Subject: Governor Clarkson's Prayer for Sierra Leone
From: DR. MICHEL SHO-SAWYER
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Date Posted: 14:49:54 07/27/07 ()
Email Address: michel_sawyer@yahoo.com
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Governor Clarkson's Prayer for Sierra Leone
O Lord, I beseech Thee favorably to hear the prayer of him who wishes to be Thy servant, and pardon him for presuming to address Thee from this sacred place. O God, I know my own infinity and unworthiness, and I know Thine abundant mercies to those who wish to be guided by thy will. Support me. O Lord, with thy heavenly grace, and to enable me to conduct myself through this earthly life that my actions may be consistent with the words I have uttered this day. Thou knowest that I am now about to depart from this place, and to leave the people whom it has pleased Thee to entrust to my care. Guide them, O merciful God, in the paths of truth and let not a few wicked men among us draw down Thy vengeance upon this Colony.
In graft into their hearts a proper sense of duty, and enable them through Thy grace to conduct themselves as Christians, that they may not come to Thy house without that pleasing emotion which every grateful man must feel when paying adoration to the Author of life. But I have a great reason to fear, O Lord, that many who frequent thy church do not approach thy presence as becomes them, and that they may partly be compared to the Scribes. Pharisees, and hypocrites. Pardon, O God, their infirmities, and as thou knowest their weakness from the manner in which they have formerly been treated, and the little opportunity they have had of knowing thy will and getting acquainted with the merits of thy Son, our saviour Jesus Christ look down upon them with an eye of mercy and suffer them not to incur thy displeasure, after they have had an opportunity of being instructed in the ways of thy commandments.
Bless, O Lord, the inhabitants of this vast continent, and incline their hearts towards us that they may more readily listen to our advice and doctrines, and that we may conduct ourselves towards them as to convince them of the happiness we enjoy under thy almighty protection. Banish from this Colony, O Lord all heathenish superstition and let the inhabitants know that thou art the only true Lord in which we live and move and have our being. If these people who protest thy religion will not be assured of thy superior power, convince them. O God, of Thine anger for their profession without their practice, for thou knowest I brought them here in hopes of making them and their families happy, both in this world and to all eternity.
But I fear they may not be governed by my advice, and that they themselves and their children forever by their perverse and general behavior. I entreat thee not to let their evil example ruin the great cause in which we have embarked, but I would rather see that place in ashes and every wicked person destroyed, than that the chance we have now an opportunity of bringing to the light and knowledge of thy holy religion should, from the wickedness of a few individuals will continue in their accustomed darkness and barbarism. They know that I have universally talked of their apparent virtue the goodness, and have praised thy name for having permitted me to be the servant employed in so great and glorious a cause. If I have been deceived, I am sorry for it, and may thy will be done; but I implore thee to accept the sincerity of my intentions and my best endeavours to improve the talent committed to my case. Only pardon the intuity of my nature, and I will trust to thy mercy.
Should any person have a wicked thought in his heart or do anything knowledge to disturb the peace and comfort of our Colony, let him be rooted our O God, from off the face of the earth; but have mercy upon him hereafter.
Were I to utter all that my heart now indicates, no time would be sufficient for any praise and thanksgiving for all the mercies. Thou has vouchsafed to show me, but as thou art acquainted with every secret of my heart, accept my thoughts for thanks. I have no words left to express my gratitude and resignation to thy will. I entreat thee, O God, if nothing I can say will convince these people of thy power and goodness, make use of me in anyway thou pleasest, to make an atonement for their guilt. This is an awful and I fear too presumptuous, a request; yet if it should be thy will that I should lay down my life for the cause I have embarked in, assist me, O Lord with thy support, that I may resign it in such a manner as to convince these unbelieving people that thou art God indeed. May the heart of this Colony, O Lord, imbibe the spirit of meekness, gentleness, and truth; and may they henceforth live in unity and godly love, following as far as the weakness of their mortal natures will admit, that most excellent and faultless pattern which thou hast given us in thy Son our Saviors, Jesus Christ, to whom with thee and the Holy Spirit be all honor and glory, now and forever. Amen.
Subject: GOVERNMENT BODY GUARDS FOR TOM N.IF AUTHENTIC WHY?
From: MUSA KAMARA
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Date Posted: 14:48:17 07/27/07 ()
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Is it part of the constitution to render body guards to private individuals?Is the government abusing our limited financial resources?Who is Tom N to the Republic of Sierra-Leone?What I know about this fellow is that,he is a deportee from the US for domestic violence.Please I need a brief and precise answer.
Subject: Re: GOVERNMENT BODY GUARDS FOR TOM N.IF AUTHENTIC WHY?
From: CHIEFDOM ELDERS
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Date Posted: 14:55:39 07/27/07 ()
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WHY NOT CONTACT THE GOVERNMENT OF SIERRA LEONE DIRECTLY...OR IS THE FORUM A REPRESENTATIVE OF THAT GOVERNMENT???????????????????????????????
Subject: Re: GOVERNMENT BODY GUARDS FOR TOM N.IF AUTHENTIC WHY?
From: MUSA KAMARA
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Date Posted: 14:58:45 07/27/07 ()
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DO you think the government can give an answer?dont be naive boy.
Subject: WHAT IS THE APC'S POSITION ON THIS ARTICLE ?
From: Dr. CHARLES CURTIS-THOMAS
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Date Posted: 12:56:01 07/27/07 ()
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APC, Ernest Koroma, & the Rebirth of Ekutay
By Sia Tiyaama of the SLPP
Jul 17, 2007, 20:30 Email this article
It has been argued in various quarters that Ernest Koroma has been dishonest all along when he said the APC party is new and that he is trying to change the image of the party. When Ernest Koroma started his campaign, he preached change and forward looking agenda. Lately, the true color of Ernest Koroma and his APC party is illuminated with such scary brilliance of violence and corruption that even Stevie Wonder could see the dangers lurking around the corner if the people of Sierra Leone make the mistake of voting for him and APC. Why does Ernest Koroma not tell us that he is just a paper tiger with the E.T. Kamaras, Abdulai Contehs, Sanie Sesays, and all the Ekutay cabal waiting in the wings to come finish off Sierra Leone? Ernest Koroma preached unity but the sooner the Temnes fell for his deceit, they realized albeit very late that the Ekutay cabal is once more in control. What are the ramifications of all this? Why all of a sudden is Ernest Koroma telling us he will bring back the rule of Siaka Stevens and Joseph Saidu Momoh? Wake up Sierra Leone, Ernest Koroma is reviving Ekutay right under your noses and the revival of Ekutay would be the closest we get to Fascism. In this piece, we shall examine Ernest Koroma’s audacity to tell us he will take us back to the dark days of APC. We shall also examine what that means for a district like Tonkolili especially in this crucial election wherein a son of the Tonkolili soil is the running mate of SLPP.
What Back to Power Really Means
One of the past APC slogans was "defending champions". The Back to Power slogan now used by APC is loaded with variegated meaning. There have always been internecine struggles in the APC between the Temnes and the Limbas. The Temnes believe they were responsible for the success of the APC by their share numbers. The Limba on the other hand claim ownership of the APC because Siaka Stevens, a Limba, founded the party. According to APC insiders, S.I. Koroma a Temne and C.A. Kamara-Taylor a Limba never got along and never liked each other. They were always trying to out do each other for the benefit of their ethnic group. Such struggle played out in many constituency politics. One case in point was the elections in East III constituency between F. B. Turay a Limba and Issa Jalloh, a Temne-Fullah. The story is that Kamara-Taylor was out of town when S. I. Koroma machinated the defeat of a Limba. These struggles came to a head when Siaka Stevens decided to hand power over to Joseph Saidu Momoh instead of the constitutionally mandated successor S. I. Koroma. Momoh in turn cemented the grip of the Limbas by promoting a tribal organization Ekutay. The creation of Ekutay marginalized and alienated all other ethnic groups in the country. For the first time in the history of Sierra Leone, a sitting government institutionalized a tribal organization. Membership to Ekutay ensured promotion, job security, and criminal impunity. The Limbas in APC in general and Ernest Koroma and the other APC hounds in particular miss the unfettered power they enjoyed. As a result, they want to revive Ekutay if they get back to power. Ekutay is already revived within the APC. As you can tell, Ekutay stalwarts like E. T. Kamara and others are now very active ever since the Temnes like Serry-Kamal and Edie Turay were pushed out. So for Ernest Koroma it is back to power for Ekutay, back to power for corruption, back to power for murder and back to power for hooliganism and violence.
Ernest Koroma’s Audacity?
The more one reads Ernest Koroma’s promise to take Sierra Leone back to the days of APC, the more one is alarmed. How can someone in their right mind tell Sierra Leoneans he would take them back to their nightmare? Is this share audacity or foolhardiness? If it is audacity, then Ernest Koroma must have the lowest respect for the Sierra Leonean’s intelligence. Who ever told Koroma that the majority of Sierra Leoneans long for that past? Who told Ernest Koroma Sierra Leoneans long for the days when his Ekutay cabal would take the only fire engine to Binkolo to wet the roadways while PZ burnt to the ground? Whoever told Ernest Koroma Sierra Leoneans want to go back to the days when APC thugs would attack, vandalize press houses, and brutalize journalists. Whoever told Ernest Koroma Sierra Leoneans want to go back to the days when bright sons of a single district Tonkolili would be marked for elimination? Whoever told Ernest Koroma Sierra Leoneans want Victor Voucher gate Foh back in government? Whoever told Ernest Koroma Sierra Leoneans want to go back to the days of the APC when a Vice President would be falsely implicated in a coup, executed and his position given to the attorney general who prosecuted him? Who ever told Ernest Koroma Sierra Leoneans want to go back to the days when Ginger Hall was burnt down by APC thugs? Who told Ernest Koroma Sierra Leoneans want to go back to the days when APC thugs killed many people in Sanda (that incident was dubbed the Sanda Massacre by Mohammed Sorie Forna) Mr. Ernest Koroma, in case you do not know, no one wants those days. Sierra Leoneans are better off continuing with the present dispensation than have your hungry wolves tear the country apart.
Ramifications of APC coming back to power
The ramifications of APC coming back to power cannot be over emphasized. Sierra Leone would have made the same mistake twice in her short post-independence history. The APC rally was just a preamble of what they have in store for unsuspecting civilians. Reports from Freetown indicate that the true color of APC hooliganism was evident for all to see. According to eyewitnesses, APC hooligans at their rally looked like rabid dogs. They had nothing pleasant to offer the people but violence and threats of violence. This should remind all peace loving Sierra Leoneans about the violence unleashed on innocent civilians during the misrule of the APC. These are the same hooligans the APC will hire to terrorize Sierra Leoneans. Make no mistake; there is nothing new about the APC. Wake up Sierra Leone, back to power means no press freedom; back to power means unleashing the rabid hooligans on the populace; back to power means violence against students; back to power means trumped up charges and subsequent execution of political opponents, just as they did the stars of Tonkolili-Mohammed Sorie Forna and the Taqi brothers; back to power means killing bank governors like Sam Bangura, another star of Tonkolili that was snuffed out. If Sierra Leoneans want all these, then vote for Ernest Koroma and APC. However, if Sierra Leoneans want to live in peace, freedom of the press, appropriate development, then continue with SLPP and vote in Solomon Berewa.
Crucial Elections
Now that Ernest Koroma has let the cat out of the bag that he would take Sierra Leone back to the days of APC, Sierra Leoneans must reject the APC and their lies of reform. If Sierra Leoneans want the days of the APC back, the days that were so bad that we descended into civil war, then by all means vote for Ernest Koroma and the APC. However, if Sierra Leoneans want the efforts such as achieving peace, building democratic institutions, building schools in every chiefdom, rehabilitating and building new hospitals, reconstructing roads, unfettered press freedom, unfettered freedom of association, ethnic balance in national appointments and accountability, then by all means vote for Solomon Berewa and the SLPP.
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Subject: Re: WHAT IS THE APC'S POSITION ON THIS ARTICLE ?
From: Cornelius Hamelberg
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Date Posted: 13:40:58 07/27/07 ()
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Sia Tiyaama, you are not a spokesman for the APC, so let the APC speak for itself.
I am not impressed by your spate of articles (perhaps because I have never written one myself, I don’t know what you are about. Well, we all know that you would like to turn minds and hearts away from the APC, but to what?
SO why not leave the APC alone- these few days that you have left to campaign, and dwell on your party programme instead?
And stop dwelling in that past. Yes, we know about some of it – know a more about Nazi Germany, and fascist Italy and about 20, 000,000 Russians lives that were sacrificed during the 2nd World war, and about Mao’s China – same political party in existence in China today, and sometimes I am on the brink of telling someone to SHUT UP.
WE are facing the future. Sometimes it’s like Rome is burning and all you are still yapping about the past.
It’s like Lansana Gberie writing “I chanced to read the report by IFES (the International Foundation for Electoral Systems) on the 2004 local council elections in Sierra Leone. The report revealed widespread irregularities, so widespread and egregious indeed that it has since not been released to the public.”
" It"whatever "it" is, is supposed to be "secret" and then he talks about it - to inflict maximum damage on his enemy,the APC. "Immense plaesure" indeed - the hypocrite.
Oh yeah, “widespread irregularities, so widespread and egregious indeed that it has since not been released to the public.”
Well there are people who are more informed - even about diamonds - who could also write about dossiers of CORRUPTION that have not been revealed to the general public of which he is an ignorant part.
And what does he have to say about that – now – or after the elections?
Well, there are some people who have more self-control than he does. That’s all – and who probably love all of Sierra Leone and Sierra Leoneans - of everywhere, than he does, that is all.
So Mr. or Ms Tiyaama – you may ask questions, answer them, but stop harassing the APC in this way. You too could be harassed and would not be able to reply. In fact you impound only be able to regret – like Tom Nyuma regrets that he had not stayed in a different hotel room with his girlfriend, and that’s why he has a swollen head.
This is 2007.
This is not pre-war Europe and we now have what is called the EU. Do you know about the EU? It is one of the major cash donors to your country.
You know, once upon a time, there was the Ottoman Empire. Professor Jan Hjarpe - with his sociological approach to presenting Islam, in Sweden, would sometimes introduced his subject by telling his audience that up till 1918, Sweden used to pay Jiziya tax to Turkey ( for safe passage on the saes etc) Syria, Palestine etc was all under the jurisdiction of Turkey …. And today it is the same Turkey that wants to be a member of the EU.
So please stop living in the unproductive past. This is the present. BE HERE NOW.
Subject: IS THIS NOT TANTAMOUNT TO LIBEL ?
From: Dr. CHARLES CURTIS-THOMAS
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Date Posted: 12:52:21 07/27/07 ()
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Posted by Jamba Haide on July 26, 2007 at 15:08:09:
In Reply to: Re: REFRESHING ALIEU ISCANDRI'S MEMORY: A.P.C. 1968-92 posted by ALPHA SAIDU BANGURA on July 26, 2007 at 08:33:22:
According to the Hon. A.S. Bangura:
"He [Alieu] does not even know that he is not qualified to hold any public office in our country because he has a CRIMINAL RECORD. Alieu was put in JAIL for the POSSESSION OF COCAINE and WEED [jamba](which is a SERIOUS CRIME) in California. He was also checked into a MENTAL HEALTH and DRUGS REHABILITATION CENTER in CA."
Is that the reason he was fired by Mr. Crane at the UN-Special Court - SL? And so easily prone to be VULGAR with no shame or remorse in a public domain? And why he was homeless at one time in his life over there? Is this why he is PIMPING our sisters over there? To buy more of that STUFF? Ee sorry oh!! Aye Papa God do yah help this APC boy yah so.
Subject: Re: IS THIS NOT TANTAMOUNT TO LIBEL ?
From: M. ALIEU ISCANDARI ESQ
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Date Posted: 13:23:00 07/27/07 ()
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THE REPUBLICATION OF AN OBVIOUSLY LIBELOUS STATEMENT IS ITSELF LIBEL SUBJECTING THE POSTER TO AN ACTION FOR LIBEL.
i WANT TO MAKE CLEAR TO YOU THAT YOU HAVE CONTINUED THE LIBEL AGAINST MY PERSON AND MY REPUTATION. I DO NOT HAVE A CRIMINAL RECORD IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND YOU CONTINUED PUBLICATION OF THESE LIBELOUS STATEMENTS ARE CAUSING GREAT EMOTIONAL DAMAGE TO ME AND MY FAMILY.
I WAS NEVER TERMINATED FOR ANY REASON BY THE SPECIAL COURT AND I WILLINGLY REFUSED TO RENEW MY CONTRACT WITH THE COURT FOR PERSONAL REASONS. I HAVE ALSO NEVER CHECKED IN TO OR BEEN A PATIENT OF ANY MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTION IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. MY RECORDS ARE CLEAR AND AVAILABLE FOR ALL TO SEE. CONVICTED FELONS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PRACTICE LAW IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
I HAVE ALSO NEVER BEEN HOMELESS IN MY LIFE BECAUSE I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A RESPONSIBLE PERSON. YOU CONTINUE TO WRONG ME AND YIOUR ACTIONS ARE NOT APPRECIATED.
I WOULD LIKE TO BRING THIS POST AND OTHERS TO THE ATTENTION OF THE MODERATOR OF THIS FORUM.
Subject: Re: IS THIS NOT TANTAMOUNT TO LIBEL ?
From: Dr. C. CURTIS-THOMAS
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Date Posted: 13:35:19 07/27/07 ()
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My defense is that I was trying to find out whether the article was/is true...Under the constitutional law of the USA (and I am proud to report that I am a citizen of this great country) I have a constitutional right to ask a question which I did.
For OUR education, please refer us to the part of the law that says "reposting" a libelous material is libel. Of course to win agains me you will first have to win against the originator of the article...I WAS MERELY ASKING A QUESTION.
HAVE A SAFR WEEKEND, SIR.
Subject: Bunbuna !!! JULY 2008 IS HERE
From: Albert Mionina
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Date Posted: 12:35:47 07/27/07 ()
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If my recollection is correct, the SLPP Government or some official had stated that the Bunbuna Hydro Power would be completed by JULY 2008.
I kindly ask the SLPP Government to account for the status of this project.
Thank you.
Subject: Re: Bunbuna !!! JULY 2008 IS HERE
From: Amadu koroma
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Date Posted: 14:35:00 07/27/07 ()
Email Address: bigamad2001@yahoo.com
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I believe pa kabba should have resigned before the end of his term. most of the thi gs he promised siera loeneans were a white elephant... no food securuty, no bumbumna, not to mention the lungi bribge
Subject: Re: Bunbuna !!! JULY 2007/8 IS HERE
From: alieu sesay
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Date Posted: 12:38:11 07/27/07 ()
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You mean 2007? If you mean 08 then Berewa will make good on that promise.
Subject: Re: Bunbuna !!! JULY 2007/8 IS HERE
From: Albert Moinina
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Date Posted: 12:43:33 07/27/07 ()
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Thank you for the correction. It is meant to be 2007
Subject: COCORIOKO FRONT PAGE GONE BLANK. UPDATE PROBLEM
From: POLITICAL
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Date Posted: 11:10:44 07/27/07 ()
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I checked cocorioko this morning and I find out the front page only carried a picture of the soldiers and when I refreshed it it went blank. They are strongling for updating every time.
Subject: Re: COCORIOKO FRONT PAGE GONE BLANK. UPDATE PROBLEM
From: foday mansaray
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Date Posted: 13:08:35 07/27/07 ()
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Again,we ask for everyone Patience.If we don't update
people complain and when we do, people still bark.
When are we going to get some compliment from real people.What did say your name was? POLITICAL.
Show your love and send some appreciation.
Peace.
Subject: Re: COCORIOKO FRONT PAGE GONE BLANK. UPDATE PROBLEM
From: KABS KANU
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Date Posted: 12:33:52 07/27/07 ()
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No, we are not struggling to update .Rather, we are updating frequently because we have a deluge of articles .The page is not blank now.
Subject: Let us pray
From: Cornelius Hamelberg
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Date Posted: 09:01:48 07/27/07 ()
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I came across this
" i think you should also pray that it does not rain on Aug. 10-12"
THis video ( Bamabay Lans Kamara the open-minded will understand it most) has explained to me what Tribal-ism is not - but wherever there are poeple, there are groupings, and wherever there are persons, people, peoples, groupings, even one country & one people, there are
Subject: Rtd Lt.Col Tom Nyuma and Mr. Ernest Bai Koroma.
From: Bazooka Conteh
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Date Posted: 07:57:57 07/27/07 ()
Email Address: salonedude@hotmail.com
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Sierra Leoneans are now counting the days until the election on August 11.
I know that tremendous effort has gone into preaching tolerance in Sierra Leone,but there are many Sierra Leoneans who are unwilling or perhaps find it hard to walk down this road of tolerance. I know and I understand how it feels for a great many Sierra Leoneans especially in view of our personal experiences during the rebel war. But the only way to get through this is to forgive. And remember that forgiveness is not the same as "excusing and forgetting".
" Forgiveness judges a wrong action as wrong, but does not condemn the wrongdoer,
It cancels but never ignores the debt another owes,
it is not a matter of forgetting painful hurts, but of being freed from the pain of the past. Forgiveness removes only the pain of injury, not the memory of it."
Things are not going too well in Sierra Leone and I am worried by the little incidents of violence in the country. The incident in Bo between rtd Lt.Col Tom Nyuma and the presidential candidate of the APC, Mr. Ernest Bai Koroma, is one such incident that could have blown into chaos; but praise God, grace came into play and the matter subsided.
There are differing accounts of what happened, but before accepting any of them, we need to exercise caution and patience until the police conclude the investigation. What troules me however is the blame heaped on the hotel staff for placing rtd. Lt.Col Nyuma in a room next to Mr. Bai koroma. The two gentlemen men may well belong to different political parties, but they are not enemies. If they, by sheer coincidence or whatever, happen to be on the same hotel floor, they should at best smile at each other or in the very least ignore each other. I know that this is where tolerance begins.
Bazooka Conteh.
Stockholm, Sweden.
Subject: Re: Rtd Lt.Col Tom Nyuma and Mr. Ernest Bai Koroma.
From: Jack Bauer
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Date Posted: 12:19:08 07/27/07 ()
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Correct for five points!
Subject: BAZOOKA THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT TOM NYUMA FELT
From: okdok
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Date Posted: 11:31:46 07/27/07 ()
Email Address: okdok@yahoo.com
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i HOPE YOU READ WHAT TOLD THE JONALIST THAT HE TOUGHT THEY OF DIFFERENT PARTIES BUT THEY MIGHT BE FRIENDS.BUT HO APC WITH THERE POWER DRUNK,THEY WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND WHAT GENTLE MEANS
Subject: The North, Western area and Kono say no to SLPP
From: Salone boy
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Date Posted: 05:04:27 07/27/07 ()
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Forumites, the SLPP is playing a mind game to steal tghe lections. The SLPP has put modalities in place to rig the elctions. The passing out ceremony of newly army recruits is one of the tools Kabbah has manufactured to use to deny the opposition a cleansweep. Opposition supporters must realise that majority of these army recruits are behind the SLPP plan to rig the elctions. Some crack squad in the army helped by Mondeh, Joe Blell and Maada Bio have drawn up a plot to steal the voters ballot papers and give it to the SLPP.
The SLPP has made it clear that they will use every weapon to stifle the people's choice for alternative leadership. As the Police have managed to twist the Ernest Korma's murder plot, they are working secretly to steal the elctions.
IMAT presence is a way for the SLPP to abuse power and they fully known the consequences of people's power. Only fools will give the SLPP a victory. We all know that the APC has got the majority in the North, Western area and Kono. PMDC has made giant strides into SLPP base.
The opposition must ensure that the SLPP does not use their propaganda machinery to show teh world tehy are winning. The people especially the youths are tired of the SLPP thievery acts and victimasation. They are bent on voting the SLPP out of power,. It has to be told to these SLPP violent thugs that their violence will be met by a stiff resistance.
Those of us who want to see the SLPP back will employ civil disoabediance method if the SLPP steals victory. NEC has given SLPP supporters the post of commisioners in three of the regions. This is a ply to thief votes. The opposition should be able to position its supporters across the Country to monitor the steps of the returning officers and the Commisioners including Christiana Thorpe. NEC must be able to be neutral and it is the duty for all the parties to see that IMAT provides the NEC boss with security.
The opposition supporters must ensure that they monitor the elctoral materials that are arriving in the Country now. Steps to be taken that the ballot boxes are sealed after the voting and the opposition aprties need to determine the stage of counting. The SLPP has embezzled milions of dollars so they do not want to leave power in order not to be prosecuted by the governmnet of the day. So the SLPP is using every diabolical method to stay in power. However, their plan will be thwarted. Sierra Leoneans will not agree at all. The same way we kicked the AFRC rule is the same action we will use to get the thievery SLPP out of power. We will only settle for a free and fair elctions. By all indications, the SLPP has no support in the North, Western area and Kono.
Kabbah?berewa killed innocent soldiers including a woman and embezzled donors money meant for the pooor. Sierra Leoneans do not want to contine with a governmnet that purged its army without no jjust cause and given premium to foreign m,ercenaries and allow Yenga to be seized by Guinea. Our poepl are dying from simple and curable diseases and hardly have a square meal.
