Sylvia Olayinka Blyden, a prominent member of the Board of Governors at the Prince of Wales (POW) School, while expressing gratitude to the Chief Minister, Dr. David Moinina Sengeh, and the Freetown City Mayor, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr for marching alongside her during the school’s recent March Past event, contended that the beefing between her and the Chief Minister is still on.

The occasion, marking a 100th anniversary for the school, was filled with excitement as local officials joined the frontline procession. Blyden explained, “The organization committee agreed with their request so they were allowed to join us in the first line in their capacity as State officials wanting to march in the front line.”

In response to some social media questions raised on her page, she confirmed that while the Chief Minister had mistakenly stepped on her toes during the March Past, she chose to overlook the incident in light of the day’s significance. “It is not every year that a school turns 100,” she remarked.

Sylvia acknowledged an ongoing tension between herself and the Chief Minister, emphasizing that he has yet to speak out against false accusations made about her late mother. “Don’t forget that Chief Minister has still not come out to publicly denounce his people who broadcast those egregious lies about my late Mother in her grave. So the beefing is still on,” she stated, underscoring her complicated relationship with the Chief Minister despite their shared participation in the celebration.

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Blyden highlighted her own role within the school’s structure, stating, “I am a member of the most senior entity at the Prince Of Wales school – the Board of Governors. It means I am part of the architectural hierarchy of Prince of Wales school so automatically, I get to march at the lead of the March Past.”

She noted that it was Chief Minister Sengeh who nominated her to serve on the Board two years ago when he was the Education Minister. Even though he is no longer in that position, she expressed appreciation for his presence, as well as that of Mayor Aki-Sawyerr, saying, “I appreciated the two of them joining the lead line today as it added aura to our school.”

Blyden concluded by emphasizing the unique involvement of local officials, reminding all that “when we discuss schools, we will count Prince of Wales as being the one which brought the Freetown Mayor out to march and the rest of mankind schools don’t have that grace to bluff with.”