Bu-Buakei Jabbi

Who is Bu-Buakei Jabbi?

Bu-Buakei Jabbi is a Sierra Leonean lawyer and politician from the Sierra Leone People's Party. He is an elected member of Parliament of Sierra Leone for Constituency 8 in Kailahun District. He is the senior attorney for the SLPP.

Jabbi was the SLPP candidate for a seat in the Sierra Leone House of Parliament for Constituency 8 in Kailahun District, a reliable SLPP stronghold. He won the election in an overwhelming landslide with 86.10%, defeating his closest rival Fayia Kellie of the All People's Congress who took 10.58%.

In 2011, Bu-Buakei Jabbi took the SLPP, a party he is a member, to the Supreme Court of Sierra Leone in an internal dispute between him and the party. The dispute has since been settled.

Jabbi is a native of Kailahun District in Eastern Sierra Leone, and a member of the Mandingo ethnic group.