No amount of intimidation and lies will give the SLPP victory. Two thirds of our people want change and they will surely evict the SLPP come August 11th. Whether Christiana Thorpe or JJ Blood, Maada Bio, Tom Nyuma, Mondeh and others try to steral victory. Our best hope is the people's power.
August 11th is the funeral of the SLPP. A governmnet that has sowed the seed of discord and open the door of confrontation against peace loving Sierra Leoneans. The SLPP sponsored the NPRC to kick the APC after he had connived with the RUF to unleash destruction in the lifes of the poor people. Members of the SLPPclan will go at great length to fight for power and kill their opponents .
August 11th will send a trong message to those who think that evil is the option for power.
Subject: Re: The North, Western area and Kono say no to SLPP
From: WRONG ANALYSIS
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Date Posted: 09:41:32 07/27/07 ()
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So do you mean to say that if slpp come victorious in the election, it means the elections has been rigged? It is very unfortunate that some of you sit down behind you key board and come up with all kinds of bogus conclusions.We are in the 21st century, there is noway anybody can rig elections in Sierra Leone. Irrespective of someone ones party affiliation, let us allow the NEC officials to do the work that has been assigned to them.
Subject: Re: The North, Western area and Kono say no to SLPP
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Date Posted: 11:03:04 07/27/07 ()
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We are in the 21st century, there is noway anybody can rig elections in Sierra Leone.
Subject: CHECK THIS OUT
From: Toegondoe Sagbah
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Date Posted: 01:01:22 07/27/07 ()
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Check out this website: www.OneSaloneNews.com Lots to read
Subject: Medical History
From: Nacolepsy
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Date Posted: 22:10:30 07/26/07 ()
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How important is it for the people of Sierra leone to know the medical history/status of every presidential candidate?
Subject: Re: Medical History
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not important
Subject: ALIEU IS THE ONLY LAWYER THAT BELIVE DEN SAY
From: okdok
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Date Posted: 22:19:44 07/26/07 ()
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ARE YOU STILL SURE PA LAWYER THAT TOM IS GUILTY BECAUSE OF WHAT EARNEST KOROMA IS SAYING?BECAREFUL OR ELSE YOU END UP BAD.
Subject: Re: ALIEU IS THE ONLY LAWYER THAT BELIVE DEN SAY
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http://news.sl/drwebsite/publish/article_20056115.shtml
Subject: A big mistake to have Iscandri as one of your lawyers
From: Test
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Rev Kanu,
Did I hear you say that Iscandri has consented as serve as one of your lawyers. That will be a big mistake. This guy was thrown out of the Sierra Leone wae crime tribunal because of poor performance. His practice in california is all but dead.Nobody takes him serious among the sierra leone community and beyond. I understand that he was overlooked when a sierra leonean was involved in an immigration case in Sacramento recently.He depends on his wife to survive. Look at the number of times he posts rubbish on this forum. He does not have enough to keep him busy and now wants to throw a dagger into your relatively good work. He is waiting to be appointed as one of his Earnet Koroma's hand bags just in case Earnest wins.Not enough time to review this writting.You get the message?
Please do not take this risk.YOU ARE WARNED!
Subject: Re: A big mistake to have Iscandri as one of your lawyers
From: fmansaray
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Date Posted: 21:54:47 07/26/07 ()
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Merrs Iscandri is a step in the right direction for Cocorioko. We have to stop the pull him down approach ,if we are going to succeed as a group of people. For Merrs Iscandri to be nominated to the International Criminal Tribunal is an Accomplishment by itself. Let support his law practice and see how much Contributions we can get in return.
Please concentrate on the issues and leave this fine International Lawyer Alone.Attempt taking the Bar in any State , then you will give more credit to
Merrs Iscandri.
Subject: Re: A big mistake to have Iscandri as one of your lawyers
From: ALPHA SAIDU BANGURA
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Date Posted: 23:41:12 07/26/07 ()
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Mr.Mansaray, If you guys really intend to be fair to all of us in this forum, there is no way you can appoint Alieu Iscandari as one of the lawyers for this newspaper and its forum. You know very well that Alieu is always pulling others down, only because they disagree with him.
Alieu is guilty of all the crimes you guys want to stop in this forum:(1)insulting people(using abusive language) in posting under fake names.(2)Reducing good people in the eyes of the public (by maligning and defaming them).(3)Spreading false information about others.
For your information, Alieu Iscandari was never nominated to no international criminal Tribunal.Please,go cross check your facts.
I advise Rev.W.Kabs-Kanu not to allow you the APC members to corrupt him. Cocorioko is not the propaganda wing of the APC.This newspaper and its forum do not belong the APC.
We need sober minded lawyers that will be FAIR and JUST to everybody.
Subject: Re: A big mistake to have Iscandri as one of your lawyers
From: GBANABOM 91
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Date Posted: 11:34:30 07/27/07 ()
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Look at Saidu talking about APC members and corruption . You don't even know where you belong .You have not been to Freetown for so long to see the corruption your so call SLPP is doing . I even doubt if you are a registered member or maybe you just assume to be a member .Just keep your mouth shut because you don't know what you are talking about . Talking money from people at your so call sara's every sunday is also corruption if you don't know that . Don't worry , after August 11 , your family in Freetown will sleep with a full stomach . Because your SLPP party is so corrupt , this is why your family has not been going to bed with a full stomach . See ya boddy !
Subject: Re: A big mistake to have Iscandri as one of your lawyers
From: alieu sesay
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Date Posted: 08:05:53 07/27/07 ()
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A nail in the Coffin. Finally accepted the fact that they are the APC- Mouth Piece.
You want to be independent get a non-Partisan Sierra Leonean Lawyer.
We have a lot of them in this country and other countries.
Cocoriocco GET REAL.
Subject: Forum Traffic Report
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Date Posted: 19:20:15 07/26/07 ()
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Hits % Country Analysis
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645 4.24% United Kingdom
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344 2.26% Netherlands
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281 1.85% USA Government
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263 1.73% Belgium
150 0.98% Denmark
82 0.54% United States
67 0.44% Finland
43 0.28% Canada
13 0.08% International
13 0.08% Switzerland
4 0.02% Israel
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2 0.01% .com Crawler.
2 0.01% Italy
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23 Total Countries
Subject: Stealing Elections with Impunity
From: Mammy Sweh
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Date Posted: 18:42:34 07/26/07 ()
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Stick a fork in it. That election turkey is cooked. The SLPP powers-that-be are hellbent on stealing the vote and there is not a damn thing anyone of us can do about it. I used to think that the SLPP wouldn't dare to to pull such a stunt considering our bloody recent past. They know that such a dastardly act can ensure a harvest of thorns for them, but it is a risk Berewa and the SLPP's High Council are willing to take. SLPP is still haunted by the ghost of 1967 when they were booted out of power by the APC and they have taken a blood oath not to allow history to repeat itself. And why wouldn't they think they can get away with robbing the electorate blind? They see other thugs-in-chief of other countries who had gotten away with murder at the ballot booth. Obassanjo: Highway electoral robbery in broad daylight in Nigeria. Consequences? Didley squat!
Uganda's Musseveni: Massive rigging and then prosecuting his main rival of treason for having the nerve to run against him. Consequences? Nada!
Gabon's Omar Bongo, Cameroon's Biya, Guinea's Conteh, Guinea Bissau's Nguema, Zimbabwe's Mugabe? Guns ablaze banditry at the polls and torture and murder of political opponents. Consequences? Being called Your Excellency. Berewa can still deliver a free and fair elections or he can join with the nasty bunch of the apocalypse. If these elections are stolen, I have no doubt at all that we will have another illiterate soldier in Khakis declaring the all too familiar: I DECLARE MARSHA LOH!
Subject: Re: Stealing Elections with Impunity
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 18:44:35 07/26/07 ()
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Bro, this is going to be a clean win. If there is going to be any hanky panky, I will be the first to tell it to the world. The people want continuity and it is only the SLPP that can give such.
Subject: Re: Happy Birthday Chez
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
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Date Posted: 19:05:10 07/26/07 ()
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"If there is going to be any hanky panky, I will be the first to tell it to the world"
And if it happens to be your party that conducts the hanky panky? would you expose it to the world? Or are you paying lip service to democracy the slpp way?
"The people want continuity"
Do the people really want continuity? or is this really a figment of SLPP over ambition? The people intend to speak loud and clear that they dfo not want any continuity because dem don tire wit nonsense.
Subject: APC GIVES ‘SLEEPY SOLO’ NOTICE TO QUIT !
From: Peep
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Date Posted: 18:36:59 07/26/07 ()
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The SLPP has formally been handed a Notice To Quit - which comes due on August 11, 2007.
Tens of thousands of APC supporters danced to a new hit tone ‘Notice’ by Fabulous which now seems to be the APC’s campaign anthem.
“Den wan yar... we dae gie den notice” APC crowds chanted on Wednesday afternoon as they congregated on the National Stadium to welcome their Presidential candidate Ernest Koroma and his running mate Sam Sumana.
The APC gathering far surpasses the Solo The Bomba SLPP rally held Saturday July 7, 2007.
“And we haven’t even brought our supporters from Makeni, Port Loko and Kambia to Freetown as the SLPP brought their people from Bo and Kenema” a jubilant Victor Foh, APC secretary general, told our team of reporters.
Even APC organizers appeared overwhelmed by the size of the crowd.
It appears that this Mass Mobilisation was an clear indication of the mood of the population in the capital.
Both Ibrahim Samura and Bakarr Koroma who were out and about on Wednesday, said the Libyan rice issue is still very much on people’s minds.
“Songs like Borbor Belleh, Two Fut Arata, Pack For Go, Time Don Done etc were sung lustily by the APC crowd which, in some areas, was joined by PMDC stalwarts in a Grand Anti-Corruption Alliance.”
In launching the manifesto, APC leader Ernest Koroma promised ‘a new beginning’ for Sierra Leone.
Meanwhile medical sources have questioned Solomon Berewa’s fitness to rule.
Although our medial sources would not divulged ‘privileged information; we were told the vice president’s habit of dozing off frequently is due to a diabetic condition.
The V.P also smokes five packs of cigarettes a day and has trouble sleeping.
Subject: Re: APC GIVES ‘SLEEPY SOLO’ NOTICE TO QUIT !
From: Amadu Kabbah
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Date Posted: 20:42:18 07/26/07 ()
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If Sierra Leone looks at a man who has been declared not medically fit or who medical personnel are skeptical about and put him the most important office, or if Solo bee himself can chase power to his death, then I wonder what Sulaiman Banja Tejan-Sei would write about Solo-Beism theory of poverty eradication. My guess is that he wants a befitting funeral (State Burial). However, I wish him speedy recovery from smoking.
Subject: In Bed with the Devil for Political Power.
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Date Posted: 18:34:31 07/26/07 ()
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In Bed with the Devil for Political Power.
- Thursday 26 July 2007.
"So, in spite of the honest admission by the Sierra Leone Police that it is not well-equipped to provide security for the August polls, the international community should step in immediately with some urgency so that the state security personnel could provide security for our political leaders rather than by some semi-literate, notorious ex-khaki boys if only to ward off any potential animosity between this crop of hooligans and the regular state security apparatus that would have the potential to undermine the credibility of the much publicized August 11 polls."
Commentary
By Abdulai Bayraytay, Deputy Editor, Toronto.
As both Sierra Leone’s presidential and parliamentary elections slated for August 11 this year get closer, the recent spate of violence in particularly the south-eastern parts of the country are sending worrying signals to the electorate that the essence of democracy through the ballot box seems to be potentially undermined.
Not peculiar to elections in Sierra Leone and other countries in Africa, the concern in Sierra Leone this time comes up because the country is in the process of recovering from a bloody and devastating civil war that left scores of innocent and unsuspecting civilians dead,and thousands of others had their limbs amputated.
However, what seems to send a deadly signal, reminiscent of the pre-1996 elections that ushered in the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) to power was how the then leader of the notorious National Provisional Ruling Council (NPRC) headed by Julius Maada Bio and his cohorts were hell bent on thwarting the democratic aspirations of the electorate for a change of the political spectrum from rule by the gun to rule through the ballot box.
Indeed, the military was sorely disappointed by the resolve and resilience of the people! People should not forget that Maada Bio and his friends tried to stop the 1996 democratic elections!
But it seems our political leaders (or rather apprentices) have completely forgotten the overzealousness and brutality of a cross-section of the military who would stop at nothing to grab and cling to power, a sure means of accumulating ill-gotten wealth in poor mother Sierra Leone.
This is clearly evident in the roles Maada Bio, Tom Nyuma and ex-junta boys like Idrissa Kamara aka Leatherboot are playing in the new democratic dispensation. If for anything, the gross human rights violations perpetrated by these people including the killing of innocent figures like Salami Coker formerly of Ports Authority and palm wine tappers from Waterloo on what later came out to be trumped-up allegations of a coup plot, through firing squad, committed under the supervision of some of these notorious names during the NPRC junta days should have made them(Bio, Nyuma, Leatherboot, etc) fine candidates for the so-called Special Court for Sierra Leone.
But since this is an illusion, if not a figment of social justice activists, the Bios and the Nyumas roamed the world with impunity until the recent deportation of Nyuma from the United States. These characters, among others, should really thank their stars, to say the least.
Tom Nyuma, who made a name for himself by prosecuting the war against the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) albeit allegations of collusion with the rebels hence the tag of “sobel” (soldier by day, rebel by night)attached to him, his name was particularly tarnished by an incident I witnessed during my days as a cub reporter in 1994.
Coming from covering a story of some university students’ involvement in illegal diamond mining in Tongo in the east of the country, I witnessed Tom Nyuma, then Eastern region strongman under the NPRC tying up some traffic police officers in uniform on allegations of taking petty cash bribes from commuters and drivers at the Hangha checkpoint.
The beatings unleashed on these officers left some with swollen eyes and raw wounds. I had the opportunity to publish the story with the photos of the officers at the now defunct New Breed newspaper. This incident not only made Tom Nyuma a "Son of Satan", it also made him the epitome of the brutal face of the NPRC regime. That is why even though I vehemently condemn any act of violence that has the semblance of undermining the electoral process, the recent beating of Tom Nyuma in Bo made me recall the brutal Sibthorpe street beatings of innocent civilians in broad daylight in central Freetown by the NPRC junta of which Nyuma was a leading figure.
It could also be recalled that part of the reasons advanced by the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) coup in 1997 was the marginalization of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Sierra Leone by successive governments. However puerile an excuse this might mean to ordinary Sierra Leoneans, the emergence of the civil defence forces at the height of the war sparked some animosity that later translated into very bad blood.
I could recall a remark made by the late deputy Defence minister Sam Hinga Norman that he felt much safer with the civil kamajor militia guarding him than the regular state security personnel. Norman may have good reasons for saying that but that statement, among others, angered the regular military that later culminated into the deadly rift between the civil militia and the army. Here then is another vindication of the old saying that history teaches us that history teaches nothing!
So, in spite of the honest admission by the Sierra Leone Police that it is not well-equipped to provide security for the August polls, the international community should step in immediately with some urgency so that the state security personnel could provide security for our political leaders rather than by some semi-literate, notorious ex-khaki boys if only to ward off any potential animosity between this crop of hooligans and the regular state security apparatus that would have the potential to undermine the credibility of the much publicized August 11 polls.
Indeed, a cross-section of our politicians will even befriend the devil if only that would ensure their victory. What a Machiavellian way of capturing political power!
Subject: JIMMY KANDEH: ADVICE TO P.M.D.C.: BEREWA WINS BY 75%
From: FARRAH MARRAH
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Date Posted: 18:31:20 07/26/07 ()
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Asking for 5 More Years - an Exclusive Interview With Solomon Berewa
Concord Times (Freetown)
NEWS
26 July 2007
Posted to the web 26 July 2007
By Ibrahim Seibure, Ibrahim Tarawallie and Danny Glenwright
Freetown
Solomon Berewa is relaxed and calm. He slouches on the pale-yellow striped sofa in his Spur Road office and leans his head against it, his eyes half-closed, a Cheshire cat grin forming on his face as he delivers his election prediction.
His party, the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP), will retain power and win as much as 75 per cent of the country's votes on August 11, he says in his deep, slurred voice.
He wears a two-piece, button-up beige suit and black leather sandals, his reading glasses tucked in his front pocket and his hands folded over his chest. He is not known for being a charismatic person. Indeed, he is better known for his calm, disinterested, mellow persona than he is for loud, boisterous oratory.
But people like him and he pulls it off, seeming always on the verge of nodding off, yet always on scr1pt and in charge.
He has been involved in the government of Sierra Leone since 1996, when President Tejan Kabbah asked him to take on the role of Attorney General, and he has served as Vice President for the past five years.
When critics thought peace was illusive for Sierra Leone, Berewa played a large role in proving them wrong and ensuring the country emerged from the war for good, even negotiating with the rebel groups. But he has also been criticized for this role and for the part he played in the execution of 24 soldiers in 1998.
Before entering politics, he was a successful Freetown lawyer and a partner at a law firm in the city for more than 20 years. "I am a man of the law," he says, when asked how he'll respond if he loses the upcoming election. "If I feel aggrieved I will go to the law.
I will seek redress. I won't say I'll be violent or I will cause havoc on my own people, my own country." He accuses his main political opponents, Charles Margai and Ernest Koroma, of instigating violence and leading a "one-sided show" in the country, claiming his party has the cleanest hands of the group.
Aware of the many ills facing Sierra Leonean's, he thinks growing the economy will be the country's ticket out of poverty. If elected next month, his first priority will be increasing the private sector and rapidly building the economy.
"My priorities are simply to restore the confidence of the people in this country," he says. "We can only develop if we have law and order.
"I would look at the economy and see how we can, as quickly as possible, turn it around....I'm sure we're going to attract a lot of investors." Like President Kabbah before him, he brings up the end of the 11-year civil war as the major achievement of his SLPP government. Education and health improvements are other high points of his government, he says, recognizing there is still far to go to address the many inadequacies in these sectors.
He promises working electricity within a month of the election if he wins it, and laughing, scoffs at comparisons with next-door-neighbour Liberia, where the power has been on in the capitol of Monrovia for some time, even though Liberia's war ended later than this country's.
He said the leaders of Guinea and Liberia are traditional allies of Sierra Leone and, despite recent uprisings in both countries, he'll work with them to solidify peace and stability in the region. As well, he wants to expand international relationships and look to new partners in the world, including Northern Europe and Scandinavia, Canada and the United States, South Africa and parts of Asia.
"I will be a man of my own," he says, defending claims that he will mimic the government of the current President. "Solomon Berewa is not President Kabbah.
I have my own way of taking actions and he has his own." When political stress becomes too extreme, Berewa said he likes to unwind at home, eat traditional foods like rice and listen to music. As a devout Christian and an organist, he is soothed by church music and especially loves Handel's Messiah. Sometimes, if he can't sleep, he wakes in the middle of the night and plays the organ. It calms him, he says.
It is hard to imagine this tranquil, soft-spoken man on the football pitch, but he appears to be a fan of local sports. His eyes opened wide, for the first and only time, when speaking about the Leone Stars, the national football team. "Anytime you go for international matches, we've lost some of our best footballers," he said, lamenting the desire for Sierra Leonean sports stars to play abroad rather than stay at home. "We need to encourage competition." His proudest achievement of the last 11 years in government is the attainment of peace, he says, as he slouches deeper into his sofa, his strength apparently waning. He doesn't appear to have the energy to raise this country out of its economic and political woes, but he's proved critics wrong before.
Subject: Re: JIMMY KANDEH: ADVICE TO P.M.D.C.: BEREWA WINS BY 75%
From: Toegondoe Sagbah
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Date Posted: 00:59:27 07/27/07 ()
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Hahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaa(LOL. Since when did any one win by that much? That tells you the man is dreaming. When you said his eyes seemed half closed, they were half closed because he just woke up from nodding when you were allowed to go inside and meet him. Hahahaaaaaaaaa.
In the days when even the APC was not as strong as it is now, in the days when there was no PMDC, even in those days, SLPP didn't get 75% Hahahaaaaaaa.
TO
Subject: Re: JIMMY KANDEH: ADVICE TO P.M.D.C.: BEREWA WINS BY 75%
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Date Posted: 08:59:47 07/27/07 ()
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What was the margin in the last General Elections?
You Bigful for true.....LOL
Subject: Re: JIMMY KANDEH: ADVICE TO P.M.D.C.: BEREWA WINS BY 75%
From: Cornelius Hamelberg
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Date Posted: 20:11:35 07/26/07 ()
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We are all in favour of the people’s choice through a free and fair election – one that does not include intimidation from the security apparatus.
“seeming always on the verge of nodding off” is more like the perennial descr1ption of the 69- year old Berewa, who will soon have to give way to what is called “young blood”
Fact is that he sometimes does “nod off” as some of his opponents have been complaining, for quite some time now. Wouldn’t like to have him in the Sierra Leone Airways pilot or navigator’s seat next time you fly to New York, would you – with the risk of him “nodding off” to the peaceful sleep and deeper slumber?
Little short rotund and fat –stomach bulging a little due to lack of exercise and sitting too long at the office – causing this falling asleep during meetings, “he wears a two-piece, button-up beige suit and black leather sandals, his reading glasses tucked in his front pocket and his hands folded over his chest” and says in his “ deep, slurred voice” that “His party, the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP), will retain power and win as much as 75 per cent of the country's votes on August 11, “ 75% Indeed. Whilst the APC and the PMDC and others together will get 25%? What arrogance! On what demographic basis doe he make such a prediction? How does he break down the voting in the West, East, North and South to tally with this 75% figure when in fact the South has the lowest number of registered voters, the North and West have the most, followed by the East of Sierra Leone.
Even at dollar-a- vote, for those who subsist on less than a dollar-a day just wouldn’t’ work out because some men of conscience might just follow John Leigh’s advice to “take the money and vote for their conscience”. Only problem is that taking the money means that the conscience of some could already be compromised – and then there are the oaths and other culturally based superstitions that instil the fear of evil consequences of taking the money and doing other than they swore on idol or juju, TO DO.
It all fits into the carefully calculated impression that some of his advocates such as Gberie are spinning right in front of our eyes, an impression that the slpp spin doctors would like to give to the outside world, and even to the naïve and gullible among us, although e know better because we know that it’s impossible that he could or will win with a75% showing – unless the election is RIGGED. Perhaps he says so in the belief that “Everyone loves a winner”? False impression. Even Umaru Yara'dua did not win by that margin, and couldn't have said that before the election. And Kabbah wouldn’t even get 65% today. Why should Mr. Continuity?
A Swedish politician could never say, I’ll win with 75% - certainly not as tactic- since it would just have the opposite effect- and if too many people in Sierra Leone believed a word of that boast, then they might just stay at home on a rainy day and let other people do the voting…….
Yes, these kinds of carefully doctored up reports - for outsiders – are presenting false data, to bolster that impression that the SLPP is so vastly popular and the APC and PMDC so vastly unpopular – ( that even the council seats that the APC won – according to Gberie was only through out-rigging the SLPP –in-power in their rigging (when in fact the APC swept all of Freetown and the Western area in that Municipal Council election of 2004 – and this was not a surprise to anybody – indeed Mr. Siaka Stevens the leader of the APC who won the election in 1967, was Mayor of Freetown , and on that occasion too, the APC won all twelve Parliamentary Seats in Freetown and the Western Area.
The SLPP “spinmeisters” are giving the impression of the overwhelming popularity of the SLPP – so that a 75% victory does not come as surprise to the outside world - and I keep on emphasising, THE OUTSIDE WORLD, because the poor and suffering masses in Sierra Leone, and the marginalised and unemployed youths, and all those who still go to bed hungry in Sierra Leone, know that 75% of them are not going to vote for the SLPP.
Now about rigging: we are not to be in the absurd situation in which an incumbent government – any incumbent government in a mostly under-developed African country , should have the impunity to expect that they can rig an election, under the very noses of the local and international observers and then squelch/ suppress/ beat down any protest but people who they would like us to believe are hooligans , hoodlums, thugs and terrorists ( although the later is mostly to be associated with Middle Eastern dynasties and clans).
Savak and the Shah’s Iranian army were doing just that when the Iranian people rose up with Imam Khomeini ( r.a.) but when Imam Khomeini ( r.a.) said “ The Army is the people and the people is the army” It was soon all over. The army got tired of shooting at its own people.
Not that I ever want things to take that turn in Sierra Leone and that’s why we are advocating FREE and fair. When the woman or the people say no, it’s NO – she/they should not be raped. Their choice must be RESPECTED.
Such a situation can be further exacerbated by having a criminal government that has rigged such an election, backed by their police and their military wing of the party (usually the national army) that is there and ready to suppress any protest.
About contesting fraudulent elections, it’s alright for him to say
"I am a man of the law; if I feel aggrieved I will go to the law.” If the Law (the Judiciary and those decorated judges and cronies and the Electoral Agency and the Police and Military is standing to attention and saluting him already.
Well at least he is tentatively assuring the APC, that if the APC trounce the SLPP this year - - 40 years after the last trouncing, that he Berewa, unlike Albert Margai will not call in the army to avert his old age dreams of being Sierra Leone greatest president ever, being CRUSHED until he or Sengbe Konouwah tries again in 1212……by which time Solo Bee will be 74, a year younger than Pa Kabbah is today.
