Lawyer Writes Chief of Defense Staff About Attacks on Freetown’s Mayor

JFK and Partners, lawyers for Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyer and Lansana Dumbuya, Esq. has written to the chief defence staff about unprovoked attacks by Armed forces personnel on their clients in a letter dated 24^th February 2023.

The letter further titled ‘’Alleged systematic and unprovoked attacks on civilians perpetrated by armed forces personnel deployed at the presidential lodge checkpoint on 22^nd February 2023’’ in which they write on the instructions of their clients Lansana Dumbuya, Esq. Secretary-General of the All Peoples’ Congress party (APC) and the Mayor of the Freetown municipality, Yvonne Aki-Sawyer.

They implore the Chief Defense Staff to take appropriate measures to reassure the public and allay fears of a compromised military.

Below is the full release;