Michael Essien Congratulates George Weah

Ghana international, Michael Essien has congratulated president-elect of Liberia, George Weah.

Following a peaceful presidential run-off on the 26th of December, 2017, the former Chelsea and World Player of the year garnered 61.5% of the vote while his opponent, Joseph Boakai was far behind with 38.5%.

Essien, who also played for Chelsea and won the hearts of the supporters after hearing news of Weah’s victory, Essien took to his Instagram page to congratulate Oppong Weah on winning the election at the second round.

CONGRATULATIONS MR. PRESIDENT @georgeweahoff. YOU ARE VICTORIOUS AND JUST AS YOU WORKED HARD DURING YOUR PLAYING DAYS I AM SURE YOU WILL WORK HARD FOR THE GOOD PEOPLE OF #LIBERIA. GOOD LUCK AND BEST WISHES.

A post shared by Michael Essien ® (@iam_ess) on Dec 28, 2017 at 7:10pm PST

He played for a string of football clubs, including AC Milan, Chelsea and Paris St-Germain, and is the only African footballer to have won both FIFA World Player of the Year and the Ballon D’Or.