Wusum Sports Stadium is a 5,000 capacitysoccer stadium based inMakeni,Sierra Leone. It was built in the 1970s by theAll People's Congress (APC) and the grandstands were renovated in 1994, costing overLe10 million.[1] The stadium is mostly used for football matches and is the home stadium of theWusum Stars ofBombali.
The stadium has been used for political and cultural events as well as a sports venue. On November 18, 1996, then-presidentTejan Kabbah spoke at Wusum Stadium in his first visit to Makeni.[1] In 2002, Kabbah travelled again to the stadium to commemorate the end of theSierra Leone Civil War in 2002 for a symbolicarms-burning withIssa Sesay.[2] During the war, inter-denominational prayer services were held in the stadium to pray for a swift end to the war.[3] On April 17, 2009, the rulingpolitical party in Sierra Leone theAll People's Congress (APC] held their party convention at the Wusum stadium. The president of Sierra LeoneErnest Bai Koroma was among those in attendance.John Oponjo Benjamin, the leader of the main opposition, theSierra Leone People's Party was attendance as well asCharles Margai, the leader of the PMDC the third major political party in Sierra Leone
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