Alleged Gang Rape in Kono, 4 Men at Large

At least four men believed to be relatives of the town Chief of Kangahun at Yaemor section in Gbane Chiefdom, Kono District Chief Gbandeh are on the run for allegedly gang-raping a seventeen-year-old girl name withheld which incident took place on 5th January 2023.

According to A-Z Multimedia, the survivor of the alleged gang rape maintained that she is a pupil in Koidu City but went on holiday to her grandmother in Gbane Chiefdom, Kono District nothing that on the 5th of January 2023 at around 8:00 pm. She left her house to attend to nature and whilst going, she found out that the men’s society has overtaken the whole town and it was very difficult for her to either return or further her steps.

She noted that it was during that process she saw a man on the veranda of one of the neighboring houses to her place who asked her to enter where he was to save her life as a girl and non-member of the Poro Society.

The seventeen-year-old girl pointed out that as soon as she entered the said house, she saw another three men who gang-raped her. Meanwhile, reports have had it that the following morning whilst investigating the said matter Tamba Lamin the elder brother of the survivor who went into a nearby bush of Kangahun town was also beaten by some of the fugitives until when he regained consciousness at a health center where he was responding to treatment.