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Lansana Dumbuya, General Secretary of the All People’s Congress (APC), has responded critically to recent statements made by Chief Minister Dr. David Moinina Sengeh regarding the status of detainees.
Dumbuya claims there are discrepancies in the information provided by the government and accuses Dr. Sengeh of misleading the public.
In a statement, Dumbuya highlighted inconsistencies in the list of detainees’ locations and statuses provided by the Director of Prisons.
“Based on the APC list of detainees re Resolution 4(a), the Director of Prisons presented details of detainees’ current locations and status. In verifying that information, we have noticed discrepancies in the list submitted. The Chief Minister’s information to the public is misleading,” Dumbuya wrote.
This dispute follows a recent update on Resolution 4 of the Agreement for National Unity. Chief Minister Dr. David Moinina Sengeh reaffirmed the government’s commitment to transparency, stating, “As a Government, we have always committed ourselves to transparency in implementing the resolutions in the Agreement for National Unity we signed with the All Peoples Congress (APC). As Chief Negotiator for the Government, I get regular updates which I have a responsibility to share with the public.”
Dr. Sengeh detailed the implementation of Resolution 3 and provided an update on Resolution 4, which focuses on reviewing cases of individuals detained for allegedly politically motivated reasons. According to Dr. Sengeh, out of the 318 individuals listed by the APC, the review found:
15 people on the list are currently in custody.
108 escaped from detention during the failed coup attempt on November 26, 2023.
3 military officers alleged to be part of the coup were released and reinstated after investigations.
53 individuals served jail terms unrelated to elections and have been released.
65 individuals were discharged after paying court-ordered fines unrelated to elections.
14 individuals were released on bail.
51 names on the list were never in custody.
9 names were duplicated.
“This is what we mean when we say we will govern with an open book,” Dr. Sengeh asserted. “President Bio expects transparency, accountability, and direct engagement with our people who we serve. It is why we believe that together #WeWillDeliver.”
Reflecting on his first year in office, Dr. Sengeh noted key achievements, including the handover of the Cross-Party Committee on Electoral Systems and Management Bodies Review Report and the establishment of a coordination structure to implement the Tripartite Report on Electoral Systems and Management Bodies Review.
A historic agreement featuring about 80 shared recommendations was signed on July 1, 2024, and presented to President Dr. Julius Maada Bio by Dr. Samura Kamara, Leader of the Opposition APC Party, and Chief Minister Moinina David Sengeh.
“discrepancies,” “inconsistencies” and “misleading,” are the terms used here by Lansana Dumbuya about David Sengeh. But Lansana Dumbuya failed to tell us, from all that David Sengeh highlighted, which have discrepancies, which have inconsistencies and which are misleading. Can Lansana Dumbuya please come back and analyse them for us?
Some people feel that they are the only persons that went to school and can fool the whole people . Lansana Dumbuya is just one but he can only fool his illiterate and gullible supporters who have no future .
It’s either Lansana Dumbuya is frustrated or the writer is confused because he words Inconsistencies/ Misleading/ Discrepancies were only used to satisfy their brainwashed tolongbo functional illiterates.
Why didn’t pinpoint or clearly state further.?
Today I am fully convinced that the APC Secretary General Lansana Dumbuya is a criminal and complete idiot.
How can any sensible person, especially one who claims to be a lawyer levy such serious allegations against someone without substantiating them with facts? His funny looking coconut head is full of rubbish .
I am tired with salon politics and some journalist. Politician talk, you publish without facts?show us the discrepancies now.
Lansana Dumbuya should have gone to jail long time ago, but the law we have in Sierra Leone is so lenient, that is he always open his dirty mouth and pollute the nation. Please, close up your dishonesty heart and go to your village if you have one.