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Newly-elected Liberian President, Joseph Boakai Faints During His Inauguration Ceremony (Video)

Posted by Lawal Munirst on January 23, 2024 0

Boakai, 79, was giving his acceptance speech on Monday, January 22, 2024, when he stopped suddenly

Newly-elected Liberian president, Joseph Boakai has fainted during his inauguration ceremony.

He was whisked off the podium after suffering “heat-induced faintness.”

Boakai, 79, was giving his acceptance speech on Monday, January 22, 2024, when he stopped suddenly

His aides rallied around him and one fanned him with a piece of paper.

He was later led off the podium in the nation’s capital, Monrovia.

The president’s office said in a statement that Boakai had suffered exhaustion but that doctors had since declared him “perfectly fine.”

Watch the video below:

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