G. Kogar as the new Senator for Nimba County. He won the April 22nd, 2025 by-election for the county. He will replace the late Senator Prince Y. Johnson, who served the county for two decades as senator.
The certification ceremony of the winner will be held at the Sanniquellie City Hall in Nimba County at 11:00AM.
As part of the program, Kogar will receive his Certificate of Election.
Meanwhile, the National Elections Commission of Liberia is inviting all Political Parties, and Independent Candidates who participated in the Nimba Senatorial By-election, and the citizens of Nimba to witness the program.
The NEC completed its tallying and announcement of the votes in Nimba County and formally announced Kogar winner thereby making him Senator-elect.
NEC Chairperson Davidetta Brown Lansanah made the declaration on Thursday, confirming that Kogar, the candidate of the Movement for Democracy and Reconstruction (MDR), secured 62,136 votes, amounting to 52.08% of the total valid votes cast across all 736 polling places in the county.
Independent candidate Edith Gongloe-Weh, who came second, obtained 40,506 votes, which accounted for 33.95% of the vote.
Writing on his Facebook page that Thursday following the NEC’s official announcement, Senator-elect, Representative Kogar said, “I, Hon. Samuel G Kogar, wish to extend many thanks and appreciation to all my supporters and the entire citizens of Nimba County for conducting themselves peaceably during the just-ended senatorial by-election in the county, the National Elections Commission family and my fellow competitors for peacefully going through this process. Therefore, I am calling on Nimbaians to consider this win, that we have been announced today by the National Elections Commission, as a win for all and the County. In so doing, I am rallying all of us supports as we build our County through Unity, as the recipe for the development of our County and its people is togetherness and collectively work. To my supporters, I tell you thanks for your unwavering supports that earned us this resounding victory.”
