Weah, a former football megastar and Ballon d’Ór recipient lost his re-election bid to opposition leader Joseph Boakai in the just concluded presidential election in the West African country.
The president-elect had previously served as the vice president of Liberia under former President Ellen Sirleaf Johnson from 2006 to 2018 but failed his first attempt at the presidency when Weah steamrolled him in the 2017 contest, winning over 60% of the votes.
However, the tide turned against the incumbent as the country’s electoral umpire announced on Friday, November 17, 2023, that Boakai had scored 50.89% of the votes while Weah polled 49.11%.
