Political Violence Erupts Across The Country

It is reported by several of local media outlets in the country that thousands of people are directly and indirectly affected by the spate of political violence and intimidation among supporters of the two major political parties before and after the March 31stgeneral elections.  Whilst the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) is looking most of these citizens’ supporters of the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) and All People’s Congress (APC) are planning to raid them where they are for discrediting their parties.

It could be recalled that the recent spate of political violence and intimidation among supporters of the main opposition SLPP and the governing APC over alleged attacks from supporters of the two parties are unprecedented in Kanigo in the Western Area, Bo, Kono, Makeni, Kambai , Tonkolili  and Falaba .This had led to unrest in most of these places especially the victims of political intimidation some survivors  affected by the August 14 mudslide  and flooding who are on the run for publicly  articulating their ordeals against then APC government.

The political violence and intimidation amongst supporters of the different political parties especially the governing All People’s (APC) and the main opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) in the 2018 multitier elections have been worrisome across the sixteen electoral districts in the country.

The political intimidation in the country is also meted against some families of the 29 people that were   massacre by the then National Provisional Ruling Council (NPRC) regime in 1992. Most of the families are seriously facing political intimidation and violence in their respective communities. Most of the electorates are living in fear particularly after the worrisome incidents at Saint John where few months back the ruling APC was nominating their Presidential Candidate, Dr. Samura Mathew Wilson Kamara at the National Electoral Commission NEC over forty (40) “click boys” harvested unrest on the ordinary Sierra Leoneans.

Some of the residents alleged that they were attacked, molested and beaten by people they believed to be APC thugs under the supervision Mohamed Bangura, a former Minister of Information and Communication. In Buyah Romende in the Port Loko District, a APC Parliamentary Candidate spewing hate vile speech by declaring that anybody that vote for SLPP will be expelled from the community.

A Civil Society Activist, James Kamara noted that incident illustrated that the rights to association and movement enshrined in the country’s 1991 constitution have been violated during the campaign and rallies across the districts many citizens are on the run after the thugs promised to kill them since they have failed to support their party in the March 31st Presidential run-off election.

He added that over securitization and militarization of the election process evidenced by the usual deployment of military and armed police personnel in many parts of the country is like preparing for war also contributed to the political intimidation.

Names Of People That Contacted This Medium

1. Cyril Harold Smith
2. Moslina Momoh
3. Isata Carow
4. Kadijatu Kamara
5. Brima Sam
6. Lansana Kai Kai
7. Mukeh Alvina Foray
8. Zainab Y Kamara
9. George English
10. Joseph George
11. Sanphan Dumbuya
12. Joseph Lappia
13. Sulaiman Bayor
14. Rose Yankuba
15. Umarr Bah
16. Andrew B Seiyia
17. Mohamed Koroma
18. Yazido Conteh
19. Jeneba Koroma
20. John Albert Simbo
21. Makai Jalloh
22. Monica pokuwa
23. Mariam Kargbo
24. Juliet Buanie
25. Emanuel Pratt
26. Anolda Cole
27. Theodora Smith
28. Aminata Amara
29. Mary Magdaline
30. Gbandawa
31. (Khadeeja Tempy Koroma
32. Hannah Conteh
33. Hannah Taylor
34. Abdulrazak Kabba
35. Kabba Sesay
36. Kabba Jalloh
37. Maada Maka Swarray
38. Victoria Hawa Kamara
39. Kadiatu Deinkeh
40. Isatu Sesay
41. Isaac Kai
42. Hussinatu Pessima
43. Daniel Fille
44. Patient Thompson
45. Alberta Titie Macualey
46. Rosaline Niandebu
47. Ansumana Sesay
48. Morlai Sesay
49. Josephine Alpha
50. Josephine Ngobeh
51. James Moseray
52. Jeneba Z Bangura
53. Victoria Hawa Jawad
54. Fatima Kamara
55. Isata Sesay
56. Isatu Kamara
57. Isata Jimmy
58. Salieu Bangura
59. Silika Beatrice Sesay
60. Alpha Umarr Kargbo
61. Jestina Komba
62. Jestina Kona Lamin
63. N’mah Kamara
64. Musu Cole
65. Amos Nyama
66. Musu Thoronka
67. Lucinda F Vandi
68. Isha Joseph Samura
69. Hawa Jalloh
70. Aminata Sesay
71. Christiana Findley
72. Musu Kanneh
73. Haroun Samai
74. Jakie Koroma
75. Tamba Tengbeh
76. Adama Yaya kanu
77. Christiana Bamie Cole
78. Abdul Sanu
79. Amadu Barrie
80. Isatu Ayo Kamara
81. Mamadu Jalloh
82. Loice Saffa
83. Mohamed Demby
84. William Kargbo
85. Nancy Bah
86. Annie Decker
87. Rugiatu Dumbuya
88. Aminata Koroma
89. Fatmata Mussa
90. Zalikatu Koroma
91. Ellen Victoria Findlay
92. Iris senor bangura
93. AdamaYayah Kanu
94. Abioseh Griffin
95. Christiana Bamie Nicol
96. Isata Samura
97. Momodu Mansaray
98. Lansana Bawoh
99. Jestina Komba
100. Fanta Rosaline Amara

This names that are mentioned in this medium are now in hiding being fear of political harassment and or of police persecution over previous demonstration of the mudslide donation and flood victim donation.

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