“I will be a man of my own” should be replaced by “I am a man of my own!”
“He accuses his main political opponents, Charles Margai and Ernest Koroma, of instigating violence and leading a "one-sided show" in the country, claiming his party has the cleanest hands of the group.”
He does the accusing, and no one has yet attempted to assassinate him … but I’ll finish off Gberie later ( by which I mean deal with his article – lest he fear an assassination attempt by my typewriter and you never know, there was even a guy who is today known as “ the shoe bomber”:
Well, I’m not one of those…….
Subject: Re: JIMMY KANDEH: ADVICE TO P.M.D.C.: BEREWA WINS BY 75%
From: Mammy Sweh
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Date Posted: 10:54:55 07/27/07 ()
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Yours is an incisive take on thr current political dynamics in the country. I love it. About Berewa's dream of amassing 75% of the vote? FAT CHANCE OF THAT HAPPENING! The only way the SLPP is going to win is by their thugs pulling ski masks over their heads and storming the polling booths with guns blazing. I say this based on the recent trends: a compromised Inspector General of Police, asassination attempts on Charles Margai and Ernest Koroma and crazy spinning to prepare the public for the inevitable rogue election results.
Subject: rejoinder to "Cocorioko is the Best"
From: keke blahima
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Date Posted: 18:28:13 07/26/07 ()
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I would take the excellence of COCORIOKO even further. To say the best is beyond belief. It is the objective, fair and balanced reporting that qualifies this paper as perhaps one if not the best journalistic product owned and operated by a Sierra Leonean.
He has even taken free speech to a whole new layer offering even a podium for the best and the worst, the critics and the illogical minds who swing rumors and innuendoes with malice aforethought, prejudice, love, peace, everything under the sun.
This forum is a lot of fun, but it also reveals o lot of the anger and treachery and the vemon of misinformation that spits in the face of truth and hasty conclusions. That's the only problem that I wrestle with.
Sierra Leone has a greater ratio of intelligent, educated and intellectual byproducts per capita in the continent of Africa. Yet I have seen the worse of it on this forum as well.
I think as much as we have right to debate the issues, I would submit that if we spent all that time and energy coming up with or exchanging ideas about how we can reduce porverty, offer strategies on revamping the economy to cater for the poor majority, it will do a world of good.
Our rage and conflict may have a political object, but it is purely an economic conflict. If Sierra Leone WAS a monarchy with an average of $60,000 GNI per capita, no one would be worried about what government is doing or not doing. But when you have a nation as our with a $220 GNI per capita even the most democratic institution will be subjected to suspicion.
Remember Bill Clinton; "its the economy..."
Subject: Sierra Leone Police sending the wrond signal to the Public
From: Bambay Lans Kamara
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Date Posted: 18:25:28 07/26/07 ()
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Read~!
Subject: the people's choice
From: Cornelius Hamelberg
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Date Posted: 18:23:08 07/26/07 ()
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What happened to what I just posted?
We are all in favour of the people’s choice through a free and fair election – one that does not include intimidation from the security apparatus.
“seeming always on the verge of nodding off” is more like the perennial descr1ption of the 69- year old Berewa, who will soon have to give way to what is called “young blood”
Fact is that he sometimes does “nod off” as some of his opponents have been complaining, for quite some time now. Wouldn’t like to have him in the Sierra Leone Airways pilot or navigator’s seat next time you fly to New York, would you – with the risk of him “nodding off” to the peaceful sleep and deeper slumber?
Little short rotund and fat –stomach bulging a little due to lack of exercise and sitting too long at the office – causing this falling asleep during meetings, “he wears a two-piece, button-up beige suit and black leather sandals, his reading glasses tucked in his front pocket and his hands folded over his chest” and says in his “ deep, slurred voice” that “His party, the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP), will retain power and win as much as 75 per cent of the country's votes on August 11, “ 75% Indeed. Whilst the APC and the PMDC and others together will get 25%? What arrogance! On what demographic basis doe he make such a prediction? How does he break down the voting in the West, East, North and South to tally with this 75% figure when in fact the South has the lowest number of registered voters, the North and West have the most, followed by the East of Sierra Leone.
Even at dollar-a- vote, for those who subsist on less than a dollar-a day just wouldn’t’ work out because some men of conscience might just follow John Leigh’s advice to “take the money and vote for their conscience”. Only problem is that taking the money means that the conscience of some could already be compromised – and then there are the oaths and other culturally based superstitions that instil the fear of evil consequences of taking the money and doing other than they swore on idol or juju, TO DO.
It all fits into the carefully calculated impression that some of his advocates such as Gberie are spinning right in front of our eyes, an impression that the slpp spin doctors would like to give to the outside world, and even to the naïve and gullible among us, although e know better because we know that it’s impossible that he could or will win with a75% showing – unless the election is RIGGED. Perhaps he says so in the belief that “Everyone loves a winner”? False impression. Even Umaru Yara'dua did not win by that margin, and couldn't have said that before the election. And Kabbah wouldn’t even get 65% today. Why should Mr. Continuity?
A Swedish politician could never say, I’ll win with 75% - certainly not as tactic- since it would just have the opposite effect- and if too many people in Sierra Leone believed a word of that boast, then they might just stay at home on a rainy day and let other people do the voting…….
Yes, these kinds of carefully doctored up reports - for outsiders – are presenting false data, to bolster that impression that the SLPP is so vastly popular and the APC and PMDC so vastly unpopular – ( that even the council seats that the APC won – according to Gberie was only through out-rigging the SLPP –in-power in their rigging (when in fact the APC swept all of Freetown and the Western area in that Municipal Council election of 2004 – and this was not a surprise to anybody – indeed Mr. Siaka Stevens the leader of the APC who won the election in 1967, was Mayor of Freetown , and on that occasion too, the APC won all twelve Parliamentary Seats in Freetown and the Western Area.
The SLPP “spinmeisters” are giving the impression of the overwhelming popularity of the SLPP – so that a 75% victory does not come as surprise to the outside world - and I keep on emphasising, THE OUTSIDE WORLD, because the poor and suffering masses in Sierra Leone, and the marginalised and unemployed youths, and all those who still go to bed hungry in Sierra Leone, know that 75% of them are not going to vote for the SLPP.
Now about rigging: we are not to be in the absurd situation in which an incumbent government – any incumbent government in a mostly under-developed African country , should have the impunity to expect that they can rig an election, under the very noses of the local and international observers and then squelch/ suppress/ beat down any protest but people who they would like us to believe are hooligans , hoodlums, thugs and terrorists ( although the later is mostly to be associated with Middle Eastern dynasties and clans).
Savak and the Shah’s Iranian army were doing just that when the Iranian people rose up with Imam Khomeini ( r.a.) but when Imam Khomeini ( r.a.) said “ The Army is the people and the people is the army” It was soon all over. The army got tired of shooting at its own people.
Not that I ever want things to take that turn in Sierra Leone and that’s why we are advocating FREE and fair. When the woman or the people say no, it’s NO – she/they should not be raped. Their choice must be RESPECTED.
Such a situation can be further exacerbated by having a criminal government that has rigged such an election, backed by their police and their military wing of the party (usually the national army) that is there and ready to suppress any protest.
About contesting fraudulent elections, it’s alright for him to say
"I am a man of the law; if I feel aggrieved I will go to the law.” If the Law (the Judiciary and those decorated judges and cronies and the Electoral Agency and the Police and Military is standing to attention and saluting him already.
Well at least he is tentatively assuring the APC, that if the APC trounce the SLPP this year - - 40 years after the last trouncing, that he Berewa, unlike Albert Margai will not call in the army to avert his old age dreams of being Sierra Leone greatest president ever, being CRUSHED until he or Sengbe Konouwah tries again in 1212……by which time Solo Bee will be 74, a year younger than Pa Kabbah is today.
“I will be a man of my own” should be replaced by “I am a man of my own!”
“He accuses his main political opponents, Charles Margai and Ernest Koroma, of instigating violence and leading a "one-sided show" in the country, claiming his party has the cleanest hands of the group.”
He does the accusing, and no one has yet attempted to assassinate him … but I’ll finish off Gberie later ( by which I mean deal with his article – lest he fear an assassination attempt by my typewriter and you never know, there was even a guy who is today known as “ the shoe bomber”:
Well, I’m not one of those…….
Subject: Re: the people's choice
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 18:33:31 07/26/07 ()
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You are a very experienced man and I believe wisdom has a better portion of experience. Please search within and you will wake up to know that the people want continuity. Any derailment from such will put us back - ten years in misery. The new APC and PMDC are not ready to serve the people - their only concern is their intersts. Their pockets are very empty and would want to steal from us to fill these pockets. To that people like us will say NO! NO! NO! As an old thief is better than a new thief. In logi, an old thief with profound wisdom has a stage in his life that he will reason with himself and make amends to his wrongful past. A new thief will have to reach the stages the old thief has reached before he reasons with himself to make amends to his wrongful past. In effect, better an old thief than a new thief.
Subject: Re: the people's choice
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Date Posted: 20:32:58 07/26/07 ()
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Young and old.......old and young
Whereas Solo B was born on August 5th
This younger guy was born on
Subject: Re: the people's choice
From: Cornelius Hamelberg
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Date Posted: 20:08:34 07/26/07 ()
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Chez, this song is for YOU:
http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/wakeup.html
Your posting is one of the funniest yada yada that I have ever read on this forum.
You wan ambug mi noh more……
SO here’s some yada yada from me to you:
Remember the question that you have for Solo B for the debate on 5th August. What kind of answer do you anticipate from him?
As a defence lawyer for one of those old elite politicians charged with corruption in his public office, or charged with corrupting the youths, is this how you are going to argue your case in court?
In that case, you might be sentenced along with hi for being an accessory and for contempt of Court too…..
Out of respect for Mr. Berewa, I’m not going to savage your propositions, or even ridicule them…. Because you have already done that.
Chez, I don’t feel like talking to a nutter who says stupid things like “Any derailment from such will put us back - ten years in misery.”
Please read what you have written just a few times, and maybe when you wake up, your brain might have processed the “logic” and you’ll have an answer as to whether and old devil like Stan is better than a young an inexperienced one.
And what do you mean by “. An old thief is better than a new thief?
Are you calling Ekuma Berewa “an OLD THIEF”?
Your logic is my psychology.
AS Fela rapped
“ Fool at forty nah fool forever
Nah so di book people dem say –
You noh go tell you brohda like that
Fool nah fool no matter for age….. “ etc
An old thief is a SEASONED THIEF…. Who might be able to take your pants off whilst you are watching the football match and screaming your head off.
A “new thief” – as you say takes time to grow in genius and according to me is not less dangerous ……. A thief is a thief and that’s all. (I am not saying that Mr. Berewa is, but just abiding by your example…..)
You call the overthrowing of corruption through the ballot box DERAILMENT?
Then you believe that we should not even bother to have an election- things should go on – continue till Berewa is 74% in 1212 - and hand over to Alhaji Koroma? Why doesn’t he hand over NOW and
When are you going to put an end to poverty and corruption?
This is all part of the Scare propaganda´- I suppose that you would prefer a one party state with SLPP forever. Reminds me of the same scare propaganda of - do you want Jones to come back - in ANIMAL FARM.
WHO is Jones?
You sound as if should the people throw out the SLPP with he bath water, that will be the beginning of corruption and the end of electricity in Freetown, tap water, and progress in agriculture .
In Sweden we just had a change of government of Social Democratic continuity, for the simple reason that after so many years of it, the Swedish people wanted a CHANGE.
What do you think, that there are only idiots in the opposition parties - or that the majority of people are happy with your country being at the very bottom of the development ladder and ONLY the SLPP can improve things?
And if Solo B decides to retire tomorrow, chez, what are you going to DO?
Does the SLPP depend on one man?
Do you know who will be the next president of the US? Of Israel?
Subject: Hindolo Trye and Others Confirmed: 50 Rounds Ammo
From: Bambay Lans Kamara
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Date Posted: 18:23:02 07/26/07 ()
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this week after the incident revealed that about 50 rounds of ammo and a 9 Millimeter riffle (MM) were discovered in Tom Nyuma’s vehicle. This information when cross checked with Former Secretary of State, Mr. Hindolo Sumanguru Tyre, a colleague of ex-Lt.Col. Tom Nyuma of the defunct NPRC confirmed that the evidence was discovered by the police. Mr. Tyre claimed that it was removed from the police by the Finance Minister so that it could not be used against the APC suspect.
When this press further asked Commissioner Buck, he denied, saying that such evidence was never discovered by the police.
Subject: Re: Hindolo Trye and Others Confirmed: 50 Rounds Ammo
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Date Posted: 21:20:21 07/26/07 ()
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You are not credible. No body takes you serious. Find something useful to do.
Subject: We are maintenancing the forum
From: KABS KANU
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Date Posted: 18:17:33 07/26/07 ()
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Please be patient.
Subject: Testing
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Testing
Subject: Hindolo Trye and Others Confirmed: 50 Rounds Ammo
From: Bambay Lans Kamara
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Date Posted: 18:04:43 07/26/07 ()
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this week after the incident revealed that about 50 rounds of ammo and a 9 Millimeter riffle (MM) were discovered in Tom Nyuma’s vehicle. This information when cross checked with Former Secretary of State, Mr. Hindolo Sumanguru Tyre, a colleague of ex-Lt.Col. Tom Nyuma of the defunct NPRC confirmed that the evidence was discovered by the police. Mr. Tyre claimed that it was removed from the police by the Finance Minister so that it could not be used against the APC suspect.
When this press further asked Commissioner Buck, he denied, saying that such evidence was never discovered by the police.
Subject: Stealing Elections with Impunity
From: Mammy Sweh
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Date Posted: 17:28:48 07/26/07 ()
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Stick a fork in it. That election turkey is cooked. The SLPP powers-that-be are hellbent on stealing the vote and there is not a damn thing anyone of us can do about it. I used to think that the SLPP wouldn't dare to to pull such a stunt considering our bloody recent past. They know that such a dastardly act can ensure a harvest of thorns for them, but it is a risk Berewa and the SLPP's High Council are willing to take. SLPP is still haunted by the ghost of 1967 when they were booted out of power by the APC and they have taken a blood oath not to allow history to repeat itself. And why wouldn't they think they can get away with robbing the electorate blind? They see other thugs-in-chief of other countries who had gotten away with murder at the ballot booth. Obassanjo: Highway electoral robbery in broad daylight in Nigeria. Consequences? Didley squat!
Uganda's Musseveni: Massive rigging and then prosecuting his main rival of treason for having the nerve to run against him. Consequences? Nada!
Gabon's Omar Bongo, Cameroon's Biya, Guinea's Conteh, Guinea Bissau's Nguema, Zimbabwe's Mugabe? Guns ablaze banditry at the polls and torture and murder of political opponents. Consequences? Being called Your Excellency. Berewa can still deliver a free and fair elections or he can join with the nasty bunch of the apocalypse. If these elections are stolen, I have no doubt at all that we will have another illiterate soldier in Khakis declaring the all too familiar: I DECLARE MARSHA LOH!
Subject: Re: Stealing Elections with Impunity
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 17:35:19 07/26/07 ()
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Bro, this is going to be a clean win. If there is going to be any hanky panky, I will be the first to tell it to the world. The people want continuity and it is only the SLPP that can give such.
Subject: APC GIVES ‘SLEEPY SOLO’ NOTICE TO QUIT !
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Date Posted: 17:08:17 07/26/07 ()
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APC GIVES ‘SLEEPY SOLO’ NOTICE TO QUIT !
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The SLPP has formally been handed a Notice To Quit - which comes due on August 11, 2007.
Tens of thousands of APC supporters danced to a new hit tone ‘Notice’ by Fabulous which now seems to be the APC’s campaign anthem.
“Den wan yar... we dae gie den notice” APC crowds chanted on Wednesday afternoon as they congregated on the National Stadium to welcome their Presidential candidate Ernest Koroma and his running mate Sam Sumana.
The APC gathering far surpasses the Solo The Bomba SLPP rally held Saturday July 7, 2007.
“And we haven’t even brought our supporters from Makeni, Port Loko and Kambia to Freetown as the SLPP brought their people from Bo and Kenema” a jubilant Victor Foh, APC secretary general, told our team of reporters.
Even APC organizers appeared overwhelmed by the size of the crowd.
It appears that this Mass Mobilisation was an clear indication of the mood of the population in the capital.
Both Ibrahim Samura and Bakarr Koroma who were out and about on Wednesday, said the Libyan rice issue is still very much on people’s minds.
“Songs like Borbor Belleh, Two Fut Arata, Pack For Go, Time Don Done etc were sung lustily by the APC crowd which, in some areas, was joined by PMDC stalwarts in a Grand Anti-Corruption Alliance.”
In launching the manifesto, APC leader Ernest Koroma promised ‘a new beginning’ for Sierra Leone.
Meanwhile medical sources have questioned Solomon Berewa’s fitness to rule.
Although our medial sources would not divulged ‘privileged information; we were told the vice president’s habit of dozing off frequently is due to a diabetic condition.
The V.P also smokes five packs of cigarettes a day and has trouble sleeping.
Subject: In Bed with the Devil for Political Power.
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In Bed with the Devil for Political Power.
- Thursday 26 July 2007.
"So, in spite of the honest admission by the Sierra Leone Police that it is not well-equipped to provide security for the August polls, the international community should step in immediately with some urgency so that the state security personnel could provide security for our political leaders rather than by some semi-literate, notorious ex-khaki boys if only to ward off any potential animosity between this crop of hooligans and the regular state security apparatus that would have the potential to undermine the credibility of the much publicized August 11 polls."
Commentary
By Abdulai Bayraytay, Deputy Editor, Toronto.
As both Sierra Leone’s presidential and parliamentary elections slated for August 11 this year get closer, the recent spate of violence in particularly the south-eastern parts of the country are sending worrying signals to the electorate that the essence of democracy through the ballot box seems to be potentially undermined.
Not peculiar to elections in Sierra Leone and other countries in Africa, the concern in Sierra Leone this time comes up because the country is in the process of recovering from a bloody and devastating civil war that left scores of innocent and unsuspecting civilians dead,and thousands of others had their limbs amputated.
However, what seems to send a deadly signal, reminiscent of the pre-1996 elections that ushered in the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) to power was how the then leader of the notorious National Provisional Ruling Council (NPRC) headed by Julius Maada Bio and his cohorts were hell bent on thwarting the democratic aspirations of the electorate for a change of the political spectrum from rule by the gun to rule through the ballot box.
Indeed, the military was sorely disappointed by the resolve and resilience of the people! People should not forget that Maada Bio and his friends tried to stop the 1996 democratic elections!
But it seems our political leaders (or rather apprentices) have completely forgotten the overzealousness and brutality of a cross-section of the military who would stop at nothing to grab and cling to power, a sure means of accumulating ill-gotten wealth in poor mother Sierra Leone.
This is clearly evident in the roles Maada Bio, Tom Nyuma and ex-junta boys like Idrissa Kamara aka Leatherboot are playing in the new democratic dispensation. If for anything, the gross human rights violations perpetrated by these people including the killing of innocent figures like Salami Coker formerly of Ports Authority and palm wine tappers from Waterloo on what later came out to be trumped-up allegations of a coup plot, through firing squad, committed under the supervision of some of these notorious names during the NPRC junta days should have made them(Bio, Nyuma, Leatherboot, etc) fine candidates for the so-called Special Court for Sierra Leone.
But since this is an illusion, if not a figment of social justice activists, the Bios and the Nyumas roamed the world with impunity until the recent deportation of Nyuma from the United States. These characters, among others, should really thank their stars, to say the least.
Tom Nyuma, who made a name for himself by prosecuting the war against the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) albeit allegations of collusion with the rebels hence the tag of “sobel” (soldier by day, rebel by night)attached to him, his name was particularly tarnished by an incident I witnessed during my days as a cub reporter in 1994.
Coming from covering a story of some university students’ involvement in illegal diamond mining in Tongo in the east of the country, I witnessed Tom Nyuma, then Eastern region strongman under the NPRC tying up some traffic police officers in uniform on allegations of taking petty cash bribes from commuters and drivers at the Hangha checkpoint.
The beatings unleashed on these officers left some with swollen eyes and raw wounds. I had the opportunity to publish the story with the photos of the officers at the now defunct New Breed newspaper. This incident not only made Tom Nyuma a "Son of Satan", it also made him the epitome of the brutal face of the NPRC regime. That is why even though I vehemently condemn any act of violence that has the semblance of undermining the electoral process, the recent beating of Tom Nyuma in Bo made me recall the brutal Sibthorpe street beatings of innocent civilians in broad daylight in central Freetown by the NPRC junta of which Nyuma was a leading figure.
It could also be recalled that part of the reasons advanced by the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) coup in 1997 was the marginalization of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Sierra Leone by successive governments. However puerile an excuse this might mean to ordinary Sierra Leoneans, the emergence of the civil defence forces at the height of the war sparked some animosity that later translated into very bad blood.
I could recall a remark made by the late deputy Defence minister Sam Hinga Norman that he felt much safer with the civil kamajor militia guarding him than the regular state security personnel. Norman may have good reasons for saying that but that statement, among others, angered the regular military that later culminated into the deadly rift between the civil militia and the army. Here then is another vindication of the old saying that history teaches us that history teaches nothing!
So, in spite of the honest admission by the Sierra Leone Police that it is not well-equipped to provide security for the August polls, the international community should step in immediately with some urgency so that the state security personnel could provide security for our political leaders rather than by some semi-literate, notorious ex-khaki boys if only to ward off any potential animosity between this crop of hooligans and the regular state security apparatus that would have the potential to undermine the credibility of the much publicized August 11 polls.
Indeed, a cross-section of our politicians will even befriend the devil if only that would ensure their victory. What a Machiavellian way of capturing political power!
Subject: JIMMY KANDEH: ADVICE TO P.M.D.C.: BEREWA WINS BY 75%
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Asking for 5 More Years - an Exclusive Interview With Solomon Berewa
Concord Times (Freetown)
NEWS
26 July 2007
Posted to the web 26 July 2007
By Ibrahim Seibure, Ibrahim Tarawallie and Danny Glenwright
Freetown
Solomon Berewa is relaxed and calm. He slouches on the pale-yellow striped sofa in his Spur Road office and leans his head against it, his eyes half-closed, a Cheshire cat grin forming on his face as he delivers his election prediction.
His party, the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP), will retain power and win as much as 75 per cent of the country's votes on August 11, he says in his deep, slurred voice.
He wears a two-piece, button-up beige suit and black leather sandals, his reading glasses tucked in his front pocket and his hands folded over his chest. He is not known for being a charismatic person. Indeed, he is better known for his calm, disinterested, mellow persona than he is for loud, boisterous oratory.
But people like him and he pulls it off, seeming always on the verge of nodding off, yet always on scr1pt and in charge.
He has been involved in the government of Sierra Leone since 1996, when President Tejan Kabbah asked him to take on the role of Attorney General, and he has served as Vice President for the past five years.
When critics thought peace was illusive for Sierra Leone, Berewa played a large role in proving them wrong and ensuring the country emerged from the war for good, even negotiating with the rebel groups. But he has also been criticized for this role and for the part he played in the execution of 24 soldiers in 1998.
Before entering politics, he was a successful Freetown lawyer and a partner at a law firm in the city for more than 20 years. "I am a man of the law," he says, when asked how he'll respond if he loses the upcoming election. "If I feel aggrieved I will go to the law.
I will seek redress. I won't say I'll be violent or I will cause havoc on my own people, my own country." He accuses his main political opponents, Charles Margai and Ernest Koroma, of instigating violence and leading a "one-sided show" in the country, claiming his party has the cleanest hands of the group.
Aware of the many ills facing Sierra Leonean's, he thinks growing the economy will be the country's ticket out of poverty. If elected next month, his first priority will be increasing the private sector and rapidly building the economy.
"My priorities are simply to restore the confidence of the people in this country," he says. "We can only develop if we have law and order.
"I would look at the economy and see how we can, as quickly as possible, turn it around....I'm sure we're going to attract a lot of investors." Like President Kabbah before him, he brings up the end of the 11-year civil war as the major achievement of his SLPP government. Education and health improvements are other high points of his government, he says, recognizing there is still far to go to address the many inadequacies in these sectors.
He promises working electricity within a month of the election if he wins it, and laughing, scoffs at comparisons with next-door-neighbour Liberia, where the power has been on in the capitol of Monrovia for some time, even though Liberia's war ended later than this country's.
He said the leaders of Guinea and Liberia are traditional allies of Sierra Leone and, despite recent uprisings in both countries, he'll work with them to solidify peace and stability in the region. As well, he wants to expand international relationships and look to new partners in the world, including Northern Europe and Scandinavia, Canada and the United States, South Africa and parts of Asia.
"I will be a man of my own," he says, defending claims that he will mimic the government of the current President. "Solomon Berewa is not President Kabbah.
I have my own way of taking actions and he has his own." When political stress becomes too extreme, Berewa said he likes to unwind at home, eat traditional foods like rice and listen to music. As a devout Christian and an organist, he is soothed by church music and especially loves Handel's Messiah. Sometimes, if he can't sleep, he wakes in the middle of the night and plays the organ. It calms him, he says.
