Extrajudicial searches, arrests and killings in Sierra Leone in the wake of Sunday’s alleged coup attempt

By Kabs Kanu

Many  police and army officers associated with the opposition All People’s Congress ( APC) have been killed by Sierra Leone People’s Party ( SLPP ) security forces and top officials of the opposition have suffered illegal searches , seizures and arrests since the heavy shooting in Freetown on Sunday, which the SLPP attributed to a failed coup attempt.

Among those killed in the wake of the alleged coup plot are the famous former rebel and close-circuit security of ex-President Ernest Koroma of the APC , Idrissa Kamara, better known as Leather Boots , who was dragged from his home and shot dead, with his body left lying on its side in the hot sun, eyes glaring and displayed for public viewing for hours before being removed.

SLPP security forces also shot and killed  military Corporal Eddie Conteh, one of the present bodyguards of former President Koroma, who was needlessly shot and killed at point blank range in his compound, while his colleague, Warrant Officer John Swarray was abducted by the same government forces.

Also allegedly shot and killed was another one- time Ernest Koroma security Sorieba Mansaray. Other reports said he was shot in the leg.

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Leatherboots was picked up at home fully dressed in civilian attire and massacred. People say he was not part of the shooting and had actually come to Sierra Leone from Guinea where he was in exile to sort out some property issues with his estranged wife. He was unlucky to be in Sierra Leone during the crises, people allege. 

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FORMER PRESIDENT KOROMA’S HOME IS BROKEN INTO BY SECURITY OFFICERS

According to reports, for the second time that morning, both military personnel and OSD  personnel stormed  the residence of Dr EBK at Femi Turner looking for police interest/ runaway prisoners. Nothing was found

MAADA BIO ‘S TROOPS SEEN BELOW INTIMIDATING AND THREATENING THE PUBLIC TO TURN IN FUGITIVES

This individual explains his ordeal with extrajudicial actions by the security forces.

BAI MAHMOUD ARRESTED

*Breaking News*
Bai Mahmoud Bangura , National Organizing Secretary of APC, has been arrested at his residence by a group of armed OSDs
SLPP is using staged managed coup plot to silence opposition members

LAJ EXPLAINS HOW PRISONERS WERE RELEASED WHILE HANDING HIMSELF BACK TO LEGAL AUTHORITY

KASHO HOLLAND -COLE ARRESTED

Waterloo Police led by the Support Officer initiated a search at the residence of Chairman Kasho J Holland-Cole. They alleged that Chairman Kasho Cole is in possession of arms and ammunition, as well as the harboring escaped prisoners from Pademba Road Prison.

This action came after thorough searches were conducted on his family houses in Ibo Town, Waterloo.

Searches were also conducted at his house in John Obey, Peninsular.

Kasho J. Holland Cole is the District Council Chairman of the Western Area Rural District Council who also double as the Regional Chairman of the All People’s Congress – Western Region.

Such allegations in a critical security moment in the country is Coming from unpatriotic individuals that wish to bring the good name of Chairman Kasho Cole into disrepute and tarnish his hard earned name and career in the country.

Chairman Kasho Cole is a law abiding and peace loving Sierra Leonean that has deligently served the country and still serving the country with commitment and utmost sincerity.

All the officers executed were either

unarmed or putting up no resistance.

AIG Alfred Karrow Kamara declared wanted

APC Sheriff, who was released from jail, arrested by residents of Gloucester Village

Captain TL Konteh has been identified/ named as the head of the alleged anti-govenment military operations in Freetown on 26 November 2023. He is yet to be arrested. He is the son of the APC Chairman Kabala. The people of Sierra Leone will surely win. *Ya Allah, we submit this country into Your Hands, guide and protect us against all odds🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿*

 

Leather Boot’s estranged wife Sallay Fofanah who is currently living in one of the Regimanuel Gray Flats in Goderich is a Mandingo from Bo district and this lady is parading herself as Maada Bio’s adopted sister Bio has given two presidential appointments which were withdrawn from her…Sallay Fofanah was in an open relationship with GK after GK was apprehended in Liberia and jailed in the US she started dating Leather Boot and later they got married

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