CONCERNED SIERRA LEONEANS BOO AND HUMILIATE MAADA BIO ONCE AGAIN AT THE UN
By Kabs Kanu and Abdul Karim Koroma
The illegitimate President of Sierra Leone, Julius Maada Bio , once again faced the full wrath of concerned Sierra Leoneans who gathered at the United Mations today , Wednesday September 20, 2023 , to protest against Bio’s catastrophic governance that had brought him world-wide condemnation , including sanctions from the United States of America.
As the president drove past and later stepped out talking to a motley crowd of SLPP supporters nearby who had also gathered to pay loyalty to him, members of the Concerned Sierra Leoneans booed him loudly and called him names including human rights abuser , rogue, criminal and elections thief.
Many Americans and foreign nationals , including diplomats, who came to watch the demonstrations wondered why Maada Bio provokes wild demonstrations ( where he is embarrassed and humiliated ) wherever he goes . Patriots in the crowd explained to them how Maada Bio has turned a once peaceful and progressive country into the horrific theatre of human rights abuses, bloodshed , elections robbery and criminality since he came to power in 2018.
Thousands of Sierra Leoneans had traveled from all parts of the continental USA to converge at the United Nations in New York for their annual protests against Maada Bio during the United Nations General Assembly .
The huge crowd of demonstrators carried placards and banners denouncing Maada Bio for his tyrannical and dictatorial rule, corruption ( Which has infested every arm of government during his tenure ) , needless shedding of innocent blood , cannibalism, tribalism, wasteful and useless travels , influence -peddling and cheating during elections.
Speaker after speaker, with bullhorns that resounded through the courtyards, alleys and corridors of the UN , derided the illegitimate President and pointed out the international sanctions that had been imposed on him and his government, including the suspension of the U.S $ 400 million grant from the Millennium Challenge Corporation ( MCC ) and the travel ban imposed on the president and his government officials and their families by the U. S because he boldly rigged the presidential and general elections in Sierra Leone on June 24.
Many concerned people at the demonstrations called Maada Bio a witch — who was seeing all the mounting opposition to his disastrous rule from Sierra Leoneans throughout the country and the diaspora and the enveloping economic and travel sanctions from international partners but continued to display shocking impunity that had not been seen in Sierra Leone, not even during colonial rule.
President Bio is the most antagonized and despised President in the history of Sierra Leone. Officials close to him say he is perturbed and shamed by the degree of hostility he receives at home and abroad. “ The president is just trying to cover his shame with pretence and dry smiles in public. He and his wife and supporters are deeply troubled by the hostility he continues to face on a regular basis in the country and outside “, said Mohamed Turay, a concerned Sierra Leonean .