It is hard to imagine this tranquil, soft-spoken man on the football pitch, but he appears to be a fan of local sports. His eyes opened wide, for the first and only time, when speaking about the Leone Stars, the national football team. "Anytime you go for international matches, we've lost some of our best footballers," he said, lamenting the desire for Sierra Leonean sports stars to play abroad rather than stay at home. "We need to encourage competition." His proudest achievement of the last 11 years in government is the attainment of peace, he says, as he slouches deeper into his sofa, his strength apparently waning. He doesn't appear to have the energy to raise this country out of its economic and political woes, but he's proved critics wrong before.
Subject: Re: JIMMY KANDEH: ADVICE TO P.M.D.C.: BEREWA WINS BY 75%
From: Cornelius Hamelberg
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Date Posted: 18:20:56 07/26/07 ()
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We are all in favour of the people’s choice through a free and fair election – one that does not include intimidation from the security apparatus.
“seeming always on the verge of nodding off” is more like the perennial descr1ption of the 69- year old Berewa, who will soon have to give way to what is called “young blood”
Fact is that he sometimes does “nod off” as some of his opponents have been complaining, for quite some time now. Wouldn’t like to have him in the Sierra Leone Airways pilot or navigator’s seat next time you fly to New York, would you – with the risk of him “nodding off” to the peaceful sleep and deeper slumber?
Little short rotund and fat –stomach bulging a little due to lack of exercise and sitting too long at the office – causing this falling asleep during meetings, “he wears a two-piece, button-up beige suit and black leather sandals, his reading glasses tucked in his front pocket and his hands folded over his chest” and says in his “ deep, slurred voice” that “His party, the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP), will retain power and win as much as 75 per cent of the country's votes on August 11, “ 75% Indeed. Whilst the APC and the PMDC and others together will get 25%? What arrogance! On what demographic basis doe he make such a prediction? How does he break down the voting in the West, East, North and South to tally with this 75% figure when in fact the South has the lowest number of registered voters, the North and West have the most, followed by the East of Sierra Leone.
Even at dollar-a- vote, for those who subsist on less than a dollar-a day just wouldn’t’ work out because some men of conscience might just follow John Leigh’s advice to “take the money and vote for their conscience”. Only problem is that taking the money means that the conscience of some could already be compromised – and then there are the oaths and other culturally based superstitions that instil the fear of evil consequences of taking the money and doing other than they swore on idol or juju, TO DO.
It all fits into the carefully calculated impression that some of his advocates such as Gberie are spinning right in front of our eyes, an impression that the slpp spin doctors would like to give to the outside world, and even to the naïve and gullible among us, although e know better because we know that it’s impossible that he could or will win with a75% showing – unless the election is RIGGED. Perhaps he says so in the belief that “Everyone loves a winner”? False impression. Even Umaru Yara'dua did not win by that margin, and couldn't have said that before the election. And Kabbah wouldn’t even get 65% today. Why should Mr. Continuity?
A Swedish politician could never say, I’ll win with 75% - certainly not as tactic- since it would just have the opposite effect- and if too many people in Sierra Leone believed a word of that boast, then they might just stay at home on a rainy day and let other people do the voting…….
Yes, these kinds of carefully doctored up reports - for outsiders – are presenting false data, to bolster that impression that the SLPP is so vastly popular and the APC and PMDC so vastly unpopular – ( that even the council seats that the APC won – according to Gberie was only through out-rigging the SLPP –in-power in their rigging (when in fact the APC swept all of Freetown and the Western area in that Municipal Council election of 2004 – and this was not a surprise to anybody – indeed Mr. Siaka Stevens the leader of the APC who won the election in 1967, was Mayor of Freetown , and on that occasion too, the APC won all twelve Parliamentary Seats in Freetown and the Western Area.
The SLPP “spinmeisters” are giving the impression of the overwhelming popularity of the SLPP – so that a 75% victory does not come as surprise to the outside world - and I keep on emphasising, THE OUTSIDE WORLD, because the poor and suffering masses in Sierra Leone, and the marginalised and unemployed youths, and all those who still go to bed hungry in Sierra Leone, know that 75% of them are not going to vote for the SLPP.
Now about rigging: we are not to be in the absurd situation in which an incumbent government – any incumbent government in a mostly under-developed African country , should have the impunity to expect that they can rig an election, under the very noses of the local and international observers and then squelch/ suppress/ beat down any protest but people who they would like us to believe are hooligans , hoodlums, thugs and terrorists ( although the later is mostly to be associated with Middle Eastern dynasties and clans).
Savak and the Shah’s Iranian army were doing just that when the Iranian people rose up with Imam Khomeini ( r.a.) but when Imam Khomeini ( r.a.) said “ The Army is the people and the people is the army” It was soon all over. The army got tired of shooting at its own people.
Not that I ever want things to take that turn in Sierra Leone and that’s why we are advocating FREE and fair. When the woman or the people say no, it’s NO – she/they should not be raped. Their choice must be RESPECTED.
Such a situation can be further exacerbated by having a criminal government that has rigged such an election, backed by their police and their military wing of the party (usually the national army) that is there and ready to suppress any protest.
About contesting fraudulent elections, it’s alright for him to say
"I am a man of the law; if I feel aggrieved I will go to the law.” If the Law (the Judiciary and those decorated judges and cronies and the Electoral Agency and the Police and Military is standing to attention and saluting him already.
Well at least he is tentatively assuring the APC, that if the APC trounce the SLPP this year - - 40 years after the last trouncing, that he Berewa, unlike Albert Margai will not call in the army to avert his old age dreams of being Sierra Leone greatest president ever, being CRUSHED until he or Sengbe Konouwah tries again in 1212……by which time Solo Bee will be 74, a year younger than Pa Kabbah is today.
“I will be a man of my own” should be replaced by “I am a man of my own!”
“He accuses his main political opponents, Charles Margai and Ernest Koroma, of instigating violence and leading a "one-sided show" in the country, claiming his party has the cleanest hands of the group.”
He does the accusing, and no one has yet attempted to assassinate him … but I’ll finish off Gberie later ( by which I mean deal with his article – lest he fear an assassination attempt by my typewriter and you never know, there was even a guy who is today known as “ the shoe bomber”:
Well, I’m not one of those…….
Subject: rejoinder to "Cocorioko is the Best"
From: keke blahima
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Date Posted: 14:53:15 07/26/07 ()
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I would take the excellence of COCORIOKO even further. To say the best is beyond belief. It is the objective, fair and balanced reporting that qualifies this paper as perhaps one if not the best journalistic product owned and operated by a Sierra Leonean.
He has even taken free speech to a whole new layer offering even a podium for the best and the worst, the critics and the illogical minds who swing rumors and innuendoes with malice aforethought, prejudice, love, peace, everything under the sun.
This forum is a lot of fun, but it also reveals o lot of the anger and treachery and the vemon of misinformation that spits in the face of truth and hasty conclusions. That's the only problem that I wrestle with.
Sierra Leone has a greater ratio of intelligent, educated and intellectual byproducts per capita in the continent of Africa. Yet I have seen the worse of it on this forum as well.
I think as much as we have right to debate the issues, I would submit that if we spent all that time and energy coming up with or exchanging ideas about how we can reduce porverty, offer strategies on revamping the economy to cater for the poor majority, it will do a world of good.
Our rage and conflict may have a political object, but it is purely an economic conflict. If Sierra Leone WAS a monarchy with an average of $60,000 GNI per capita, no one would be worried about what government is doing or not doing. But when you have a nation as our with a $220 GNI per capita even the most democratic institution will be subjected to suspicion.
Remember Bill Clinton; "its the economy..."
Subject: Sierra Leone Police sending the wrond signal to the Public
From: Bambay Lans Kamara
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Date Posted: 14:48:40 07/26/07 ()
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Read~!
Subject: Hindolo Trye and Others Confirmed: 50 Rounds Ammo
From: Bambay Lans Kamara
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Date Posted: 14:44:55 07/26/07 ()
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this week after the incident revealed that about 50 rounds of ammo and a 9 Millimeter riffle (MM) were discovered in Tom Nyuma’s vehicle. This information when cross checked with Former Secretary of State, Mr. Hindolo Sumanguru Tyre, a colleague of ex-Lt.Col. Tom Nyuma of the defunct NPRC confirmed that the evidence was discovered by the police. Mr. Tyre claimed that it was removed from the police by the Finance Minister so that it could not be used against the APC suspect.
When this press further asked Commissioner Buck, he denied, saying that such evidence was never discovered by the police.
Subject: rejoinder to "Cocorioko is the Best"
From: keke blahima
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Date Posted: 14:02:55 07/26/07 ()
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I would take the excellence of COCORIOKO even further. To say the best is beyond belief. It is the objective, fair and balanced reporting that qualifies this paper as perhaps one if not the best journalistic product owned and operated by a Sierra Leonean.
He has even taken free speech to a whole new layer offering even a podium for the best and the worst, the critics and the illogical minds who swing rumors and innuendoes with malice aforethought, prejudice, love, peace, everything under the sun.
This forum is a lot of fun, but it also reveals o lot of the anger and treachery and the vemon of misinformation that spits in the face of truth and hasty conclusions. That's the only problem that I wrestle with.
Sierra Leone has a greater ratio of intelligent, educated and intellectual byproducts per capita in the continent of Africa. Yet I have seen the worse of it on this forum as well.
I think as much as we have right to debate the issues, I would submit that if we spent all that time and energy coming up with or exchanging ideas about how we can reduce porverty, offer strategies on revamping the economy to cater for the poor majority, it will do a world of good.
Our rage and conflict may have a political object, but it is purely an economic conflict. If Sierra Leone WAS a monarchy with an average of $60,000 GNI per capita, no one would be worried about what government is doing or not doing. But when you have a nation as our with a $220 GNI per capita even the most democratic institution will be subjected to suspicion.
Remember Bill Clinton; "its the economy..."
Subject: MAINTENANCE OVER
From: MODERATOR
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Date Posted: 13:40:19 07/26/07 ()
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Thanks for your patience.
Subject: Sierra Leone Police sending the wrond signal to the Public
From: Bambay Lans Kamara
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Date Posted: 13:39:28 07/26/07 ()
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Read~!
Subject: Hindolo Trye and Others Confirmed: 50 Rounds Ammo
From: Bambay Lans Kamara
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Date Posted: 13:36:56 07/26/07 ()
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this week after the incident revealed that about 50 rounds of ammo and a 9 Millimeter riffle (MM) were discovered in Tom Nyuma’s vehicle. This information when cross checked with Former Secretary of State, Mr. Hindolo Sumanguru Tyre, a colleague of ex-Lt.Col. Tom Nyuma of the defunct NPRC confirmed that the evidence was discovered by the police. Mr. Tyre claimed that it was removed from the police by the Finance Minister so that it could not be used against the APC suspect.
When this press further asked Commissioner Buck, he denied, saying that such evidence was never discovered by the police.
Subject: FORUM MAINTENANCE
From: MODERATOR
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Date Posted: 13:06:20 07/26/07 ()
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Maintenance ongoing. Please try your posts later.
Subject: KABS KANU IP ADDRESS FOR UN IS IN FREETOWN.
From: POLITICAL
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Date Posted: 12:11:42 07/26/07 ()
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Kabs, I was able to trace the IP address 85.159.201.52 which belongs to UN from Freetown. Copy the URL below and past it on your browse. When the page comes up on the left side of the page, there is a zoom thermometer.
Put the handle to the negative (-) to see where the Satelite IP came from. No one can hide from us even with the most sophisticated satelite technology. I hope this will help you in your invetstigation to pinpoint who was the culprit.
http://www.ip-adress.com/details.php?c=OlFUST06VTJGMFpXeHNhWFJsSUZCeWIzWnBaR1Z5OjpPRFV1TVRVNUxqSXdNUzQxTWc9PTpWVTVKVkVWRUlFNUJWRWxQVGxNZ1RFOUhTVk5VU1VOVElFSkJVMFU9Ok1DNHdNREF3Ok1DNHdNREF3OjpSR2xoYkhWdzpWVTVKVkVWRUlFNUJWRWxQVGxNZ1RFOUhTVk5VU1VOVElFSkJVMFU9Ojo6Og==
Subject: DID I HEAR STRASSER WAS CALLED BY BIO/TOM JOIN KILLED ERNEST
From: NOISE
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Date Posted: 11:54:53 07/26/07 ()
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Was it true that Strasser was called by Bio and Tom join the assassination of Ernest but refused, but now under verbal threats because he leaks the secret? Ali, can you expand your accusation for us to get the clear picture on this issue. If what you said is true, this will put to rest all the SLPP cover up attempt.
Subject: Re: DID I HEAR STRASSER WAS CALLED BY BIO/TOM JOIN KILLED ERNEST
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
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Date Posted: 15:09:50 07/26/07 ()
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I cannot expand any more on the subject other than to tell you that what I got was from a very credible source within the SLPP structure. I will not reveal my source under penalty of pain. It is true.
Subject: WHERE IS THE SO CALLED SIA T. IN ALL THESE.
From: NOISE
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Date Posted: 11:50:01 07/26/07 ()
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He/She was the analytical predator in this elections. She/he has written many controversial articles against both the APC and the PMDC. Now we or I expect him/her to tap into this controversy. I am waiting to see what is her/his take on this assassination attempt bohaahaa.
Subject: Re: WHERE IS THE SO CALLED SIA T. IN ALL THESE.
From: Mammy Sweh
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Date Posted: 16:03:02 07/26/07 ()
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The inimitable Sia Tiyaama is probably getting propagandist talking points from his SLPP bosses right now. Don't worry, that master of tribal politics will soon unleash his vitriolic venom against the APC and PMDC. I bet you when he crawls out of his stupor, he is going to try to convince us that ERNEST KOROMA AND THE EVIL APC, ACTUALLY DRUGGED AND KIDNAPPED POOR INNOCENT TOM NYUMA AND SET UP THE WHOLE ASASSINATION PLOT AT THE COUNTRYSIDE HOTEL, JUST TO MAKE THE SLPP LOOK BAD! Think this is ridiculous? Then you brobably haven't read some of Sia Tiyaama's absurd rantings.
Subject: Cornnelisu Speaks to Bere-Berewa /Lansana Gberiewa
From: Cornelius Hamelberg
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Date Posted: 10:30:51 07/26/07 ()
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We want democracy, peace and prosperity for everybody.
Let’s start with Gberie’s confession that he knows the SLPP (wolf in sheep’s clothing?) to be a BIG RIGGER and that’s why he was so shocked and it was “an eye-opener” for him – as if the Besserwisser didn’t know that already, that the party so well financed and wanting to cling on to power at all costs, is in a better position to rig than anyone else – even with the help of those in and out of uniform.
He writes with his eyes wide open-eye and still in great surprise
“A quick analysis of the findings showed quite clearly that candidates for the opposition APC rigged the elections (using polling agents) in many cases more comprehensively and competently than did candidates for the ruling SLPP. That was, in some ways, an eye-opener - even for me who knows a thing or two about Sierra Leone's post-independence political history.”
Ya man, let me try and make this very clear:
First of all Hon Ernest Bai Koroma, has probably warned of the consequences of the SLPP and the Electoral Commission RIGGING the election. We do not feel that we should just shrug our shoulders and swallow hook line and sinker whatever impossible lumpy gravy they want to shove down our throats. This is true of every true lover of Sierra Leone. A sense of foreboding in those who would like to vote against and overthrow corruption – including the corruption of rigging by which some people want to win each and every election – because they have no respect for the people. Hon Ernest Bai Koroma the leader of the APC has not issued a threat.
If he has, please quote him and ask him what he meant. Just as I now ask, what do you mean by “Oversight” as used in your article?
This was a piece of clear and straightforward writing. Truth said, “Tell it like it is”:
http://www.nai.uu.se/press/newsletter/sierra_leone/
Now concerning the more devious matter of ”much-speculated prospects of widespread violence during the polls.”
I should first of all like to dismiss Gberie’s tendentiousness and propaganda perhaps at the behest of his PP. His excessive use of superlatives and exaggeration can tantamount to his telling vicious untruths, cloaked as “opinions”.
Here he tries to soften the blow – “It is all very well now to state, and this is true, that the Sierra Leonean state now has a reasonable monopoly over armed violence, but the operative word is reasonable. It is not absolute.” Yeah? Reasonable but not absolute? What the hell is he talking about? The uses and abuses of fire power? – Well yes, they have those tanks and surely the have more heavy artillery?
“To its credit, the Sierra Leone government seems very well aware of this.”
Mr. Gberie, of course it’s not only the government that should take this credit - or that is capable of carrying on with its intimidation. There was a war between two sides in which there were people who were morally wrong in both sides, and that’s the way I see it. When government misuses its power and this includes its powers of incumbency, the crime is till under the general category of MISUSE OF POWER. (E.g. Harry Yansaneh’s murderers have still not been brought to Justice – and Charles Margai nearly got assassinated just the other day, to get him out of the way – although you would like us – or the world to believe that he is no threat to the SLPP.
Now Karmor AKB, what’s this geezer going on about “paralysis”? Talking about your favourite bozos the man says that
: “the government has, since the current electoral process began, been cautious to the point paralysis in dealing with evident challenges to the security of the state by some members of the opposition.”
Let me give you a few more examples of gross exaggeration from the same piece:
Here’s one:
“ The PMDC, for all the initial enthusiasm (now almost completely waned) that greeted it, is a very new entity, rather like a new bookstore.”
On which planet is Gberie? Is he still in transit from Canada? The Honourable Charles Francis Margai is a kingmaker: he is more popular now than he was at the inception of the PMDC- and YOU KNOW IT. If you don’t then ask the Rev Alfred Sam Foray among many others, including some heavyweight people (heavier than you) in the UK.
Misleading as always in his posture of Mr. Besserwisser which starts with his saying that
“IFES (the International Foundation for Electoral Systems) on the 2004 local council elections in Sierra Leone. The report revealed widespread irregularities, so widespread and egregious indeed that it has since not been released to the public.”
Thanks for telling us so. Revelation. Now who is going to take your word for it? - Not me. The public would like to see if you are indeed telling the truth. .There are others who would like to question the accuracy of the report – since such a report would set a very bad precedent - that you have the evidence and conceal it – that where the whole process in that case should have been declared null and void, you prefer to concur with fraudulence. On what grounds should it have been concealed from the general public and why should Mr. Gberie in particular be given a privileged view – is it classified information? (You know I can tell you what Mr. Kabbah had for breakfast?)
If Gberie’s allegations are true (I know that they are not) then the onus of proof is on him, and here I am waiting patiently for it, from you, to us. (I got mirrors on my hands)
Dysfunctional is a broad concept as theory - in practice some of what Bo Utas says can contribute to some of that dysfunctionality, as
“the elections will take place at the height of the rainy season. This could reduce participation and limit the presence of election observers, especially in the rural parts of the country where roads are in poor condition and transport is minimal during the rains, making some areas almost inaccessible.”
This limitation, the limiting of the presence of election observers means that unsupervised, RIGGING can take place by those who have the transport means (and walkie –talkies) to be there…… and as far as logistics is concerned, it is feared that not only does the incumbent SLPP government have access to government owned vehicles, but to the same 500 or more that were used in that motorcade when Mr. Berewa‘s SLPP train drove through Freetown to the Stadium…..
Whether it rains or the sun smiles, as long as the last few days leading up to the elections have been free of violence, the campaigning has stopped and there are no campaigners and other electioneering hustlers or would-be intimidators are a reasonable distance away from the polling stations/ booths, the ballot boxes and ballots are there, voters find their names on the registers, when voters have cast their ballots they move away from the area – as not to cause commotion chanting their party slogans or trying to influence the voting, - and finally that the police / military are non-violent in dealing with discrepancies/ irregularities in and around polling stations, if these conditions are met, we should be in for a quite and peaceful election day of the kind that we have always had in Sweden the past seven elections or so.
If the above scenarios are not fulfilled as the order of the day, then from this distance, I can hear the rumble and I intuit a current of ill feeling that may translate into the type of pent up frustration that usually precedes violence and this at its right time, when anticipation and hope is disappointed with as Mr. Gberie puts it “failure to realise such a vote an indication of fraud for which violence must be unleashed on the nation.”
This is a mass feeling, among supporters of APC & the PMDC – it is part of the “emotionalism of “the African personality” the pent up passion will be released and realised and to some extent satisfied through violence, when he, me, and she are cheated of true democracy - of a free and fair election – I too would like to slap somebody - and everybody believes that there will be rigging- that it’s just a matter of the extent and openness of the rigging that is as yet unknown.
Now it is quite natural that Mr. Ernest Bai Koroma, operating in the post-conflict situation of Peace and Reconciliation (and I notice that Gberie does not even mention the TRC once) well, Mr. Koroma is INCLUSIVE, just as the SLPP and the PMDC are vying as to who will get most votes from the Kamajors and so, that is my final comment on this your little paragraph:
“Shortly after Koroma issued his threat, the Revolutionary United Front Party (RUFP), the group that represented the deranged guerrillas who spearheaded Sierra Leone's decade-long carnage, announced that it had joined the APC to help defeat the SLPP in the polls.”
I do suppose that the SLPP does not want any of their enemies to vote for them or the opposition nor even by secret ballot…. And every vote counts… one country, one people, and even he – yes he too is a Sierra Leonean…… (just watch Obama hustling the black vote…..
The meaning here is not too clear to me, after the “immense pleasure” he says
“ So you see, all this sound too desperate, and Koroma should appeal to his better instinct and make a public renunciation of his threat.”
WHAT sounds too desperate? It’s our Sierra Leone or Isrealeone mentality, if you like - it’s supposed to be a deterrent force. This is the ethos of a Sierra Leonean, and I am speaking and writing as one too, the Sierra Leone ethos makes this moral equation: the SLPP police and military say “WE will not accept violence” right? And the Sierra Leone people say – “If you RIG the ELECTIONS, we will not take it lying down like a hussy, the consequence will be VIOLENCE – so don’t rig – even if you have all the guns and the tanks.”
Wouldn’t it be nice if after a rigged election the opposition and the people who have been cheated would just appeal to Miss Christina Thorpe (whose boyfriend is an SLPP stalwart) just appeal to her to hear the plea of the cheated and thus disenfranchised and then she and they would look into the matter and then declare the whole election exercise NULL & VOID?
We would not like to read on the morning of 15th August, surprise - Surprise- the following distinct possibility penned by one Lansana Gberie that writes thus:
“A quick analysis of the findings showed quite clearly that candidates for the SLPP rigged the elections (using polling agents) in many cases more comprehensively and competently than did candidates for the opposition APC that was, in some ways, an eye-opener – even for me who knows a thing or two about Sierra Leone’s post-independence political history. “
To be continued (Less is more)
Subject: Re: Cornnelisu Speaks to Bere-Berewa /Lansana Gberiewa
From: Cornelius Hamelberg
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Date Posted: 11:30:43 07/26/07 ()
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Re
This was a piece of clear and straightforward writing. Truth said, “Tell it like it is”:
http://www.nai.uu.se/press/newsletter/sierra_leone/
and
in practice some of what Bo Utas says can contribute to some of that dysfunctionality, as
“the elections will take place at the height of the rainy season. This could reduce participation and limit the presence of election observers, especially in the rural parts of the country where roads are in poor condition and transport is minimal during the rains, making some areas almost inaccessible.”
Correction: MATS Utas and not Bo Utas who I am much more familiar with as he is a specialist and the doyen of Iranian studies:
http://www.google.se/search?hl=en&rlz=1T4GZHY_enSE232SE232&q=Bo++Utas
Subject: YOU ALL SAW THE CYBER-TERROR , DIDN'T YOU ?
From: KABS KANU
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Date Posted: 09:37:31 07/26/07 ()
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This time , we left the posts for you to see . We have just erased them. But is that the way politics should be played ? Should we resort to terrorizing journalists ? Should we resort to lies and character-assassination to silence journalists .
We have taken appropriate steps to protect the forum from this cyber-terror. These persons blocked will never participate on this forum again.
If anybody writes us to say that they have been banned, we will know that they are the culprits and this time will not remove the ban.
We are going to post the IPs of the people also for all to see.
As for me, I have resolved that journalism is a thankless and dangerous job and will live with it.
None of the parties, for the information of those attacking me, is pleased with me.
SLPP : Oh, you are APC .You only publish APC articles and pictures ( As if I told them not to send me their's for publication )
APC: Oh, you are publishing articles from SLPP supporters that are diminishing us
PMDC: Oh, SLPP has intimidated you to place their own articles on top of our's.
I am under tremendous pressure and I can tell you that I know there are APC people who are not pleased with the interview I conducted with their leader , simply because I did not mention in the interview that Tom Nyuma lied or said at the conclusion that the people will read the two interviews and decide whom to believe. They will want to see something caustic against Nyuma.
It is a shame that we Sierra Leoneans have to play this kind of dirty politics. Liberia had their elections and it went on well. Nigeria had their's but despite the complexities of that country's political dynamism, and some violence, their's did not end in war. But at the rate we are going, only God Almighty will save us.
The only consolaion I have is the post from the brother in Eritrea who said the Sierra Leoneans working for foreign organizations in Eritrea consider COCORIOKO the only newspaper that has been presenting balanced stories of the elections.
If you kill me today, I know 2 things :
1. My name will never die
2.Another Kabs Kanu will emerge
So, go on with your cyber-terror against me.
