Liberia, Sept. 1 -- A Unity Party wave in 2011 in Lofa County helped George Tengbeh from being the administrative assistant to former Lofa County superintendent Galakpai Kortema to the Senate. Now, he has to rely substantially on what he has done in the county in the last nine years.
When Tengbeh was voted into power in 2011, he was seen as a political neophyte. It is believed he secured the job on the strength of Unity Party and its current political leader, Joseph Boakai, whom many regard as the face of Lofa politics. But Tengbeh has parted ways with Boakai and Unity Party and defected to the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC).
The outcome of previous presidential elections in the county has attested to the fact that Lofa is t...