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After Adebayor, a Sierra Leonean based in Holland, made threatening remarks calling for a one-day sit-at-home strike followed by a two-day demonstration to remove perceived obstacles, Epic Radio invited the National Publicity Secretary of the main opposition party, All Peoples Congress (APC), Sidi Yahya Tunis, to address the issue.
Since Adebayor is believed to be a staunch supporter of the APC, Epic Radio sought to ascertain whether he was acting on the party’s orders, considering that the APC had not publicly disassociated themselves from Adebayo’s rhetoric.
During the Epic Morning Show, Tunis made it abundantly clear that they had repeatedly distanced themselves from Adebayor and anyone endorsing violence. He emphasized that claims suggesting otherwise were dishonest. Tunis emphasized that the APC is a party that promotes and supports peace, evident in their restraint despite facing numerous attacks from the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party.
Tunis reiterated that Adebayor is not a member of the APC, and Adebayo himself has refuted claims of his affiliation with the party. Tunis asserted that Adebayo’s actions were unrelated to the APC; rather, they represented the concerns of citizens. He stated that the citizens have grievances with the ECSL (presumably referring to a specific entity or institution), and it is their right to demonstrate.
“If he is advocating for what the majority of the people are advocating for, it should not be politicized. As a government, you should not dismiss the people’s demands and instead tie them to politics. That is unfortunate,” Tunis remarked.
Moreover, Tunis expressed disappointment that the real issues were being ignored, highlighting the lack of journalists and civil society groups holding the government accountable for injustices against APC members. He pointed out instances where Samura Kamara, an APC member, had been teargassed multiple times without significant scrutiny or consequences.
Tunis concluded by questioning why people were solely condemning Adebayor instead of directing their condemnation towards the government and the Sierra Leone People’s Party. He questioned whether the lives of APC members were deemed insignificant.
Thank you very sir for your response
It is obvious that what Tunis is saying is a blatant lie and that they are all (APC) supporting Adebayoh. When he said the interest of the majority what majority is he referring to in this case? Because the population of the APC is just 0.06% so what majority is he talking about? APC for now is a big mess and until they do the right thing nothing works for them.
I pitty APC to be in opposition for the next 5 years. Na herdup go kill una. Babu yaiooooo Samura Kamara.
Hmmmm, God help we
Only those that do not want to hear the truth will not be happy with the response of this great man.
It’s only those that are blinded by color, money, or personal interest will not support this man.
Who says people should not protest for their rights?
Gentleman are you saying for the next five years? The next 5 yrs is Maada’s. APC party is going to be in opposition for the next 20yrs by then those good for nothing folks
in the APC party who do not want this country to progress for the benefit of us all would have disappeared from the political scene or totally out of Oblivion.
This guys don’t want the betterment of this country that is why they are calling for protest and some fools from the APC party are supporting adebayoh’s idea of misleading future leaders.
This people who call themselves APC, are blind to the truth especially the team ‘a’ . All their thinking is for their selfish interests. If the so called criminals son of highway is not an APC, then why did Chenor Bah(chewie coco travel his relatives to Guinea?. What Data do they want?, because they were the same people how told their supporters not to redo voters registers. As they are in Opposition, they will never rule Sierra Leone AGAIN.
Na hard up go kill we all.