Subject: Re: YOU ALL SAW THE CYBER-TERROR , DIDN'T YOU ?
From: POLITICAL
To: All
Date Posted: 11:20:29 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 207.108.136.242
Message:
Kabs Kanu, these are your culprits. However, the information provided here have more into it than what you see here. What puzzles me is the UN IP Address. Does this means the person who wrote you to protest about one article written on behalf of Victor Angelo might have done that or someone working in the UN is one of the culprit. If you can post the IP address of the person claiming to be Victor Angelo we may have a little clue on this puzzling information. You cannot see the city on the info of this IP because it is a satelite ISP. So let the investigation started.
IP address locat1on & IP address info:
IP address: 208.54.95.1
IP country: United States
IP address state:
IP address city:
IP latitude: 38.000000
IP longitude: -97.000000
ISP: T-MOBILE USA
Organization: T-MOBILE USA
Host: m015f36d0.tmodns.net
IP address locat1on & IP address info:
IP address: 85.159.201.52 (Copy)
IP country: Satellite Provider
IP address state:
IP address city:
IP latitude: 0.000000
IP longitude: 0.000000
ISP: UNITED NATIONS LOGISTICS BASE
Organization: UNITED NATIONS LOGISTICS BASE
IP address locat1on & IP address info:
IP address: 70.21.78.101 (Copy)
IP country: United States
IP address state: District of Columbia
IP address city: Washington
IP latitude: 38.909698
IP longitude: -77.023102
ISP: Verizon Internet Services
Organization: Verizon Internet Services
Host: pool-70-21-78-101.res.east.verizon.net
Local Time: 2007-07-26 12:10
Subject: Re: YOU ALL SAW THE CYBER-TERROR , DIDN'T YOU ?
From: Hit
To: All
Date Posted: 11:51:46 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 67.63.2.157
Message:
UN logistics host all IT operations. There is 99% probability, this person is posting from Salone-UN: Special court, etc, or ERITREA!!!
Subject: Re: YOU ALL SAW THE CYBER-TERROR , DIDN'T YOU ?
From: POLITICAL
To: All
Date Posted: 12:13:01 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 207.108.136.242
Message:
I just bursted him/her. It is from Freetown.
Subject: Re: YOU ALL SAW THE CYBER-TERROR , DIDN'T YOU ?
From: alieu sesay
To: All
Date Posted: 15:46:31 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 67.63.2.157
Message:
What if they are using dynamic Adress system or using a proxy server? The IP can be anything and from anywhere.
Just a caution!
Subject: Re: THE IPS :YOU ALL SAW THE CYBER-TERROR , DIDN'T YOU ?
From: KABS KANU
To: All
Date Posted: 09:48:54 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 208.115.232.93
Message:
70.21.78.101
208.54.95.1
85.159.201.52
Ladies and gentlemen, these are the IPs of the people who flooded the forum this morning with obscene posts about me .
We ask those of you with IT knowledge to WORK WITH US us identify them. We have also sent the IPs to the FBI .
These are the shameful cyber-terrorists among us.
Subject: Re: THE IPS :YOU ALL SAW THE CYBER-TERROR , DIDN'T YOU ?
From: APC
To: All
Date Posted: 09:58:52 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 67.63.2.157
Message:
IP address: 70.21.78.101 (Copy)
IP country: United States
IP address state: District of Columbia
IP address city: Washington
IP latitude: 38.909698
IP longitude: -77.023102
ISP: Verizon Internet Services
Organization: Verizon Internet Services
Host: pool-70-21-78-101.res.east.verizon.net
Local Time: 2007-07-26 10:56
Subject: KABS- Cocoriocco and criticism
From: alieu sesay
To: All
Date Posted: 08:43:58 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 67.63.2.157
Message:
Kabs do not take our criticism of your articles as an act of witch-hunting. We hold this news stand at a higher standard than the others for the simple fact that:
1. You do not need money- can't be bribed
2. Do not need appointment- you get good wok
3. You are not on the ground- do not need security- although
4. You are a man of God- expect you to be fair and righteous.
My reason for staying here and not anywhere else is the fact that you have continued to maintain some form of fairness on the forum, but that fairness is sometimes not extended to the NEWS.
Yet KABS we will continue to criticise you until your paper is back to pre"pre-elections" era.
Those who criticise you are those who seek your interest and hopefully one day be you friends.
Caution--Do not call me an "IDIOT"
Subject: Re: KABS- Cocoriocco and criticism
From: gbalo
To: All
Date Posted: 10:34:38 07/26/07 ()
Email Address: gert@yahoo.com
Entered From: at 79.66.18.202
Message:
Why criticise him for his views. State your own views in an adult manner and you will not be called an idiot. For now, as far as I can see from previous postings you are prtraying yourself as an idiot. I refer you to postings I have read in the past two days where you were advised by a reader to stop behaving like you are from the gutter.
Kabs has a right to his views as you do. If you dont like them, you are free to start your own forum.
Keep it up Kabs, I dont always agree with you but that is what politics and journalism is all about.
God bless
Subject: Morie Mussafa's Lies and Deliberate Distortions
From: Foday M. Daboh
To: All
Date Posted: 08:21:10 07/26/07 ()
Email Address: fmdabo@yahoo.com
Entered From: 63-231-39-9.tukw.qwest.net at 63.231.39.9
Message:
This is a direct response to Morie Mussafa’s piece “REVEALED AND EXPOSED!!! Two Major SLPP Diabolic Plots To Rig The Elections”
It is a shame that at this day and age and on this planet, there are people still gallivanting as homo sapiens when they are actually homo erectus. Unfortunately, the likes of Morie Musaffa fall into this category. I am disturbed that for political gains, Mr. Musaffa has decided to embark on the disingenuous dissemination of false information to create panic and confusion before the August 11th elections. I am not surprised that he belongs to the PMDC because instilling fear into the electorate is their hallmark.
Let me make it clear to Morie and his Peoples Movement to Destroy our Country(PMDC) that the SLPP has no such intentions and does not need to rig any election. It doesn’t make any sense to rig an election that you know you can win freely and fairly by a comfortable margin even in the first round. The real intention of Morie and his cohorts in the PMDC is to spread fear and panic before the elections and if that result to some form of violence, they will say the suffrage was not free and fair. Let me tell you that even the International Community is aware of the achievements of this administration and believes that the majority of Sierra Leoneans want continuity and so will never take your empty cries seriously.
It smacks of laughter to even suggest that a government that has brought Sierra Leone in to the information age to an extent that you can access the worldwide web from almost every part of the country and can make or receive calls from even the remotest village in the country, will turn around to use it as a weapon to win an election. I need to educate you on the premise that Sierra Leone is a free market economy and none of those companies are owned or controlled by government. Besides, election day is one of the days people need communication the most.
The SLPP is clearly not the APC that had used fuel and rice to subjugate Sierra Leoneans in the past. The SLPP has always ensured that these commodities are always available because it is the only party that truly cares for Sierra Leoneans. We are a “ Kombra” party that makes sure our children are fed before we are.
I hope Mr. Mussafa is not one of those Charles Margai fooled into leaving the SLPP because a multitude of those with brains had already come back. Being a “Kombra” party, we are always ready to welcome back the lost flock.
I warn you and your PMDC miscreants that any attempt to disrupt the serenity and tranquility of election day come August 11, will be met with the full reckoning of the law. This is a different Sierra Leone and one that will not condone lawlessness as in the past. If Charles had promised you a job and now you clearly know it is not possible , don’t take your anger out on the innocent people of Sierra Leone. I know you had spent some fortune on Charles’ campaign and it is painful to watch that money go in vain but it is better you if you kept quiet and pray that God destroys Charles for lying to you and your likes of mental dwarfs.
Foday M. Daboh
Seattle, Washington State.
Subject: Re: Morie Mussafa's Lies and Deliberate Distortions
From: Footgoendoe
To: All
Date Posted: 14:28:43 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: red_dog.niehs.nih.gov at 157.98.76.127
Message:
Foday, I think that Morie Mousaffa is on "crack", based on the lies in his on-line articles. The boy sabi lie. Aye bo!
Subject: Re: Morie Mussafa's Lies and Deliberate Distortions
From: Mammy Sweh
To: All
Date Posted: 09:18:59 07/26/07 ()
Email Address: ammysweh@gmail.com
Entered From: ool-44c6d571.dyn.optonline.net at 68.198.213.113
Message:
For someone claiming to criticize Morie Mussafa's "lies and deliberate distortions", you have also done a fair amount of truth twisting yourself. Did you say that SLPP is a "Komra" party where the leaders don't eat until the children eat first? Do you really say that with a straight face? My sides are splitting with laughter! Go to any region in Sierra Leone and see hunger and desperation etched on the faces of millions while the SLPP kakistocrats run around with fat satisfied bellies and oily tooth picks hanging lazily from their greedy lips. You can't feed hungry people a diet of lies and expect them to vote you in to cause more havoc. The only way SLPP wins is by putting on a mask and commiting highway robbery next month. By the way Morie Mussafa has more credibility on his pinky finger than the entire bumbbling SLPP leadership. Go Toegondoe!
Subject: Re: Morie Mussafa's Lies and Deliberate Distortions
From: alieu sesay
To: All
Date Posted: 08:27:29 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 67.63.2.157
Message:
"I know you had spent some fortune on Charles’ campaign"
Foot-gbondo you bribed Charles for political appointment?
No wonder you put out so much trash about the " people's choice".
Subject: Alpha Saidu escapes
From: Gallileo
To: All
Date Posted: 07:56:14 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: gw1.dc.gov at 164.82.146.3
Message:
Nobody is going to get at Alpha Saidu for any whipping.He already fled to Freetown and is working at an exchange bureau owned by a relative of his. The only thing, he cannot come back.Paper nor day.
Subject: Re: Alpha Saidu escapes
From: Detective
To: All
Date Posted: 01:10:22 07/27/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: cache-ntc-ad04.proxy.aol.com at 207.200.116.198
Message:
yes sir he has escaped to northern New Jersey.
Subject: John Leigh now with PMDC?
From: James Karim Kabia
To: All
Date Posted: 06:58:02 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: ool-4573708c.dyn.optonline.net at 69.115.112.140
Message:
Is it true that John has secretly joined the PMDC after realizing that he has no stake in SLPP? I just got off the phone with two SLPP stalwarts who confirmed this. Now I am begining to understand why he no longer contributes to this forum.
James
Subject: Re: John Leigh now with PMDC?
From: Cornelius Hamelberg
To: All
Date Posted: 07:16:32 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: c-2e8472d5.01-32-73746f42.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se at 213.114.132.46
Message:
Wonders never cease!
In that case he does have some spunk after all and it must be that he has a score to settle with his old idols, Berewa (69) & Kabbah(73).
The quesion remains: If Charles kicks him out of PMDC ( for insubordination) will Leigh betake himself to he APC?
Subject: Re: John Leigh now with PMDC?
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
To: All
Date Posted: 15:07:02 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: cache-ntc-ad04.proxy.aol.com at 207.200.116.198
Message:
He is welcome to be a member of the APC I will vote against his inclusion on the grounds that he is a loose lip, and you you know what they a=say about those, "loose lips sink ships"
Subject: Test for democracy in Sierra Leone
From: Cornelius Hamelberg
To: All
Date Posted: 06:04:05 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: c-2e8472d5.01-32-73746f42.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se at 213.114.132.46
Message:
Test for democracy in Sierra Leone
By Mats Utas
On August 11 Sierra Leone will vote democratically for the second time since the end of the decade long civil war that raged between 1991 and 2002. Many international observers believe that this election is an important test for democracy in Sierra Leone. Many Sierra Leoneans call democracy “dem-are-crazy” and politics “politrix”.
Voters for hire? Freetown, April 2007. Photo by Mats Utas.
The 2007 contestants
In August there are basically three political parties that people will vote for. The two political dragons: All People’s Congress (APC) and Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP), and the newcomer People’s Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC). During its two periods in power, SLPP has secured a lot of funds for campaigning, yet improved little on the ground and thus not gained any popularity – instead there is a growing nostalgia for the APC years (1968–92) in power. Politically, APC also appears much stronger in this election. A long-standing schism within the party leadership appears to be temporarily bridged. It is clear that APC will take most of the northern part of the country (their traditional power base) and Freetown. SLPP remains strong in the south, although PMDC, a SLPP splinter party, to an equal degreee has the south as its stronghold and will win at least some constituencies there. The diamond-rich east will be a key district where the outcome remains uncertain.
One party must win 55% of the votes on August 11, or else there will be a second round of votes. In the case of a second round, it is highly feasible that most PMDC voters will back SLPP. This is based on the assumption of free and fair elections. The security situation remains stable although some trouble within the army remains. Certainly some of the earlier militias will be on stand-by. One concern raised by observers, especially those in opposition to the ruling party, is that the elections will take place at the height of the rainy season. This could reduce participation and limit the presence of election observers, especially in the rural parts of the country where roads are in poor condition and transport is minimal during the rains, making some areas almost inaccessible.
The democratic process has remained at a low level in Sierra Leone in spite of general elections having already been held in 1962. Patron-client politics is still of utmost importance throughout the country even though some changes can be observed in the bigger cities. Currently in Freetown, hordes of people line up outside the party headquarters and more so at the party leaders’ mansions in order to receive their mandatory money in exchange for promising their votes. This has been going on at least since April, when I last visited the country. Popular musicians sing against this kind of campaigning and people state that they are fed up with the ways of the politrix and manipulated democracy, but in the end they succumb to the political game, knowing just how fragile their lives are and how important patrons can be for their future. Money counts, or as a popular saying goes Money in the hand – back to the ground. Striking poverty and social insecurity are the main reasons for this kind of popular real politics.
Brief political background
Sierra Leone became independent in 1961. Its post-colonial political history shows a dominance of two political parties: Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) which ruled between 1961 and 1967, and 1996 until the present, and All People’s Congress (APC) which ruled between 1968 and 1992, with the interception of three military governments (1967–1968, 1992–1996, 1997–1998). Siaka Stevens, APC leader and president between 1968 and 1985, turned Sierra Leone into a one-party state and reigned in typical cold-war style with internationally “accepted” institutionalized forms of state/civilian violence and mismanagement of government funds. APC’s abuse of power eventually paved the way for both the rurally based Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebel force and two “urban” military governments during the 1990s. The widespread blaming of APC for leading Sierra Leone into decline and civil war was an important reason for SLPP’s return to state power in the 1996 elections.
For more information
Mats Utas is a researcher at the Nordic Africa Institute with a research project: Youth and Marginality in Urban Sierra Leone. Utas is currently researching youth activities during the election campaigning in a project called “Elections 2007. Youth, Politics and Technical Mobilisation”. Mats Utas will be in Sierra Leone (6–16 August) during the elections.
Contact:
E-mail: mats.utas@nai.uu.se
Mobile: +232-33775805
Subject: Re: Test for democracy in Sierra Leone
From: Cornelius Hamelberg
To: All
Date Posted: 06:45:33 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: c-2e8472d5.01-32-73746f42.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se at 213.114.132.46
Message:
July 26th and Sierra Leone still not centre stage here in
Subject: Independent voice
From: Culled news
To: All
Date Posted: 05:46:12 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: 121-65-ftth.onsneteindhoven.nl at 88.159.65.121
Message:
Test for democracy in Sierra Leone
By Mats Utas
On August 11 Sierra Leone will vote democratically for the second time since the end of the decade long civil war that raged between 1991 and 2002. Many international observers believe that this election is an important test for democracy in Sierra Leone. Many Sierra Leoneans call democracy “dem-are-crazy” and politics “politrix”.
Voters for hire? Freetown, April 2007. Photo by Mats Utas.
The 2007 contestants
In August there are basically three political parties that people will vote for. The two political dragons: All People’s Congress (APC) and Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP), and the newcomer People’s Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC). During its two periods in power, SLPP has secured a lot of funds for campaigning, yet improved little on the ground and thus not gained any popularity – instead there is a growing nostalgia for the APC years (1968–92) in power. Politically, APC also appears much stronger in this election. A long-standing schism within the party leadership appears to be temporarily bridged. It is clear that APC will take most of the northern part of the country (their traditional power base) and Freetown. SLPP remains strong in the south, although PMDC, a SLPP splinter party, to an equal degreee has the south as its stronghold and will win at least some constituencies there. The diamond-rich east will be a key district where the outcome remains uncertain.
One party must win 55% of the votes on August 11, or else there will be a second round of votes. In the case of a second round, it is highly feasible that most PMDC voters will back SLPP. This is based on the assumption of free and fair elections. The security situation remains stable although some trouble within the army remains. Certainly some of the earlier militias will be on stand-by. One concern raised by observers, especially those in opposition to the ruling party, is that the elections will take place at the height of the rainy season. This could reduce participation and limit the presence of election observers, especially in the rural parts of the country where roads are in poor condition and transport is minimal during the rains, making some areas almost inaccessible.
The democratic process has remained at a low level in Sierra Leone in spite of general elections having already been held in 1962. Patron-client politics is still of utmost importance throughout the country even though some changes can be observed in the bigger cities. Currently in Freetown, hordes of people line up outside the party headquarters and more so at the party leaders’ mansions in order to receive their mandatory money in exchange for promising their votes. This has been going on at least since April, when I last visited the country. Popular musicians sing against this kind of campaigning and people state that they are fed up with the ways of the politrix and manipulated democracy, but in the end they succumb to the political game, knowing just how fragile their lives are and how important patrons can be for their future. Money counts, or as a popular saying goes Money in the hand – back to the ground. Striking poverty and social insecurity are the main reasons for this kind of popular real politics.
Brief political background
Sierra Leone became independent in 1961. Its post-colonial political history shows a dominance of two political parties: Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) which ruled between 1961 and 1967, and 1996 until the present, and All People’s Congress (APC) which ruled between 1968 and 1992, with the interception of three military governments (1967–1968, 1992–1996, 1997–1998). Siaka Stevens, APC leader and president between 1968 and 1985, turned Sierra Leone into a one-party state and reigned in typical cold-war style with internationally “accepted” institutionalized forms of state/civilian violence and mismanagement of government funds. APC’s abuse of power eventually paved the way for both the rurally based Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebel force and two “urban” military governments during the 1990s. The widespread blaming of APC for leading Sierra Leone into decline and civil war was an important reason for SLPP’s return to state power in the 1996 elections.
For more information
Mats Utas is a researcher at the Nordic Africa Institute with a research project: Youth and Marginality in Urban Sierra Leone. Utas is currently researching youth activities during the election campaigning in a project called “Elections 2007. Youth, Politics and Technical Mobilisation”. Mats Utas will be in Sierra Leone (6–16 August) during the elections.
Subject: Gberie or Bere or Gberiewa ? Re – Lansana Gberie Speaks.
From: Cornelius Hamelberg
To: All
Date Posted: 05:30:35 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: c-2e8472d5.01-32-73746f42.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se at 213.114.132.46
Message:
http://www.hwforums.com/2179/messages/34330.html
Gberie is profoundly SLPP and is probably Southerner - although that may have absolutely nothing to do with it.
Everyday, I read dozens of articles from around the world in this mega site:
http://israpundit.com/2006/
In trying to get to know myself better, I must answer this question: WHY did I get so irritated reading bra Gberiewa’s article?
I think that to begin with, it’s because the man is so full of – of himself. The very intrusive super-ego, gets in the way, it takes centre stage and replaces some of the arguments or elucidation it is trying to present. Not that opinions or arguments have to be de-tribalised, in MY Fathers’ House.
Evidence of this is here: - and as we can see he is in quite a different league altogether as he repeatedly makes clear to us his unmistakable closeness to officialdom ( & power). I cannot for a moment imagine the unending interest with which all our ears would pop up and stay tuned to listen to kongosah with president Kabbah or vice president Berewa telling us about some of those meetings – and persons that they do meet – we would have Berewa kick-starting one of his campaign talks with words like “ Just the other day, as I was saying to His Holiness the Pope” and of course we’d have Kabbah with “ As I was saying to my buddy, Muammar al-Qadhafi, about that first shipment of rice ” etc etc and on the issue of violence? Well, the toothless chimpanzee as we see is not always so toothless or lacking in integrity and he is now protecting some of his own endangered species within Sierra Leone territory.
Mr. Lansana Gberie may FEEL what he wants to convey to us, to assure us: he may feel very much at home with his Muzungus/ Oyibos and for all we know he may even be one of them or a coconut ( Mr.Obai a photo please of a coconut – not from your palm tree, but one with a human touch, because it’s what some London blacks and Yardies call a black man who joins the London Metropolitan Police Force :” Coconut “ – i.e. brown outside and white inside ) – but it’s the narrative style that is not so smooth - in replacing his original self by the image of his master
(Robinson Crusoe) –
He starts with an innocuous enough casual introduction, and here he is bristling with his usual self-importance:
“Over lunch the other day at Chatham House in London with some old friends there, I was asked – apropos of something that I had recently published in that venerable Think Tank’s magazine World Today on Sierra Leone’s forthcoming elections in August”
And the buck doesn’t stop there – it’s a strain that runs through the piece:
“Now to the point I made at the Chatham House lunch. In the course of researching and writing a large report on the elections for an international organisation recently, I chanced to read the report by IFES (the International Foundation for Electoral Systems) on the 2004 local council elections in Sierra Leone.”
” During a meeting with Koroma over a year ago in the course of work I was doing for the British government, Koroma mentioned that he would be traveling to London the following week. That visit would coincide with the launch of my book at Chatham House.” etc.
“. I met Margai last year with an American colleague. We were staying at the Cabenda Hotel, owned by Femi Hebron, founding member of the PMDC. My colleague and I – on assignment for the UK government – expressed an interest, to Hebron, in talking to Margai. Margai dropped by the next morning for a chat.”
And now let’s deal with honesty or the lack of it - and then it’s called dishonesty – (although this dishonesty could also be forgetfulness or even innocence, the flip side of “Songs of Experience”
For now I’ll deal with the following three points, and take up other important points - all about election violence to follow in my next instalment :
1. Gberie writes that
(Margai) “found that the party was no longer good enough for him. This is, of course, his right; and he may be well correct in denouncing the leadership process as rigged “
Yes, and for Mr. Margai, that incorrectness and other factors meant that he could no longer honourably continue to be a member of a party that had rigged the election of its own leader. John Ernest Leigh complained more bitterly, more extensively and even more eloquently, about this. The difference between Charles Margai and Leigh, is that Leigh continued in the party even after the ConBention – and not only that, Leigh who had previously condemned Mr. Berewa as unfit for the presidency under any circumstances whatsoever, sobered up and hoping for a reward, then started supporting Mr. Berewa, most passionately - until - it s said that it dawned on him (Leigh) that in no circumstances whatsoever was Berewa going to appoint him as his running mate. From that point onwards Leigh dried up and has ceased to be His Master’s Voice, wrestling in the mud with all and sundry in the Cocorioko political theatre.
2 Gberie writes:
“The fact that Margai was Minister of Internal Affairs, in charge of the Police that so brutally arrested Norman, makes no impression on the man!”
Doesn’t Gberie the “Internationally Acclaimed”, know and understand that Chief Samuel Hinga Norman himself was then the minister of the Interior and that it was Chief Samuel Hinga Norman himself who as minister of the Interior was in charge of the Police who stormed into his office and arrested him on that fateful morning of the 10th of March , 2003? Of course he knows that and so does everybody else. So, why does Gberie go out of his way to LIE on Charles Francis Margai, the honourable leader of the PMDC, that it was Charles who “was Minister of Internal Affairs, in charge of the Police that so brutally arrested Norman”?
WHY?
3. And Gberie writes:
“Someone should tell Margai that it is simply not realistic for him to expect his PMDC to make significant electoral gains, let alone win the Presidency, in so short a time since its inception …………… This Presidential election, someone must tell Margai, is really a contest between Solomon Berewa and Ernest Koroma…”
Now why does Gberie who knows better, end his article with those words? Sierra Leonean political scientists have given election analyses in which CHARLES MARGAI’s role is first and foremost that of a spoiler. If indeed it is ultimately between APC and SLPP, then PMDC is going to take votes from SLPP. As everybody knows. Someone – was it Jimmy Kandeh ( says that in a second round between APC and PMDC, all the SLPP people like Gberie himself would prefer to vote for the PMDC - and elect Margai as next president.
Otherwise I do enjoy some of Mr. Lanasana’s profundities and he certainly has a carefully worded fund of such kind (of) words.
He wrote:
“In every human endeavour the line between ambition and impatience, commitment and desperation, determination and over-zealousness, can be very thin, and it demands enormous good sense and nobility of purpose to maintain a fine balance. For an important politician in a situation like ours, maintaining that balance can make all the difference in the world. “
Indeed the line can be very thin, and Mr. Gberie should take heed and take a large portion of his own advice.
PS:
Mr. Gberie wrote, “Sierra Leone has conducted two successful elections since its war ended in 2002.”
Successful, yes ( last night I phoned an APC friend in London and as we discussed the forthcoming elections he assured me told me that it was John Karefa –Smart who had actually won that 2002 election.!! Well, well, well…talk about loyalty and belief…..
About those successful elections of 2002 of Mr. Gberie, here is what the US state Department has on that election and I take their word for it:
“The elections were marked by irregularities and allegations of fraud, but not to a degree to significantly affect the outcome.”
