The Leader of the main Opposition party in Parliament, Hon Chernor Maju Bah aka Chericoco has condemned the conduct of the Sierra Leone Police over the arrest and detention of popular Musician, Aalhaji Amadou Bah (Boss LA).
The Honorable Member, speaking to AYV’s Prime Time news, narrated the recent conduct of the police in Constituency 056, where a Bye-election campaign is ongoing. He highlighted how the police have treated some certain set of people “parading with machetes, threatening to kill, videos of people in Constituency 056 wearing military attires” with impunity, but the police choose to invite 4 of APC MPs and have detained over 10 of their members yet to be charged to court, for no clear reason.
“The Police is been used as a tool of oppression,” Hon. Bah said.
Commenting on the arrest of Boss LA, Hon Bah stated that, after all the rumors of LAJ’s dreadlocks being cut off, injected with a certain red substance, denied access to see his family and lawyers, “just for the police to say on Saturday that, it’s their Standard Operation Procedures (SOP). What SOP are we talking about? An SOP overriding the Constitution?” Hon. Bah stressed that we must protect the human rights of every citizen, “irrespective of your tribe, region or your political affiliation,” he maintained.
Hon Bah stated “the police are causing problems in Sierra Leone. They are not matching up to what they are expected to do.” He said this is not new as the police had gone to Parliament twice to beat up Members of Parliament, “but for them to go this low, in cutting the hair of an individual, who is entitled to his human rights, it’s an embarrassment to our democracy, it’s a shame and it’s a challenge to our human rights. These things should not happen,” Hon. Bah lamented.
He expressed hope that, the Government would call the police to book, and that, the President, through the Vice President, who is the head of the Police Council to address this menace. “But actions must be taken against those individuals who perpetrated these inhuman acts,” he ended.
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