The people of Tumu did not sleep throughout Friday night, jubilating over the PNC presidential and parliamentary victory in the Sissala constituency.

They sang war songs, some of them meaning "the lion has ran away leaving the kingship to the rabbit. The eagle has preyed on the lion but the lion has no power to fight back".

A cross section of the people interviewed said they voted for the PNC to bring the late Dr Hilla Limann's body, soul and spirit back home to stop his bones from skidding in his grave.

They said victory for PNC in the constituency is a victory for the former president who fathered the PNC. The people accused Alhaji Amidu Sulemana, Member of Parliament for the area, of arrogance.

"He has been insulting our chiefs and the electorate that he used his money to buy our votes in the 1992 and 1996 elections. This time round, we want to show him that he cannot buy our votes again," they said.

The voting pattern in the constituency was along chieftaincy lines, with people in the Zini traditional area voting for the NDC, while Tumu, Wellembelle, Pulima, Gwollu and Jeffisi traditional areas voted for PNC.