Not so much can happen between now and August 7th.
Subject: KABS DID NOT ROCK MY WORLD
From: SYLVIA BLYDEN
To: All
Date Posted: 05:26:06 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: m015f36d0.tmodns.net at 208.54.95.1
Message:
he disappointed me.
Subject: Re: KABS DID NOT ROCK MY WORLD
From: hasaba bundu
To: All
Date Posted: 07:29:11 07/26/07 ()
Email Address: hasaba@verizon.net
Entered From: pool-70-21-78-101.res.east.verizon.net at 70.21.78.101
Message:
Kabs Kanu is an APC thug dressed in journalist robes.
I do agree with sylvia Blyden, he is a big disappintment to Sierra Leoneans in the diaspora who are looking for unbiased reporting on events unfolding in our motherland. Just imagine this guy will never post the picture of the other candidates days on end like he did for the APC leader.
You are going to fail. Your propaganda machine feed tires will break down on you soon because there will be nothing more to say except to wait for another five years. You feed the unsuspecting public with the lies of the APC and PMDC with gusto. No wonder the APC leader thanks you for a good job done.
Subject: KABS IS NOT A REAL MAN
From: SYLVIA BLYDEN
To: All
Date Posted: 05:25:30 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: m015f36d0.tmodns.net at 208.54.95.1
Message:
he is a little big belly man.
Subject: KABS WANTED TO SCREW ME AGAIN
From: SYLVIA BLYDEN
To: All
Date Posted: 05:25:01 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: m015f36d0.tmodns.net at 208.54.95.1
Message:
I said no.
Subject: KABS WAS MY WORST BOYFRIEND
From: SYLVIA BLYDEN
To: All
Date Posted: 05:24:32 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: m015f36d0.tmodns.net at 208.54.95.1
Message:
He was too emotional for me
Subject: KABS SENT ME EMAILS ASKING FOR SOME
From: SYLVIA BLYDEN
To: All
Date Posted: 05:24:06 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: m015f36d0.tmodns.net at 208.54.95.1
Message:
He was always asking for some.
Subject: Re: KABS SENT ME EMAILS ASKING FOR SOME
From: mr dick
To: All
Date Posted: 08:32:12 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 85.159.201.52
Message:
you may give him or come to a young dynamic man like me
Subject: KABS IS NOT A REAL MAN
From: SYLVIA BLYDEN
To: All
Date Posted: 05:23:14 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: m015f36d0.tmodns.net at 208.54.95.1
Message:
he disappointed me in bed.
Subject: Re: KABS IS NOT A REAL MAN
From: mr dick
To: All
Date Posted: 08:33:52 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 85.159.201.52
Message:
is he having a little dick or the belly is so big?
Subject: kABS SCREWED ME
From: SYLVIA BLYDEN
To: All
Date Posted: 05:22:49 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: m015f36d0.tmodns.net at 208.54.95.1
Message:
He lasted for a minute.
Subject: Re: kABS SCREWED ME
From: mr dick
To: All
Date Posted: 08:35:05 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 85.159.201.52
Message:
come to me i will help u for an hour.
Subject: KABS PROPOSED TO ME
From: SYLVIA BLYDEN
To: All
Date Posted: 05:22:18 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: m015f36d0.tmodns.net at 208.54.95.1
Message:
He wanted to marry me.
Subject: KABS HAD SEX WITH ME
From: SYLVIA BLYDEN
To: All
Date Posted: 05:21:53 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: m015f36d0.tmodns.net at 208.54.95.1
Message:
We did it three times a day.
Subject: Re: KABS HAD SEX WITH ME
From: mr dick
To: All
Date Posted: 08:37:56 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 85.159.201.52
Message:
i know you did not enjoy it that why u are complaining please look 4 me in town 4 a proper and double fcuk.
Subject: KABS IS A SMALL MAN
From: SYLVIA BLYDEN
To: All
Date Posted: 05:21:29 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: m015f36d0.tmodns.net at 208.54.95.1
Message:
he did not satisfy me.
Subject: Re: KABS IS A SMALL MAN
From: mr dick
To: All
Date Posted: 08:40:38 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 85.159.201.52
Message:
look 4 me i will satisfy u leave the reverend alone and come to me.stop
Subject: KABS CHEATED ON HIS WIFE
From: SYLVIA BLYDEN
To: All
Date Posted: 05:21:04 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: m015f36d0.tmodns.net at 208.54.95.1
Message:
he cheated on his wife with me.
Subject: KABS WAS MY BOYFRIEND
From: SYLVIA BLYDEN
To: All
Date Posted: 05:20:40 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: m015f36d0.tmodns.net at 208.54.95.1
Message:
One minute man, I love you.
Subject: Re: KABS WAS MY BOYFRIEND
From: mr dick
To: All
Date Posted: 08:42:55 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 85.159.201.52
Message:
where was your husband whiles you were fcuking Kabs?
Subject: I LOVE MY KABS
From: SYLVIA BLYDEN
To: All
Date Posted: 05:19:49 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: m015f36d0.tmodns.net at 208.54.95.1
Message:
Kabs, I miss you so much. I want to make love to you.
Subject: APC LEADER SAYS HE IS NOT RULING OUT ASSASSINATION PLOT
From: Frankly Green
To: All
Date Posted: 04:00:43 07/26/07 ()
Email Address: Frankly_green@yahoo.com
Entered From: dslb-084-060-124-181.pools.arcor-ip.net at 84.60.124.181
Message:
APC LEADER SAYS HE IS NOT RULING OUT ASSASSINATION PLOT
The APC leader Ernest Koroma had told cocorioko that Tom Nyuma wanted to assassinate him. He said he can’t rule out that possibility. But no Sierra Leonean with his cognitive apparatus intact would give credit to that assertion. We all know that Ernest Koroma is a liar; he told Sierra Leone and the world community that the APC yesteryears were the best. We do not have reasons to suppose that he will not give us greater lies still.
Now let us examine the APC assassination idea. I believe it was simply stage-managed.
i. Ernest Koroma himself states in the interview that he checked in the hotel between 1.00 and 2.00am and we know now that Nyuma checked in the same hotel several hours before. Besides, he was already in bed with his girl at the time Koroma arrived. This suggests that Nyuma didn’t even know Ernest Koroma will check in at the same hotel. And if he didn’t know Ernest Koroma was checking in at the same hotel, he wouldn’t have planned to kill him there, you will agree with me.
ii. If like Koroma says Nyuma wanted to assassinate him, he (Nyuma) wouldn’t have checked in at the same hotel. Assassins don’t leave their finger prints all over the place. It is only logical that he would have stationed some other where, walk stealthily into the hotel, execute his duty and leave.
iii. Nyuma is a retired lieutenant colonel, who during the war out-weighed even the vicious rebels, we all know that. With his kind of a calibre, you would need an entire army to stop him if he had any inclination to kill a single person, particularly if he possessed a .9mm gun with 50 rounds of ammunition like the APC stipulates. It is such a tasteless and fickle-minded supposition. Nyuma is hospitalised with injuries to his head, injuries caused by the APC thugs, including one of his former drivers. It is not difficult to map out personal vendetta and political drunkenness as the driving forces behind this unprovoked and unwarranted brutality.
iv. Thomas Sahr Nyuma, albeit he is retired, still has that old glory. People know him and follow him all about. His popularity alone cannot him to form a hired assassin.
Besides, why would anybody want to kill the APC Ernest Koroma anyway? The APC is not a challenge to the ruling SLPP. Are they therefore running into panic and want to display their old tricks? We have previously had stories of the SLPP wanting to eliminate the PMDC Charles Margai, as if the SLPP has nothing better to do. The Charles Margai assassination cake didn’t sell well, not to say it didn’t sell at all. The APC wouldn’t have used the same strategy; it will not work. In any case, the police is investigating the incident; the culprits will be apprehended and justice will descend on them.
Subject: Re: APC LEADER SAYS HE IS NOT RULING OUT ASSASSINATION PLOT
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
To: All
Date Posted: 15:45:45 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: cache-ntc-ad04.proxy.aol.com at 207.200.116.198
Message:
"Nyuma is a retired lieutenant colonel"
Self promioted Lieutenant colonels are of no consequence. Did Nyuma earn his Lt Col buttons? Give us a break and lets focus on the up coming elections which you are about to lose.
Subject: Re: APC LEADER SAYS HE IS NOT RULING OUT ASSASSINATION PLOT
From: Mammwy Sweh
To: All
Date Posted: 08:28:12 07/26/07 ()
Email Address: mammysweh@gmail.com
Entered From: ool-44c6d571.dyn.optonline.net at 68.198.213.113
Message:
Just because Nyumah checked into the hotel ahead of Ernest Koroma shouldn't preclude the possibiliy of an asassination attempt. Matter of fact, that is the classic example of an ambush: Lay in waiting for your unsuspecting prey bfore pouncing. I am not saying that Nyumah is guilty, but damn! He looks as guilty as a cat in a chicken coop with a feather sticking from his grinning mouth.
Oh about Nyumah's supposed military bravery, I believe this image was carefully nurtured by Tom himself during his NPRC years. Let's not forget that the RUF made significant strategic advances inthe east during Tom Nyumah's watch.
Subject: Re: APC LEADER SAYS HE IS NOT RULING OUT ASSASSINATION PLOT
From: alieu sesay
To: All
Date Posted: 08:47:08 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 67.63.2.157
Message:
Are you still on this "AMBUSH" thing?
No one is buying that anymore. We are looking at the cover-up by the APC and their leader. That in itself is a crime.
Subject: Kabbah gives one month amnesty to Chimpanzee owners
From: Cornelius Hamelberg
To: All
Date Posted: 02:21:30 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: c-2e8472d5.01-32-73746f42.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se at 213.114.132.46
Message:
“'T’was in another lifetime, one of toil and blood
when blackness was a virtue and the road was full of mud I came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form
” Come in," she said,
"I'll give you shelter from the storm."
(Bob Dylan: Shelter from the Storm)
Kabbah gets tough as
Sierra Leone passes tough law to protect chimps:
Sierra Leone gives one-month amnesty to hand chimpanzees over
To possess, capture, or kill a chimpanzee results in $1,000 fine or jail
Number down sharply since '70s from hunting; habitat loss; trade in research
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (Reuters) -- Sierra Leone outlawed the capture and killing of chimpanzees on Wednesday, declaring a one-month amnesty for anyone keeping a chimp to hand it over to authorities.
A statement from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Marine Resources read on national radio said anyone violating the new regulations would face a fine of up to $1,000 or jail.
"It is now illegal by law to possess, capture, kill or keep chimpanzees," said the statement.
"To provide the public sufficient time to surrender chimps in their possession a month's notice is hereby given for chimps to be handed over to the authorities."
The government of the war-ravaged West African nation has established a refuge at Charlotte on the outskirts of the coastal capital Freetown to take in chimps from the public.
Ecologists say Sierra Leone's wild chimpanzee population has declined dramatically from around 20,000 in the 1970s as a result of hunting, incursions on their territory and the trade in pets and animals for scientific research.
Sierra Leone's 1991-2002 civil war, during which drug-fuelled rebels of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) hacked limbs off civilians, drove many of its 6 million inhabitants from the countryside.
Conservationists say that wildlife populations, including chimpanzees, recovered as a result of rural depopulation caused by the war, but the return of villagers after a 2002 peace deal has resulted in the destruction of habitat, more hunting, and trapping of rare animals for sale overseas.
Copyright 2007 Reuters. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/07/25/sierraleone.chimps.reut/index.html
Subject: Cocorioko is really the best
From: Reason Man
To: All
Date Posted: 01:19:18 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 208.115.232.93
Message:
One thing that this Tom Nyuma issue brought out is that Cocorioko is really the best newspaper we have. Cocorioko was the only newspaper that provided the views of Tom Nyuma and APC Presidential candidate Ernest Koroma, giving us the opportunity to decide whom to believe. I want Kabs Kanu to publish this in his newspaper. Cocorioko also interviewed Tom Nyuma's wife and his mother . Bravo , Cocorioko .
Subject: Re: Cocorioko is really the best
From: keke blahima
To: All
Date Posted: 13:56:38 07/26/07 ()
Email Address: culturehill@yahoo.com
Entered From: c-67-173-181-21.hsd1.il.comcast.net at 67.173.181.21
Message:
I would take the excellence of COCORIOKO even further. To say the best is beyond belief. It is the objective, fair and balanced reporting that qualifies this paper as perhaps one if not the best journalistic product owned and operated by a Sierra Leonean.
He has even taken free speech to a whole new layer offering even a podium for the best and the worst, the critics and the illogical minds who swing rumors and innuendoes with malice aforethought, prejudice, love, peace, everything under the sun.
This forum is a lot of fun, but it also reveals o lot of the anger and treachery and the vemon of misinformation that spits in the face of truth and hasty conclusions. That's the only problem that I wrestle with.
Sierra Leone has a greater ratio of intelligent, educated and intellectual byproducts per capita in the continent of Africa. Yet I have seen the worse of it on this forum as well.
I think as much as we have right to debate the issues, I would submit that if we spent all that time and energy coming up with or exchanging ideas about how we can reduce porverty, offer strategies on revamping the economy to cater for the poor majority, it will do a world of good.
Our rage and conflict may have a political object, but it is purely an economic conflict. If Sierra Leone WAS a monarchy with an average of $60,000 GNI per capita, no one would be worried about what government is doing or not doing. But when you have a nation as our with a $220 GNI per capita even the most democratic institution will be subjected to suspicion.
Remember Bill Clinton; "its the economy..."
Subject: Re: Cocorioko is really the best
From: SoMoi
To: All
Date Posted: 05:10:09 07/26/07 ()
Email Address: kipomoi@yahoo.com
Entered From: at 193.220.2.141
Message:
Are you surprised that they are the best?? At least very good things come out of Sierra Leone too. I'm an Eritrean born of Sierra Leonean mother and I have met so many Sierra Leoneans here working with the peace mission and performing execllently well.
What is more interesting is that 80% of the ladies and gentlement that I'm referring to are between the ages of 35 - 45 years. That is a plus for Salone and meaning very good things can and will continue to happen if you give chance to young people to perfom.
Cocorioko is the only paper that has followed and reported positively on the election process in Salone. I hope every right thinking Sierra Leonean will put the past behind and begin to look at Salone first rather than self.
Thank you Cocorioko and may God Almighty bless the good work of your team. Do keep us informed and updated.
Subject: politics 101
From: keke blahima
To: All
Date Posted: 01:00:27 07/26/07 ()
Email Address: culturehill@yahoo.com
Entered From: c-67-173-181-21.hsd1.il.comcast.net at 67.173.181.21
Message:
assassination attempt remains unproven
Subject: Maada Bio beats Stevens
From: Researcher
To: All
Date Posted: 00:46:45 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: ppp-70-249-138-254.dsl.rcsntx.swbell.net at 70.249.138.254
Message:
(Culled from Standard Times)
Former Head of State Beats Up Finance Minister’s Guard Carts Away US$500 And Mobile Phone
Posted by Santigie Kamara on Jul 25, 2007, 02:40
The former Head of State and Chairman of the National Provisional Ruling Council NPRC Rtd. Brigadier Maada Bio, a personal security guard to the SLPP leader and Presidential aspirant Vice President Solomon Berewa is still perpetrating violence against his fellow Sierra Leoneans with impunity.
His latest prey this time was a security attached to the Minister of Finance John Benjamin Rtd Lt. Christopher Stevens. The victim explained that he was in the company of the Finance Minister last Saturday on their way to Swegbwema when a row broke out between him and Maada Bio at a place commonly called ‘Limba Corner’ in Masiaka.
“I greeted him and told him that we are now working towards the same goal despite the fact that you led a coup plot that sent Strasser in oblivion,” narrated Stevens who added that his utterances infuriated Maada Bio by hitting him (Stevens) on the chest also snatched his (Stevens) mobile phone and five hundred United States Dollars from his (Stevens) pocket.
“I was seriously beaten by Maada Bio and his guards,” complained Stevens.
Stevens said that he was rescued by his Boss; Finance Minister Mr. Benjamin provided him (Stevens) money for fare to discontinue the journey and prevented more chaos.
Subject: Thank you Charles Margai!
From: Mammy Sweh
To: All
Date Posted: 00:42:09 07/26/07 ()
Email Address: mammysweh@gmail.com
Entered From: ool-44c6d571.dyn.optonline.net at 68.198.213.113
Message:
I just realized the role of Charles Margai in making democracy a reality in Sierra Leone. In the last elections, the schizophrenic nature of Salone politics became brutally clear with multi party pluralism in the North and West, and One Party SLPP rule in the South and East. This sad state of affairs would have continued in perpetuity had it not been for the bold move by Charles Margai, SLPP royalty himself, to create an alternative voice, PMDC, not only for the South-East, but for Sierra Leone. What ever his motivation was, Margai has done a great service to SaLone by prising the South and East from the totalitarian grip of one party rule and opening it up for vibrant political competition. No one will ever take any region of Sierra Leone for granted again. More immportantly, he has effectively debunked the illiterate arithmetic that Temne = APC and MENDE = SLPP. Charles Margai's move will hopefully liberate some of us from the tribal, political cages designed for us by cynical politicians. So whether you become president or not, you are already a winner in my book, Charles Margai.
Subject: Re: Thank you Charles Margai!
From: Njai
To: All
Date Posted: 10:39:17 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: static-70-20-197-79.phil.east.verizon.net at 70.20.197.79
Message:
This article is wonderful...excellent, this is the best you have produced so far. Keep it up. Good things indeed, do come out of SL; that is , provided we want to.
Subject: Re: Thank you Charles Margai!
From: Albert Moinina
To: All
Date Posted: 08:59:31 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 213.42.21.60
Message:
Well said, I could not agree more.
Subject: TOM NYUMA DID NOT DO ANYTHING WRONG.
From: ALPHA SAIDU BANGURA
To: All
Date Posted: 23:17:13 07/25/07 ()
Email Address: SAIDUBANGSO@AOL.COM
Entered From: c-68-34-12-96.hsd1.md.comcast.net at 68.34.12.96
Message:
According to police sources in Bo, Tom Nyuma was a guest at the Countryside Inn Hotel. He came to the reception desk, and a group of APC thugs and vandals led by Ernest Koroma's chief bodyguard attacked him. Tom was severely beaten and seriously wounded, he was rushed to the nearest hospital.
The action of the APC thugs clearly justified what Ernest Koroma assured the people of Sierra Leone in one of him recent public statements. Ernest said that if he wins(may God forbid),he will take our country back to the days of Siaka Stevens and Joe Momoh.
Let us dont forget that during the days of Stevens and Momoh, elections were dominated by thuggery and violence.
I assure the APC that since Sierra Leone is a country of laws, all the wrong doers will be prosecuted and put in jail.
I also remind the APC that our election laws clearly states that if members of a political party are caught in acts of violence for and on behalf of their party, the party will be disqualified from taken part in the elections.
OUR COUNTRY NOW HAS A ZERO TOLERANCE FOR THUGGERY AND VIOLENCE.
Subject: Re: TOM NYUMA DID NOT DO ANYTHING WRONG.
From: ABDUL KAMARA
To: All
Date Posted: 18:42:36 07/26/07 ()
Email Address: kamaraa@aol.com
Entered From: 82-69-113-227.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk at 82.69.113.227
Message:
I WANT TO BEG PERMISSION TO DENY YOU THAT TOM DID NOT DO WRONG. I AM EQUALLY A SIERRA LEONEAN LIKE YOU, BUT ONE WHO PRAYS AND WISH SIERRA LEONE TO GO FORWARD. THE PEOPLE OF SIERRA LEONE HAVE LIVED IN SELF-CREATED POVERTY FOR A LONG TIME RUNNING. WE ALL KNOW THE RESERVED NATURAL RESOURCES INVESTED BY ALLAH IN THAT SMALL COUNTRY. FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE, WHAT HAS THE SLPP DONE IN ELEVEN YEARS TO DEVELOP POOR SIERRA LEONE? ARE YOU ASKING THAT THE SAME SLPP HAS THE RIGHT TO ENCOURAGE TOM NYUMA, A DEPORTEE FROM THE USA TO BE CARRYING 50 ROUNDS OF BULLETS AND A GUN AGAINST DEFENSELESS POLITICIANS LIKE MR. KOROMA AND OTHERS? WHAT TYPE OF COINCIDENCE ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE? TOM WAS IN THAT HOTEL PREMEDITATEDLY TO KILL. HE WANTED TO KILL. HE HAS KILLED MANY WITHOUT REGRETS. HE IS JUST AN ANIMAL THAT HAS NO REMORSE AND NO MILK OF MANKIND. WHAT SIERRA LEONEAN ARE YOU TO HAIL TOM, A LIVING REBEL? ALL THE DIAMONDS HE STOLE FROM SIERRA LEONE WERE STOLEN FROM HIM BY A NIGERIAN WOMAN. DO YOU HAVE A CLUE? ASK HIM. I WAS AROUND WHEN THE WOMAN WAS MAKING PLANS TO CIVILISE HIM.
COME ON! WE ALL KNOW TOM AS A SEASONED REBEL. HE SHOULD BE IN REMAND AS A DEPORTEE. HE HAS NO RIGHT TO WALK THE STREETS OF SIERRA LEONE FREE FOR THE NEXT ONE YEAR. WHY SHOULD BEREWA GRANT HIM SOLACE AND AMMUNITION TO GO AND MAKE AN ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF A FINE MAN LIKE KOROMA? DO YOU WANT TO CREATE A WAR BETWEEN THE TEMNES AND THE MENDES? WE ARE NOT READY FOR THIS, WE DON'T NEED THAT.
THINK AGAIN. WE ARE TIRED OF CRYING FOR LOST ONES. WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE A REPEAT EXPERIENC OF TEN YEARS OF FIGHTING IN THAT SMALL COUNTRY.
TOM DID THE GREATEST WRONG THROUGH BEREWA TO TO HAVE ACQUIRED AMMUNITIONS. FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE, TOM IS NOW AN ORDINARY CIVILIAN THAT HAS NO RIGHT TO ARMS.
AS A SIERRA LEONEAN, I RECOMMEND TOM TO BE PUT IN PRISON FOR UNLAWFUL POSSESION OF ARMS.
ABDUL IDRISS.
Subject: Re: TOM NYUMA DID NOT DO ANYTHING WRONG.
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
To: All
Date Posted: 18:52:08 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: host81-132-229-121.range81-132.btcentralplus.com at 81.132.229.121
Message:
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE 24 YEARS OF APC RULE BEFORE THE ELEVEN YEARS OF SLPP RULE WHICH WAS MARRED BY INTERRUPTIONS?
Subject: Re: TOM NYUMA DID NOT DO ANYTHING WRONG.
From: Mammy Sweh
To: All
Date Posted: 23:31:26 07/25/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: pool-70-107-35-126.ny325.east.verizon.net at 70.107.35.126
Message:
Why do you keep recycling these stale distorted stories even after Cocorioko has published the unvarnished story both from Tom Nyumah and Ernest Koroma?? Their versions of events do not even remotely gel with what you are trying to peddle here. Please read the full story on this newspaper. You are just a click away!
Subject: Re: TOM NYUMA DID NOT DO ANYTHING WRONG.
From: WAA
To: All
Date Posted: 23:46:47 07/25/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: cache-ntc-ad04.proxy.aol.com at 207.200.116.198
Message:
thats because he just surfaced from hiding. They are looking for his ugly red lipped ass in the metro area. He has been promised a good ass whooping by the boys in the metro area. He has not been seen at saraa's and other events he usually attends with his plate and spoon in tow.
Someone is looking to kick his ass I have been told.
Subject: Will Sierra Leoneans in the Diaspora Vote?
From: Non-Partisan Observer
To: All
Date Posted: 21:50:44 07/25/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: ppp-70-249-138-254.dsl.rcsntx.swbell.net at 70.249.138.254
Message:
Will Sierra Leoneans in the diaspora vote during the forthcoming elections? If so where?
Subject: Re: Will Sierra Leoneans in the Diaspora Vote?
From: Observer No 12
To: All
Date Posted: 10:21:34 07/27/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 83.229.112.2
Message:
No they would not.If at all, they do, it should be done at the embassies.
Subject: Re: Will Sierra Leoneans in the Diaspora Vote?
From: foday mansaray
To: All
Date Posted: 23:17:17 07/25/07 ()
Email Address: fmansaray@aol.com
Entered From: host-24-225-160-74.patmedia.net at 24.225.160.74
Message:
In sierra leone and within the designated areas registerted to vote. You can vote in one of the 3400 polling station
Subject: Re: Will Sierra Leoneans in the Diaspora Vote?
From: Readers digest
To: All
Date Posted: 23:46:02 07/25/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: ppp-69-219-81-102.dsl.wotnoh.ameritech.net at 69.219.81.102
Message:
This question was not appropriately answered. Can those of us outside of Sierra Leone be able to vote in the upcoming elections? Yes or No, If yes where.
Subject: Re: Will Sierra Leoneans in the Diaspora Vote?
