APC Expels Vice President

The vice President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Alhaji Sahr Samuel Tamba Sidique Sam-Sumana,

The vice President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Alhaji Sahr Samuel Tamba Sidique Sam-Sumana, has been expelled from the ruling All Peoples Congress party (APC).
The vice president who is presently in quarantined after one of his body guards died as a result of Ebola is reported to have been surprised by the action of the party.

President Koroma and VP Sam Sumana flanked by military personnel in Freetown

Alhaji Sahr Samuel Tamba Sidique Sam-Sumana has been the Vice President of Sierra Leone since 2007. Sam-Sumana stood as the vice-presidential candidate of the All People’s Congress (APC) in the 2007 Sierra Leonean Presidential election, alongside presidential candidate Ernest Bai Koroma.
Sam-Sumana had served as the managing director of the United Diamond Mining Company based in Koidu Town, Kono District, Sierra Leone. He also served as the regional manager for C-12 International; a Texas based mining company engaged in diamond production in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia.
A supporter of the VP said he received a letter from the party indicating his expulsion from the party this afternoon.