Hon. Chericoco Speaks On LAJ's Issue

 Hon. Chernor M. Bah Breaks Silence On LAJ's inhumane treatment.

"This is an embarrassing action by the Police," Hon. Chericoco.

"The Force For Good that we use to know, that the British Government spent a lot of money on has disappeared," Hon. Bah.

 By: Musa Kamara

The Leader of the main Opposition party in Parliament, Hon. Chernor M. Bah has condemn the conduct of the Sierra Leone Police over the arrest and detention of popular Musician, Amadu Bah (LAJ).

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 has detain 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 LAJ, 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 SOP. What SOP are we talking about? An SOP overriding the Constitution?" Hon. Bah stressed that, we must protect the human rights of each and every citizen, "irrespective of your tribe, region or your political affiliation," he maintained. 

Hon. Bah stated that, "the police is 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 went to Parliament twice beaten 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.