From: bankie
To: All
Date Posted: 07:07:45 07/26/07 ()
Email Address: bank@aol.com
Entered From: ac9fc1fe.ipt.aol.com at 172.159.193.254
Message:
STUPID FOOL.GET KNOWLEDGED ABOUT RIGHT TO VOTE IN SIERRA LEONE OR ALTERNATIVELY YOU CAN DO SO AT YOUR CONVIENENCE IN YOUR TOILET.YOUR LOCAL ENVIROMENTAL OFFICE WILL DO THE COUNTING.YOU RETARDED GOOD FOR NOTHING IDIOT .
Subject: Re: Will Sierra Leoneans in the Diaspora Vote?
From: Njai
To: All
Date Posted: 10:51:37 07/26/07 ()
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Was all that really necessary, Bankie?
For all we know this might just be a kid wanting to gain knowledge.Anyway......
Anyway, Sierra Leoneans(those who still hold SL nationality) living abroad can only vote if they registered during the past registration, which implies they should have been in the country by then and secondly they have to be in SL on election day to vote.
So, the simple answer is, you must have registered at the appropriate time and also have to be in SL on 8/11/07. I do not know of any registration that took place outside SL for this coming election. I hope this answers your question.
Subject: JUSTIFIABLE OUTRAGE IS NOT TRIBALISM
From: BRA ENVIABLE
To: All
Date Posted: 21:21:22 07/25/07 ()
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Have we become so steeped in mental pettiness that everything we do or say has to be equated with tribalism? Calling me a tribalist for expressing outrage over political violence simply debases those doing the name-calling. I have never recognized Tom Nyuma beyond his status as a Sierra Leonean. My shared tribal identity with Nyuma has never brought me to his defense. The Bo Town incident came as a dangerous violation of every CIVILIZED principle Sierra Leone is seeking to uphold as a war-chastened country. When people take leave of decency by using violence rather than ideological confrontation in politics, bigger minds are sure to be outraged.
Koroma's assassination story is nothing but a lie to divert attention from the breach of peace committed by his men with murderous intentions. Apparently, sticking to an assassination theory is better than no explanation at all. The long and short of it all is that those who want a new Sierra Leone will condemn political violence for the sad memories it evokes in our national history. If Koroma's "first arrival" on public property guarantees him exclusive right of abode, then he is too greedy to rule a nation of poor people. Whereas the president of the Republic needs stricter security arrangements, an aspiring politician must balance personal security with acceptable, social norms. When the seeker of my country's highest office stands by and allows his supporters to do duels like gladiators, I am bound to be outraged. Wetin tribalistic bort dat?
Subject: Re: JUSTIFIABLE OUTRAGE IS NOT TRIBALISM
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
To: All
Date Posted: 01:32:00 07/26/07 ()
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Bra E I would be the forst person to state quite publically that YOU are not a tribalist. I have spoken to you many times and know for a fact that you are a very NATIONALISTIC brother. Please ignore those wo=ho have not spoken to you, not interracted with you and would like to label you. As far as I know you dont give a rats ass about creatures like Nyuma and his NPRC goons. Your seemingly tighteous indignation is however misplaced and is based on erroneous facts. I have had an opportunity to conduct investigations of my own and have come to the realisation that prior to going to Bo, Bio Nyuma had asked Strasser to join them in an attempt to assasinate Ernest Koroma. Valentine strasser refused and since this incident he has been under verbal threats because he leaked that conversation. I had my doubts at first and now that I have been able to synthesize all the facts, I have come to the realization that the APC and its leader are under attack from these slpp thugs and the APC MUST be ready to repel any attacks on its body politics. Violence begets violence. Although I abhor violence as a means to an end, I however on the contrary do endorse a robust violent response in the effort to protect my life or the lives of people that I love ie: my kith and kin.
It is my opinion that the violent incident involving Tom Nyuma a "prince of violence" when he violated the security of the APC leader, was justified under the circumstances.
Srat Blessed.
Subject: Re: JUSTIFIABLE OUTRAGE IS NOT TRIBALISM
From: John Kargbo
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Date Posted: 08:09:11 07/26/07 ()
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This is warped and illogical thinking. There is this contagion of violence within the APC that even some of their better thinkers like Alieu fail woefully when put to the test.
Man, speak the truth about your party's inclination to violence instead of equivocating. Tom Nyuma, your villain was among those who saved Ernest Koroma from certain death when he was detained by the NPRC for alleged subversive activities in the 90s. In fact they are in-laws, Tom's wife being Ernest Koroma's niece. If you want to deny that, ask Koroma about Amanda Sandy, Elsimay's mother and how they are related and what part Ernest played in their wedding.
Ernest and his men simply showed their true colors of blood-thirstiness. For that and many other sins the APC will fall flat down after the count of votes in August.-
Subject: Re: JUSTIFIABLE OUTRAGE IS NOT TRIBALISM
From: Krio Boy
To: All
Date Posted: 05:38:30 07/26/07 ()
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Message:
Alieu,
Tom Nyuma and Maada Bio inviting NPRC Popolipo Strasser to assasinate loser Ernest Koroma. Bra U mek ar laf. Strasser nor even get trosis for werr.
Bo talk other tin mi man
Subject: Re: JUSTIFIABLE OUTRAGE IS NOT TRIBALISM
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
To: All
Date Posted: 23:53:32 07/25/07 ()
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Bra E, I think that you have to get your facts right. I have not known you to jump to conclusions bra. The facts is that for the APC and its members, the NPRC and its members all of whom are overwhelmingly SLPP (I am sure that does not surprise you) Poses a life and death threat.
Frankly I think that Nyuma make have by his charateristic arrogance ala NPRC days, caused his own ass whooping at the hands of others. Ernest Koroma stopped the fight between his securities and the NPRC assasins.
Frankly he is lucky because had it been someone else they would have bobbited his scrotal sacs dipped them in formalin for preservation of the old warriors balls. Know what I mean?
Subject: Re: JUSTIFIABLE OUTRAGE IS NOT TRIBALISM
From: Jack Bauer
To: All
Date Posted: 12:28:44 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: c-71-58-95-154.hsd1.pa.comcast.net at 71.58.95.154
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Put party alliances aside to think objectively. You are repeatedly jumping to conclusions without having all the facts. Have you heard the facts from the hotel receptionist? Others who were present? I guess not. Your assumption about Tom's arrogance being the cause is just that - an assumption, which without evidence, can be easily refuted by others who assume that he’s a humble man.
Without conclusive evidence that Tom was trying to assassinate Ernest Koroma your statements are more and more appearing to be tacit endorsements of uncivilized behavior. Tom also has human rights and should be presumed innocent until proven guilty. That's all I'm saying.
Subject: Re: JUSTIFIABLE OUTRAGE IS NOT TRIBALISM
From: STEPHEN SWARAY
To: All
Date Posted: 06:37:34 07/26/07 ()
Email Address: swaray2@aol.com
Entered From: ac9fc1fe.ipt.aol.com at 172.159.193.254
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Alieu,
The level of your sense of CREATIVITY is absolutely beyond comprehension.You live thousands of miles away from Sierra Leone and present very authentic statements about events as if you have a spy equipment in space monitoring every square inch of land.Sierra Leone is blessed to have individuals like you permanently residing in abroad.
Can you imagine Alieu propagating his creativity by the cotton tree in Freetown?ALL OUT INTER REGIONAL WAR.
YOU COULD BE A CREATIVE WRITER ,BUT PLEASE RESPECT OUR FRAGILE PEACE AND EVOLVING DEMOCRACY .WE DON'T NEED YOUR CATALYTIC AND VIOLENCE DRIVEN EFFECT IN OUR POLITICAL CHEMISTRY.
Subject: Re: JUSTIFIABLE OUTRAGE IS NOT TRIBALISM
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
To: All
Date Posted: 14:57:59 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
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"spy equipment in space monitoring every square inch of land.Sierra Leone"
I really dont but I do get my information from credible sources and some of these sources are right under your nose. These sources are more slpp than you or I.
"WE DON'T NEED YOUR CATALYTIC AND VIOLENCE DRIVEN EFFECT IN OUR POLITICAL CHEMISTRY"
I wouldnt describe what I posted as you have above but then again its all about perception and the way each of us uniquely sees things. But a very catchy phrase though which means NOTHING.
See Ya
Subject: Re: JUSTIFIABLE OUTRAGE IS NOT TRIBALISM
From: BRA ENVIABLE
To: All
Date Posted: 02:13:28 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
Alphaa Alieu
Bra, the "Borbitt" talk make ar laf.
To be Borbitted at Nyuma's age will be the worse punsihment any man can experience.
Ar go call you during weekend {on Satiday}
Subject: Re: JUSTIFIABLE OUTRAGE IS NOT TRIBALISM
From: Mammy S weh
To: All
Date Posted: 23:21:34 07/25/07 ()
Email Address: mammysweh@gmail.com
Entered From: pool-70-107-35-126.ny325.east.verizon.net at 70.107.35.126
Message:
If a known political enemy of yours who had said he would rather see you in hell than become president, suddenly materialized with a pistol and fifty bullets, what are you gonna do? Invite him inside for tea? Hold hands and sing Kumbaya? Nyumah is very lucky he tried this mess on gentleman Ernest Koroma. If he were an APC suporter and tried this on hard core Berewa, Tom would simply have been "disappeared", Chile- style, courtesy of Berewa's violent security goons. As they say in gang land lingo, Tom would be sleeping with the fishes in the Sewa River. With Ernest Koroma's security, he only received a fair and balanced treatment from Leather boot and Co that left him deeply grateful to Mr. Koroma.
Subject: Re: JUSTIFIABLE OUTRAGE IS NOT TRIBALISM
From: Njai
To: All
Date Posted: 11:06:30 07/26/07 ()
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"If a known political enemy of yours who had said he would rather see you in hell than become president, suddenly materialized with a pistol and fifty bullets, what are you gonna do? Invite him inside for tea? Hold hands and sing Kumbaya?"
I am no soldier and I have seen what kids, 8 yrs olds, can do with pistols and AK 47s with less than 50 bullets, not even an unarmed Field Marshall can take a novice like me down... how much more Tom if he was not drunk at the time. Leh we talk other tin yah.
Subject: Re: JUSTIFIABLE OUTRAGE IS NOT TRIBALISM
From: Mammy S weh
To: All
Date Posted: 23:17:13 07/25/07 ()
Email Address: mammysweh@gmail.com
Entered From: pool-70-107-35-126.ny325.east.verizon.net at 70.107.35.126
Message:
If a known political enemy of yours who had said he would rather see you in hell than become president, suddenly materialized with a pistol and fifty bullets, what are you gonna do? Invite him inside for tea? Hold hands and sing Kumbaya? Nyumah is very lucky he tried this mess on gentleman Ernest Koroma. If he were an APC suporter and tried this on hard core Berewa, Tom would simply have been "disappeared", Chile- style, courtesy of Berewa's violent security goons. As they say in gang land lingo, Tom would be sleeping with the fishes in the Sewa River. With Ernest Koroma's security, he only received a fair and balanced treatment from Leather boot and Co that left him deeply grateful to Mr. Koroma.
Subject: Kabs Kanu is a good man
From: Kabs Kanu
To: All
Date Posted: 20:16:56 07/25/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: cpe-74-67-48-13.nycap.res.rr.com at 74.67.48.13
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I am reposting this piece. Kabs-Kanu removed the one posting questioning his bias against SLPP. He asked Ernest Koroma what will he do if the elections are rigged. That means Kabs-Kanu is accusing the SLPP of wanting to rig the elections. This is the proverbial have you stopped beating your wife. An unbiased reporter would have asked: What will you do if you are not satisfied with the result. Check his interview with Ernest Koroma. NOW REMOVE THIS ONE AGAIN MR BIASED AGAINST SLPP
Subject: Re: Kabs Kanu is a good man
From: MODERATOR
To: All
Date Posted: 20:48:42 07/25/07 ()
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Did someone just post using Kabs Kanu's proper name or is this Kabs Kanu himself?
Subject: Re: Kabs Kanu is a good man
From: KABS KANU
To: All
Date Posted: 22:58:07 07/25/07 ()
Email Address:
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Patrick, we decided today that any one posting in somebody else's name goes. Didn't we ? I didn't post it so this person must be banned.
They just enbarassed the UN and I have just been sent a note to warn me that I will hear from UNIOSIL because they are upset.
We must start taking action against those who post in other people's names. .
Subject: Re: Kabs Kanu is a good man
From: foday mansaray
To: All
Date Posted: 23:13:29 07/25/07 ()
Email Address: fmansaray@aol.com
Entered From: host-24-225-160-74.patmedia.net at 24.225.160.74
Message:
Ladies and Gentlemen, We spent hours each day to bring you news about sierra leoneans and anywhere we migrated as a community.Some of us appreciated the efforts while others abused the previledge to participate in a public forum.There is nothing wrong to critize constructively but when we go out of our way
to fraudulently used someone's information is a pitty and a crime.Rest assured those individuals will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law if necessary
to protect law abiding members of the forum.
You hane been warned.
Lunta
Subject: Re: Kabs Kanu is a good man
From: Fool
To: All
Date Posted: 20:54:41 07/25/07 ()
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The editor of Cocorioko spells his name with a double B. This is one B can't you tell the difference?
Subject: Re: Kabs Kanu is a good man
From: MODERATOR
To: All
Date Posted: 21:11:58 07/25/07 ()
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Hmm, I like this one - Someone once told me never to argue with a fool. Others watching may not be able to tell the difference.
Cheers!
/Moderator
Subject: Re: Kabs Kanu is a good man
From: Toegondoe Sagbah
To: All
Date Posted: 20:27:40 07/25/07 ()
Email Address: mendemoi@yahoo.com
Entered From: pool-72-82-173-29.cmdnnj.east.verizon.net at 72.82.173.29
Message:
You SLPP mumu followers (I used to call you people a sheep of followers - baaaaa). Stop blaming Kabs for your inability to think and express yourselves. Kabs is doing the finest job in Sierra Leone journalism today.
If you really want to be objective find out why your main SLPP organization in Freetown has turned into mumu dummies? Just go read an article by Awareness Times (the SLPP media), attacking SLPP for their ineptness in publicity. Just leave Kabs alone P-L-E-A-S-E !
TOEGONDOE SAGBAH
Subject: Kabs Kanu says SLPP will rig elections
From: APC Kabs Kanu
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Date Posted: 19:50:56 07/25/07 ()
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Message:
Kabs-Kanu is exposing his bias everyday. Go to his interview and see the question he asked about elections. He asked what Ernest the thug Koroma will do if the eelctions are rigged. How does he know the elections will be rigged. An unbiased interviewer would have asked what would you do if you are not satisfied with the results. Asking such categorical question as a journalist shows bias against the system. Kabs you are exposed
Subject: TOM WAS IN THE HOTEL BEFORE ERNEST. SO WHAT?
From: NOISE
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Date Posted: 19:14:47 07/25/07 ()
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Those who have military or rebel experience will put the dots that Tom's intention was as bad as his domestic violence. He was a military man and know exactly how to set an ambush. The guy who set the ambush will always be in ambush place before the victim. Alieu Sesay knows that but he keeps arguing with the same irrelevant point. He was luck when Leather boot did not burst open his pot belly.
Subject: Re: TOM WAS IN THE HOTEL BEFORE ERNEST. SO WHAT?
From: Edward
To: All
Date Posted: 21:03:59 07/25/07 ()
Email Address:
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Your argument makes no sense because if Tom ever wanted to ambush Mr Koroma do you think he would have being dumb enough to do it in an hotel where he booked in first.Think about it.There is a fine stretch of terrain on the Bo-Pujehun highway or any direction leading to or from Bo town,that is ideal for an ambush not an hotel. Tom is not stupid, he knows very well the political implications and Jail time and pressure from the international community if he assassinate one of the most powerful politicl party leader who have changed the dynamics of the game.
So i don't buy most of your points
Subject: Re: TOM WAS IN THE HOTEL BEFORE ERNEST. SO WHAT?
From: Edward
To: All
Date Posted: 21:24:55 07/25/07 ()
Email Address: edward@hotmail.com
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Message:
This forum is brought to you by COCORIOKO, Sierra Leone's biggest and most widely-read newspaper online. It was set up to give you the opportunity to discuss matters of supreme importance affecting our country.
Re: TOM WAS IN THE HOTEL BEFORE ERNEST. SO WHAT?
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Posted by Edward on July 25, 2007 at 21:03:59:
In Reply to: TOM WAS IN THE HOTEL BEFORE ERNEST. SO WHAT? posted by NOISE on July 25, 2007 at 19:14:47:
Your argument makes no sense because if Tom ever wanted to ambush Mr Koroma do you think he would have being dumb enough to do it in an hotel where he booked in first.Think about it.There is a fine stretch of terrain on the Bo-Pujehun highway or any direction leading to or from Bo town,that is ideal for an ambush not an hotel. Tom is not stupid, he knows very well the political implications and Jail time and pressure from the international community if he assassinate one of the most powerful politicl party leader who have changed the dynamics of the game.
So i don't buy most of your points
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Subject: Re: TOM WAS IN THE HOTEL BEFORE ERNEST. SO WHAT?
From: NOISE
To: All
Date Posted: 11:36:01 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
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Edward, making an ambush against a very important candidate in an open space like the high way you mentioned is mere stupidity. The fact that this guy is traveling with a large entourage would have been difficult to know what vehicle he was, except you want to kill a lot of people during such operation. That would not have gone well because he also have security to defend him. The best way was a silent assassination like in a room or a place that he will be alone. The hotel was an ideal place for that. If what was said is true, why Tom was trying to force himself in Ernest room? So your analogy is a mere waste of time. We can debate as much as we could on this but the fact remains clear. I cannot repeat again the characteristics of your hero. His intention was unknowingly bad or was it just a coincidence?
Subject: Re: TOM WAS IN THE HOTEL BEFORE ERNEST. SO WHAT?
From: alieu sesay
To: All
Date Posted: 11:56:40 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 67.63.2.157
Message:
"Tom was trying to force himself in Ernest room?"
Noise. You "stubbornly" or persistently put the above piece in all your arguments. It is a distortion and a lie. Tom did not try to force his way into Koroma's room.
the fact is the APC has blundered and have resolved to stick to the ISSUE of assassination.
We shall see!
Subject: Re: TOM WAS IN THE HOTEL BEFORE ERNEST. SO WHAT?
From: alieu sesay
To: All
Date Posted: 07:55:12 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
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Ed,"you dae troway wata nar ducks back".
He will not take your point.
We are looking beyond the crime itself, we are looking at the cover-up by the APC-Propaganda Secretary.
Subject: Re: TOM WAS IN THE HOTEL BEFORE ERNEST. SO WHAT?
From: Toegondoe Sagbah
To: All
Date Posted: 20:20:48 07/25/07 ()
Email Address: mendemoi@yahoo.com
Entered From: pool-72-82-173-29.cmdnnj.east.verizon.net at 72.82.173.29
Message:
Has there being any evidence from either the hotel staff or any other neutral source? If not, then their claim is boto-bata. Ernest says that he was there first and that's what we believe, since he was already secure in his room.
For all intent and purposes, Nyuma and his bunch of gooneys may have only arrived and gone straight to Ernest's room thinking he was asleep and alone.
Whoops! Surprise! The violent and deported woman beater got clubbered. Hahahaaaaaaaaaaa
SLPP violence shall be matched matched man for man.
TOEGONDOE SAGBAH
Subject: Posting Removal
From: MY
To: All
Date Posted: 15:57:07 07/25/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: host-216-226-231-134.wdb.ses-americom.net at 216.226.231.134
Message:
Cocorioko is busy removing my postings not in favor of the APC. Why Cocorioko? Why are you biased against the SLPP?
Subject: Re: Posting Removal
From: Toegondoe Sagbah
To: All
Date Posted: 20:34:26 07/25/07 ()
Email Address: mendemoi@yahoo.com
Entered From: pool-72-82-173-29.cmdnnj.east.verizon.net at 72.82.173.29
Message:
You are a dishonest human being and quite disingenius. Just take a look at the posting header before this one and see how many times your posting with the ID "MY" appears.
Are you sure you know how the internet List works? Your articles are all over the place and you claim they are being removed by Kabs.
Man get a life and stop finger pointing in the wrong direction. Your SLPP is as inept as you are.
TOEGONDOE SAGBAH
Subject: Re: Posting Removal
From: KABBS KANU
To: All
Date Posted: 16:24:46 07/25/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 208.115.232.93
Message:
Who are you ?
STOP THIS WICKED LIE. WHY WOULD WE REMOVE YOUR POSTS BUT LEAVE THOSE IN WHICH I WAS PERSONALLY ABUSED ?
Subject: Who made Lewally "Honorable"
From: MY
To: All
Date Posted: 15:55:42 07/25/07 ()
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Message:
Cocorioko, who made Lewally Honorable? He is yet to win an election and you describe him as Honorable Lewally in your article? You are so biased in favor of APC
Subject: Re: Who made Lewally "Honorable"
From: KABS KANU
To: All
Date Posted: 16:26:12 07/25/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 208.115.232.93
Message:
The letter was written by somebody else . Who are you ?
Subject: Re: Who made Lewally "Honorable"
From: MY
To: All
Date Posted: 16:34:40 07/25/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: host-216-226-231-134.wdb.ses-americom.net at 216.226.231.134
Message:
Just call me M.Y. in Freetown
Your man Alieu knows my identity.
Why are you concerned with knowing my identity?
What is important is my opinion and views?
You removed three posts I made today. It is not a wicked lie.
Subject: Re: Who made Lewally "Honorable"
From: KABS KANU
To: All
Date Posted: 17:30:57 07/25/07 ()
Email Address:
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I have only removed the post requested by the UN where somebody impersonated the UN Representative in Feetown, Victor Angelo.
Trust me, nobody removed your posts. Refesh your page. I have also found that at times the message is blank , but others said there was a text. I found out that it was my browser.
What were the posts about ?
Subject: UNITED NATIONS UNHAPPY WITH FAKE POSTING ON THIS FORUM
From: KABS KANU
To: All
Date Posted: 14:09:37 07/25/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 208.115.232.93
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I am going to delete that post but the culprit is banned from this forum for life
READ
Attn. Messrs. Joseph Kamanda and Olu Faulkner and webmaster for cocorioko.forum
Dear Colleagues,
This refers to a fake posting under the Name of Victor Angelo of an information titled UN SAYS THERE WAS NO ASSASINATION ATTEMPT on your Corioko message board on 24 July 2007. Please note that the Executive Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in Sierra Leone, Mr. Victor Angelo, at no time posted the above mentioned piece on this message board. Nor was it posted by any other UN official. The management of Corioko-Forum is kindly requested to remove the fake posting at its earliest convenience. Thank you for your cooperation.
Regards,
Christian Holger Strohmann
Chief Public Information Officer / Spokesperson
United Nations Integrated Office Sierra Leone (UNIOSIL)
Tel.: +232-22-295583 or +39-831-23-6583
mobile: +232-76-800024
Email: strohmann@un.org
Subject: Re: UNITED NATIONS UNHAPPY WITH FAKE POSTING ON THIS FORUM
From: . Alieu Iscandari Esq
To: All
Date Posted: 15:46:52 07/25/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
hehehehehehe
Subject: Re: UNITED NATIONS UNHAPPY WITH FAKE POSTING ON THIS FORUM
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
To: All
Date Posted: 15:36:43 07/25/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
(This is not a debate)
It really should be a debate on the veracity of what is posted on this site by certain people. They were busted in this case by the SRSG and his staff but it is not the first time that it has happened. And do tell us why we should not comment on it? Having some feelings of inferiority complex Kabbs?
If you did not want a debate on it Kabbs then you shpuld not have posted it on the site. What you should have done was to have deleted the post and banned the IP for life of the perpetrator and that could all have been done in private.
The truth is that most of the fraudulent posts on this forum particularly those defamatory of others by "masked" individuals, have been by SLPP members and their suporters. Who else could have posted that other than an slpp man advocating the position of the slpp under the fraudulent guise of the SRSG.
Go ahead and delete this I wont be mad but I will come to some conclusions.
Subject: Re: UNITED NATIONS UNHAPPY WITH FAKE POSTING ON THIS FORUM
From: TPP
To: All
Date Posted: 15:38:37 07/25/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
Alieu, you are shameless.
This is M.Y. in Freetown.
Subject: Re: UNITED NATIONS UNHAPPY WITH FAKE POSTING ON THIS FORUM
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
To: All
Date Posted: 14:34:11 07/25/07 ()
Email Address:
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Kabbs, many people on this forum know that that post was not placed on your forum by anyone at the UN. Does Christian Strohmann think we are dummies and that we di not know who is responsible for the mischief on the forum. Almost always we know that these fraudulent statements are part and parcel of the SLPP propaganda because it is they who need "official validation" for their nonsensical conduct.
I say rathyer than ban the person for life, you have a duty to expose that person to the world so that he can no more be welcome amongst honest truth seeking people.
Subject: Re: UNITED NATIONS UNHAPPY WITH FAKE POSTING ON THIS FORUM
From: Dr. C. CURTIS-THOMAS
To: All
Date Posted: 14:54:13 07/25/07 ()
Email Address:
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I AGREE WITH ALIEU.
Subject: WITH DEFEAT IN SIGHT APC RESORTS TO VIOLENCE
From: John Kargbo
To: All
Date Posted: 14:08:02 07/25/07 ()
Email Address:
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No sane person going into a contest and knowing fully well that he will win will resort to violence, and then spoil his chances.
