 Koroma stronghold was in Northern Sierra Leone, and in the Western Area of Sierra Leone.Berewa, on the other hand, maintained strong support in south-eastern Sierra Leone.Koroma was allegedly the target of an assassination attempt in the early hours of 23 July 2007 in Bo, Sierra Leone's second largest city (a traditional stronghold of the SLPP), when, according to the APC, a group of armed men led by Tom Nyuma, who was a participant in the 1992 coup that ousted the APC from power, attempted to enter Koroma's hotel room to kill him.