The Sierra Leone Police has arrested some opposition leaders in Makeni and brought them down to Freetown , while three others in Freetown have been invited to the Criminal Investigations Department ( CID ) .
Reports received by COCORIOKO state that on the instruction of the Inspector General of Police, Ambrose Sovula, two members of the opposition All People’s Congress ( APC ) in Makeni, North Eastern Regional Chairman, Mr. Allie Commoner Kargbo and Bombali District Chairman Mr. A.R. Mansaray were arrested yesterday evening and have been brought down to Freetown.
Additionally, the Police in Freetown have invited the Chairman of the opposition National Grand Coalition, Dr. Dennis Bright and the Secretary General of the APC, Ambassador Osman Yansaneh, to appear at the CID today and Thursday respectively.
The crackdown on political leaders is believed to be in connection with the opposition parties’ rejection of the Midterm Census, planned by the SLPP government to start this week. Sierra Leone’s opposition parties have asked their members and supporters to boycott the census because it is illegal and designed to rig the forthcoming elections in 2023.
The NGC newspaper , Sierra Leone Fos, reported the following :
‼️ NEWS UPDATE
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BY: MUSA KAMARA
On the 7th of December, 2021, the National Chairman and Leader of the NGC Party, Dr. Dennis Bright was invited by the Inspector General of Police to report at the Police Headquarters, Freetown. He was invited on the basis of an interview Dr. Bright did with Radio Democracy 98.1FM on Tuesday 7th December 2021, in relation to the proposed census with the NGC and the CoPPP are objecting to.
Today, Wednesday 8th December 2021, Dr. Dennis Bright was accompanied by his Lawyers, and National Officers of the party to the Police Headquarters to respond to the call of the IG. Dr. Bright and team arrived at the Police Headquarters at exactly 9:30am and were ushered into the office of the IG. The IG welcomed Dr. Bright and his team and gave his purpose of inviting the Chairman.
In his remarks, The IG said he has tremendous respect for authorities and all citizens, but he had called Dr. Bright to advise him of the way he puts out messages to the public.
The Inspector General was not clear and specific as to the exact statement that warranted the invitation of Dr. Bright to the Police Headquarters, but said he will hand over Dr. Bright to the Head of CID, Mr. Richard Patrick Gabriel (RPG) who will conduct a fixed, long and premeditated interview questions and answers with Dr. Bright.
The Head of CID, Mr. Gabriel, together with his team from CID moved Dr. Bright and his Lawyers to a different room for the said interview. The interview lasted for two hours. The media and other party members were not allowed to be in the interviewing room.
After their interview, Chairman Bright was released and had another friendly chat with the IG.
Dr. Bright remains steadfast in his determination to continue to oppose the Mid-term Census proposals, which are not a priority for the long suffering people of Sierra Leone.
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