On April 30, 2020 , a violent protest took place in Lunsar, Northern district of Sierra Leone which left millions of properties destroyed and many lives lost will continue to linger on in the mind of many people with memories of gory tales which took everybody by surprise. The riot which was due to the revocation of the mining agreement of government with the Sierra Mining company who have been mining in that area for almost a decade. The youth of the community felt that the revocation of the license of the Sierra Mining Company will cause unemployment within the community and the country as a whole. The Paramount Chief PC Koblo Queen was found to be supporting the government over the issue of revocation of the mining license of SIERRA MINING COMPANY. Alhaji Sesay happens to be the leader of the youth wing of the ALL PEOPLE CONGRESS party and Lunsar being one of the stronghold of the opposition ALL PEOPLES CONGRESS party
Most people in the Lunsar township are of the view that the chief was not working in the interest of the community. They accused him of self- aggrandizement, and this accusation was at the totem pole of the frustrations against the chief. Things came to a tipping point when rumors were making the rounds that the chief was planning to allow a phone company to install a 5G pole in a village close to Lunsar. Rumors were disseminated amongst the youths that 5G is a carrier of COVID-19 and other cyber sickness. To this end, two of the self-ascribed youth leaders,Mr. Kabba and his deputy, Alhaji Sesay , sent a threatening audio to the chief promising to burn his house if the 5G pole were installed. The Chief went to the police station and lodged a complaint. The two leaders were later arrested and detained by the police.
The incarceration of Mr. Kabba and Alhaji Sesay angered the youths, so they stormed the police and forcefully freed the two youth leaders. After a prolonged and wild uproar and confusion, a riot broke out which later culminated to the senseless loss of lives and the wanton destruction of properties, including the chief’s house and the burning of his expensive vehicles.
At this point, the Chief had to run for his life. Security reinforcement came from Freetown to doused the ensuing protest and for two days the situation was brought to normalcy. The Sierra Police therefore declared Mr. Kabba and Alhaji Sesay wanted for incitement leading to the riot which had led to many destruction of lives and properties and to date Alhaji Sesay is yet to be found
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