The APC men are desperate and the indications are that Ernest Koroma will lose the presidential race. Now he has resorted to violent games so that in the event of a commotion in the country the elections will be either cancelled or its outcome discredited.
He and his men will not have their way. The SLPP will remain calm and law-abiding until it becomes necssary to say NO to APC brutality.
If the APC were not looking for trouble how can they attack Tom Nyuma in Bo, stronghold of the SLPP? Their intentions have been read and understood and their Machiavellian tactics have failed them.
A winning team has no need to fight. It is only the losing side that resorts to foul play and negativity.
Why must anyone want to assassinate Ernest Koroma? Create confusion and get the elections postponed or invite national chaos? That will not be in SLPP's interest. WE must be able to reason and see that only the APC or the PMDC can benefit from this noise about an alleged attempt to get rid of APC's leader.
Subject: Re: WITH DEFEAT IN SIGHT APC RESORTS TO VIOLENCE
From: Mammy Sweh
To: All
Date Posted: 14:59:51 07/25/07 ()
Email Address: mammysweh@gmail.com
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A few corrections, John Kargbo. Last time I checked, the SLPP is no longer the dominant superstar of Southern and Eastern politics. Bo is no longer a stronghold of the Palm tree. In fact I understand that Charles Margai is giving them a serious run for the money. I am inclined to believe that many southerners who are thoroughly miffed with the SLPP for the shameless way they treated Pa Norman are waiting to deliver a stinging payback to Berewa on election day.While you are obsessing about APC, better watch out for PMDC.
So the APC is brutal because they took proactive steps to protect their candidate? What would you do if you found out that a brutal APC thug commander with a history of political mayhem has surreptitiously checked into the room next to Berewa? I bet you will be screaming blue murder and calling for heads to roll. Let's get on with the elections please.
Subject: Re: WITH DEFEAT IN SIGHT APC RESORTS TO VIOLENCE
From: Cornelius Hamelberg
To: All
Date Posted: 14:19:16 07/25/07 ()
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Stop misrepresnting what is so clear for all to see.
If the SLPP had done a marvellous job, there is no doubt that they would win hands down.
Stop this ridiculous type of childish propaganda, it's not everybody that's sleeping, you know.
Rev. Kanu has just banned someone for life for posting misleading information.......
WHO are you trying to fool?
Subject: Re: WITH DEFEAT IN SIGHT APC RESORTS TO VIOLENCE
From: BAN FOR LIFE
To: All
Date Posted: 14:46:33 07/25/07 ()
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LETS BAN ALL OF THESE SLPP KUNUMUNU TONTOS FROM THIS FORUM.
Subject: Re: WITH DEFEAT IN SIGHT APC RESORTS TO VIOLENCE
From: John Kanu
To: All
Date Posted: 17:52:22 07/25/07 ()
Email Address:
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If anybody thinks PMDC holds sway in Bo he must be dead wrong. SLPP crowds in Bo are unsurpassed and so it is throughout southeastern Salone.
August 11 is just round the corner and there is no need for unprofitable argumentation. The SLPP will win by a landslide with nothing less than 62%. The scenarios support this kind of outcome and they are not based on gut-feelings but real scenario planning.
No amount of provocative acts will cause the SLPP to mortgage this finest opportunity to clinch victory and then proceed to build upon the solid foundation it has laid since they won back that crucial peace and stability necessary for national take-off and sustainable development.
Ernest Koroma's thug, Leather Boot, is now in police custody for violently attacking Tom Nyuma when the latter was in his bedroom. In case you don't know this, Ernest Koroma and Nyuma are related by marriage. Ernest's cousin, Amanda, is mother to Nyuma's wife, Elsimay. While Nyuma was in government during NPRC days he took Ernest's niece as wife. Ernest Koroma took an active part in the wedding arrangements. How strange that the same Nyuma would want to assassinate Koroma? Nyuma had no weapon on him at the time of the assault on him in the dead of night. But really, who will benefit from Ernest Koroma's absence? The APC who have been after him or the SLPP who are poised to defeat him democratically in elections and make him a political unforgotten statistic after August 11?
Did APC's C.A. Kamara-Taylor not accuse fine gentlemen like Sorie Forna, Taqi and many others of attacking his house with bombs in order to assassinate him? Were Sorie Forna, Taqi and others not hanged and buried in unmarked graves because of Kamara-Taylor's false allegation? What is the difference between Ernest Koroma's false accusation of Nyuma and Kamara-Taylor's allegation against Sorie Forna, Taqi and others?
This is deja vu. APC can only thrive by intrigue and falsehood. August 11 will separate the the men from the boys.
Subject: HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE KILLED BECAUSE OF "TREASON"
From: Dr. CHARLES CURTIS-THOMAS
To: All
Date Posted: 13:59:00 07/25/07 ()
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Do we have a comprehensive list of the number of people put to death in Sierra Leone because of "Treason"?
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415. Successive governments have used the death penalty to eliminate political opponents. The Commission believes that there is no place for the death penalty in a civilised society based on respect for human life.
(Sierra Leone Truth And Reconciliation Commission Report)
Subject: REFRESHING ALIEU ISCANDRI'S MEMORY: A.P.C. 1968-92
From: FARRAH MARRAH
To: All
Date Posted: 13:57:43 07/25/07 ()
Email Address:
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Alieu: "In truth the "Dark" days of our nations history have been those days since 1991 when the SLPP Sponsored RUF fired the first sg=hots at Bomaru in Sierra Leone ..."
I LOVE Alieu Iscandri and the "New A.P.C's" effort to REWRITE HISTORY.
As far as THEY COULD REMINISCE Sierra Leone was VERY PEACEFUL until the RUF attacked Bomaru on March 23, 1991.
FACTS:
1970: M.O. Bash-Taqi, Dr. Forna and Ibrahim Taqi ARRESTED and IMPRISONED for RESIGNING from the A.P.C.
1971: By IMPOSING a one-party rule to obliterate the prerogative of mercy that the Queen would have had on the trial of Brigadier John Amadu Bangura, Majors Farrah Jawara and S.E. Momoh, and Lieutenanat Kolugbondah they are executed for a coup d'etait.
One Corporal Foday Saybana Sankoh is jailed for about seven years as an accomplice.
1975: At the end of the "TRIAL" of Dr. Mohamed Sorie Forna and 14 others, he (Dr. Mohamed Sorie Forna), Ibrahim Taqi, Bai MKari N'Silk, Abu Kanu, Brigadier David Lansana and Lieutenant Habib Lansana Kamara were murdered for a BOGUS COUP.
1977: Due to an attack at Fourah Bay College by Stevens THUGS, students revolted. Many died.
1979: Sam Bangura, the Governor of the Bank of Sierra Leone is murdered by Stevens and the A.P.C. for DISSENTING with Stevens about the issue of hosting the Organization of Africa Uselessness (O.A.U.) which would bankrupt the country. The rest they say is HISTORY.
1982: (Sanda) S.I. Koroma then vice-president "ADVISES" Thaimu Bangura to employ violence against his opponent Timbo, hundreds were killed.
1982: (Pujehun) Ndorgbowusui between F.M. Minah a close confidante of Stevens and the Rogers family.
Scores ARE BRUTALIZED.
This WAS THE PEACEFUL SIERRA LEONE before March, 23 1991.
Subject: Re: REFRESHING ALIEU ISCANDRI'S MEMORY: A.P.C. 1968-92
From: ALPHA SAIDU BANGURA
To: All
Date Posted: 08:33:22 07/26/07 ()
Email Address: SAIDUBANGSO@AOL.COM
Entered From: c-68-34-12-96.hsd1.md.comcast.net at 68.34.12.96
Message:
Farrah,
It will not be wise for you to continue engaging Alieu Iscandari in discussing anything about the politics of Sierra Leone. Alieu does not know anything about the political history of Sierra Leone or the APC. He has been disconnected from Sierra Leone and its issues for a very long time and over all, he does not even have a base or constituency.
He joined the APC a few years ago, only because he knows that no other political party will accommodate him. He does not believe in the APC or what it stands for.He has nothing to offer the APC besides "BIG TALK", since that it cheap.
I know that Alieu is over ambitious and he is looking for a political position.
He does not even know that he is not qualified to hold any public office in our country because he has a criminal record. Alieu was put in jail for the possession for cocaine and weed(which is a serious crime) in California. He was also checked into a mental health and drugs rehabilitation center in CA.
Act number 6 of 1991(the constitution of Sierra Leone) is very clear on these matters. Our country does not have a space for people with a criminal background.
Subject: Re: REFRESHING ALIEU ISCANDRI'S MEMORY: A.P.C. 1968-92
From: Jamba Haide
To: All
Date Posted: 15:08:09 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
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According to the Hon. A.S. Bangura:
"He [Alieu] does not even know that he is not qualified to hold any public office in our country because he has a CRIMINAL RECORD. Alieu was put in JAIL for the POSSESSION OF COCAINE and WEED [jamba](which is a SERIOUS CRIME) in California. He was also checked into a MENTAL HEALTH and DRUGS REHABILITATION CENTER in CA."
Is that the reason he was fired by Mr. Crane at the UN-Special Court - SL? And so easily prone to be VULGAR with no shame or remorse in a public domain? And why he was homeless at one time in his life over there? Is this why he is PIMPING our sisters over there? To buy more of that STUFF? Ee sorry oh!! Aye Papa God do yah help this APC boy yah so.
Subject: Re: REFRESHING ALIEU ISCANDRI'S MEMORY: A.P.C. 1968-92
From: D-Smooth
To: All
Date Posted: 12:14:27 07/26/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
Alieu was put in jail for the possession for cocaine and weed(which is a serious crime) in California. He was also checked into a mental health and drugs rehabilitation center in CA.
and with all this he has turned his life around, read law, still practising law in the greatest country on the planet and has actually won cases. Boy, these are the kind of "cool cats" that should be role models for any decent country.Not a half backed bastard like you, an ex rebel who burnt down peoples houses with junior lion and crew. And presently a homeless scumbag without a job. If your uncle Thaimu Bangura, a thug, who killed and burned down opponents houses in Sanda was made finance minister in your slpp government.Why should a young man like Alieu not be giving a chance to serve his country if at all his ever interested? I don't know him but from what you've told us about him on this forum am very proud of him. He reminds me of Judge Mathius in US? Go Alieu go you are super cool. Don't let this nasty slpp sewage bring you down to his level.
Subject: LIKE HINGA NORMAN, THESE PEOPLE ALSO HAVE BLOODY HANDS!
From: Dr. CHARLES CURTIS-THOMAS
To: All
Date Posted: 13:48:39 07/25/07 ()
Email Address: RNMDTWO@YAHOO.COM
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The CDF National War Council-in-Exile
The War Council was directly aligned with the CDF High Command. Where relevant, the designation given in brackets is the office-holder’s post in the SLPP Government’s Cabinet in Exile, which had been retained from President Kabbah’s reshuffle of 21 November 1996.
Chairman R. E. S. Lagawo (Chief Adviser to the President)
Dr. Prince Harding (Minister of Mineral Resources)
Shirley Gbujama (Minister of Foreign Affairs)
Momoh Pujeh (Deputy Minister of Finance)
Dr. Harry Will (Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and the Environment)
Momodu Koroma (Minister of Presidential Affairs)
S. B. Marrah (Leader of the House)
T. K. Vandi (SLPP party stalwart)
Charles Margai (SLPP party stalwart)
Foday M. D. Sesay (Deputy Minister of Health and Sanitation)
Mohamed B. Daramy (Deputy Minister of Finance)
(Sierra Leone Truth And Reconciliation Commission Report)
Subject: THIS ONE NAR FOR BRA ENVIABLE
From: KAILAHUN TRIBALISM
To: All
Date Posted: 13:34:24 07/25/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
Bra, I see that you are very angry because the APC boys gave your Kailahun brother a good ass whopping. Hahahaha.
Bra, orsh yaa! I see that you are so angry that you you had to come out of peeperdom. I understand Nyuma is a Kissi/Memde just like yourself. Orsh for the APC ass whopping. Nar for bear. This South eastern disease{tribalism} is in all of you guys. Even sabi book nor dae cure am.
Orsh for the APC ass whopping. Nar im dat oh Bra Enviable. Stay cool my bra.
Subject: SLPP NOR DO NATIN!!
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
To: All
Date Posted: 13:08:22 07/25/07 ()
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Message:
Watin this? Who enccouraged such stability? Me salone pepul den dae kill possin!!
Subject: ‘I Am Not SLPP’ – Paul Kamara
From: Thorlu Kamara
To: All
Date Posted: 12:47:52 07/25/07 ()
Email Address: Kathorlu @aol.com
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Message:
www.thenewcitizen-sl.com
LATEST HEADLINES
Local News
‘I Am Not SLPP’ – Paul Kamara
Paul Kamara explained that indeed it was true that he visited the offices of the SLPP last week and that Mr. Christo Johnson can bear witness to the fact that the two of them were merely entertaining themselves when they decided to visit the SLPP office.
Kamara continued, “once I entered the SLPP building, a group of young men, including friends of mine in the SLPP, insisted that I must register as a member of the party and that I should sign the register of membership, but I informed them that I was there on a simple courtesy call.”
Paul Kamara further explained that he was taken unawares as he was leaving the premises of the SLPP office, a large crowd of people surrounded him congratulating him for joining the SLPP adding, “I was shocked at this development because I had not given the impression to anybody that I had joined the SLPP.”
He continued when he stated, “from that day up to now, I have not had any rest as very important people within the SLPP ranks continue to visit me at my offices and at my home, congratulating me for being a member of the SLPP.”
Kamara said that news had circulated far and wide that he was now a member of the SLPP but that such a rumour is not true.
He argued, “any free born who wants to join a political party honesty and genuinely does not go to a party office like a Nicodemus to clandestinely join a party at night.”
He further clarified, “I am still to come by anybody who has joined a political party after working hours.”
He concluded when he stated, “a good number of people hold the view that I have joined the SLPP as a result of tilted publicity and unwarranted rumours, but the truth of the matter is that I have never joined the SLPP. My visit to the offices of the SLPP that night was like any other visit a journalist could make to any political party office and indeed, apart from the SLPP offices, I have also visited quite a number of other party offices.”
When asked why the rumour about him joining the SLPP has gathered such momentum, he replied, “my visit to the SLPP office has been misunderstood and the coincidence of me dressing in green that day may also have been totally misunderstood, but the truth is that I have not joined the SLPP.”
Posted on 25 Jul 2007
Subject: Who is bloodier: Siaka Stevens or Tejan Kabba?
From: Mammy sweh
To: All
Date Posted: 12:02:30 07/25/07 ()
Email Address: mamaysweh@gmail.com
Entered From: ool-44c6d571.dyn.optonline.net at 68.198.213.113
Message:
Even after 10 years in power, SLPP supporters still believe that their leaders have been good enlightened democrats and that the APC'S Siaka Stevens is the most monstrous tyrant since Hitler. I have no intention of rehabilitating Bandaylay's reputation (I remember cowering in terror on the floor in Bo School in the late Seventies as his thugs were firing guns in Bo). Siaka Stevens killed soldiers and political opponents by hanging. Tejan Kabba and Berewa killed soldiers and political opponents by firing squads and extra judicial lynching. Siaka Stevens' mandate was rudely interrupted by soldiers in 1967 and he fled to Guinea. Tejan Kabba's mandate was rudely interrupted by soldiers in 1997 and he too fled to Guinea. With the help of Nigeria's Abacha and various mercenary outfits from South Africa, Tejan Kabba engineered a bloody comeback to power, replete with indiscriminate aerial bombardments with Alpha jets that slaughtered hundreds of innocents. Many innocents were dubbed as collaborators and were burned to death with flaming tires in Freetown. Siaka Stevens destroyed the economy. Kabba received billions of dollars to rebuild Salone. He didn't. He ruined the economy more. So who is the bloodier and more corrupt? Stevens or Kabba? Enquiring minds want to know.
Subject: Re: Who is bloodier: Siaka Stevens or Tejan Kabba?
From: Cornelius Hamelberg
To: All
Date Posted: 12:16:01 07/25/07 ()
Email Address:
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" SLPP supporters still believe that their leaders have been good enlightened democrats and that the APC'S Siaka Stevens is the most monstrous tyrant since Hitler" ?
Only the ignoramuses among the SLPP could ever think such a thing.
" Siaka Stevens destroyed the economy."
Inaccurate
Subject: Re: Who is bloodier: Siaka Stevens or Tejan Kabba?
From: EDITOR
To: All
Date Posted: 12:18:00 07/25/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
Who destroyed the economy if not Siaka Stevens?
Subject: TOM NYUMA CAN BE LEGALISTIC BY SUING THE APC
From: BRA ENVIABLE
To: All
Date Posted: 10:05:17 07/25/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: ln1-28-8vb64c1.gsu.edu at 131.96.89.162
Message:
Sahr Tom Nyuma can flutter the dovecotes in the APC camp by suing the so-called New APC party for grievous bodily harm. The violent-prone APC is responsible for acts of incivility committed by its members. Legal responsibility becomes even more indismissible when one considers the fact that Ernest Koroma, the party leader, was physically at the crime scene as his praetorian guards meted out summary justice to the hapless Sahr Tom Nyuma.
Ernest Koroma lost every speck of respect I had for him when he was reportedly quoted as saying that Siaka Stevens and Joseph Saidu Momoh are his paragons of leadership. If anything, this part of Koroma's manifesto proves that his level of intelligence is negligible at best. A politician has to be a dunce, if not politically arid, to admire the darkest days of a nation's history. Using Sierra Leone's somber days as a manifesto will make such a politician look too empty-headed to be entrusted with running the affairs of state. My anxieties keep getting restive when I look at the fact that some of my fellow Sierra Leoneas have not seen the dangers of having a presidential candidate that sees nothing wrong with being nostalgic for the days when Sierra Leone was locked in a blind alley of retrogression.
Sahr Tom Nyuma can sue this political party in a move designed to show how the APC abhors civility with stone age intentions.
Subject: Re: TOM NYUMA CAN BE LEGALISTIC BY SUING THE APC
From: Tolongbo
To: All
Date Posted: 14:59:05 07/25/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 77.248.43.213
Message:
I see where Bra Envirable is coming. There is not one that is good in Sierra leone. They all hide under educational gown and thievery garment to talk about change.
Bra Enviable, your vituperation against the APC demerits all what you have been crying about. You choosed tribal brotherly love to avoid telling the truth. Shame on you
Subject: Re: TOM NYUMA : FOR BRA ENVIABLE
From: Man on the Ground
To: All
Date Posted: 13:04:37 07/25/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
Enviable,
Don't worry about Tom. They messed with the wrong man. Right now they are all worried that he is going to take care of them once he gets out of hospital.
After unleashing violence the typical APC way on the innocent guy, they went into hiding - that's what all cowards do. But they have all been rounded up by the police and are presently in custody.
As far as Ernest Koroma is concerned, be rest assured that he is not going to win anything. So his dreams of ruling Sierra Leone the way Siaka Stevens did will forever remain just a dream
Everything is cool here on the ground.
Subject: Re: TOM NYUMA : FOR BRA ENVIABLE
From: SLPP
To: All
Date Posted: 14:34:08 07/25/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
"As far as Ernest Koroma is concerned, be rest assured that he is not going to win anything. So his dreams of ruling Sierra Leone the way Siaka Stevens did will forever remain just a dream"
You keep on dreaming. When you wake up from your Sell People slumber, you will see the real reality on the ground.
Subject: Re: TOM NYUMA : FOR BRA ENVIABLE
From: Shembu
To: All
Date Posted: 14:32:40 07/25/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: c-68-82-4-60.hsd1.de.comcast.net at 68.82.4.60
Message:
Man on the Ground,
Tom is the one that attemted to mess with the wrong man and ended up getting a good ass wooping. Nothing is gonna happen, Tom aint shit. Only brainless SLPP supporters are proud to have a psychotic failure like Tom in their midst. Whatever little integrety the SLPP had will be completely squandered by the party's association with this thug called Tom.
Subject: Re: TOM NYUMA : FOR BRA ENVIABLE
From: Bo Town Boy (BTB)
To: All
Date Posted: 18:16:18 07/25/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 65.91.143.20
Message:
Lether Boot of AFRC fame and other thugs who beat up Tom Nyuma are now sweating it out in Bo Town police cells.
By the way Tom Nyuma and Ernest Koroma are related by marriage. Tom's wife is Ernest Koroma's niece.
Subject: Re: TOM NYUMA : FOR BRA ENVIABLE
From: alieu sesay
To: All
Date Posted: 15:14:56 07/25/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: at 67.63.2.157
Message:
Better to have TOM in our midst than have Leather-foot-boot as a Bat-man to our Leader.
A well known RUF rebel commander/ Deputy Minister in the AFRC.
By the way we are currently teach him( leather boot) a firm lesson.
When he is released-whenever that is, he will be a very sober and RELIGIOUS -MAN.
Watch
Subject: Re: TOM NYUMA CAN BE LEGALISTIC BY SUING THE APC
From: Jack Bauer
To: All
Date Posted: 11:56:14 07/25/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: c-71-58-95-154.hsd1.pa.comcast.net at 71.58.95.154
Message:
Sue APC? Not going happen!
Subject: Re: TOM NYUMA CAN BE LEGALISTIC BY SUING THE APC
From: Cornelius Hamelberg
To: All
Date Posted: 11:13:24 07/25/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
Did you read Wole Soyinka's "The Man Died"?
Never mind. You probably didn't.
All lives are equal but some are more equal than others? Tom Nyuma is alive. Harry Yansaneh is dead.
HARRY YANSANEH was KILLED, Harry Yansaneh DIED and those responsible have still not been brought to Justice, even as you go on yapping about the man whose life Ernest Bai Koroma saved. I didn't say it; Tom Nyuma is the one who blessed Mr. Koroma for saving his life. I wasn't there. Nyuma was. He blessed MR. Koroma from his hospital bed. And of course if he were dead, who would be suing who for “grievous bodily harm.”?
If a similar incident took place with George W. Bush in Ernest Bai Koroma’s place, it’s possible that Tom Nyuma would not have survived. If I were Ernest Bai Koroma’s body guard and I saw some one lurking in the dark , approach Mr. Koroma’s door with a key in one hand trying the lock and a gun in the other, I’d shoot him down.
I could tell you a few stories about Jerry Rawlins bodyguards…… but what’s the point?
I used to have a picture of young Harry Yansaneh in my Computer desktop. Cut down in the prime of his youth….
Subject: Re: TOM NYUMA CAN BE LEGALISTIC BY SUING THE APC
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
To: All
Date Posted: 11:03:31 07/25/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
He is welcome to file a law suit Bra E but one thing I can tell you is that he will not win and there are so many other people who will be willing to file personal lawsuits against your new found friend who in the annals of some other peoples personal histories, is a murderer.
On the issue of Ernest Koromas alleged quote that siaka stevens and Momohs era were paradigms of leadership, it is a misquote planted by the SLPP guys that you so revile. You amongst all of the people should have been able to see through the thin veneer of this SLPP propaganda. In truth the "Dark" days of our nations history have been those days since 1991 when the SLPP Sponsored RUF fired the first sg=hots at Bomaru in Sierra Leone, uptill this present day when the same slpp hasd managed to comandeer and steer our country inthe direction of abject poverty. Thats how I would define the "dark days". Wouldnt you agree. We have personally discussed these matters before and I know that you are on the same page as me with regards to the afore said.
By the way call me because i do miss our very interesting conversations.
Stay Blessed brother
Subject: Re: TOM NYUMA CAN BE LEGALISTIC BY SUING THE APC
From: BRA ENVIABLE
To: All
Date Posted: 13:25:53 07/25/07 ()
Email Address:
Entered From: ln1-52-640r981.gsu.edu at 131.96.89.203
Message:
Alphaa Alieu, Kabor.
Ow dee bodi?
I was in Nairobi for quite some time.
Ar go gee you a buzz
Subject: Re: TOM NYUMA CAN BE LEGALISTIC BY SUING THE APC
From: LAWYER
To: All
Date Posted: 11:00:39 07/25/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
"Sahr Tom Nyuma can flutter the dovecotes in the APC camp by suing the so-called New APC party for grievous bodily harm. The violent-prone APC is responsible for acts of incivility committed by its members."
Not True.
As any good lawyer would tell you (for a fee), merely because a person is a member of an organization does not mean that the organization is responsible for any and every action of that member.
So, Nyuma can sue the APC for bodily harm. That does not mmean he will win. There are many legal hurdles he would have to overcome before he could win such a case, again, as any good lawyer would confirm for you. Laymen like you should stay away from dangerous speculation about the law.
Subject: Re: TOM NYUMA CAN BE LEGALISTIC BY SUING THE APC
From: Dumbo
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Date Posted: 12:10:24 07/25/07 ()
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If APC hired the thugs as bodyguards, they (APC) are liable for the simple fact that the crime was committed during the time they claim they were doing the job APC hired them to do. How some of yuna full so
Subject: Re: TOM NYUMA CAN BE LEGALISTIC BY SUING THE APC
From: Dumber Than Dumb
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Date Posted: 14:23:25 07/25/07 ()
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As usual, you fail to understand what you read. But' sthat to be exo=pected from a SLPP blind supporter.
Try to understand this simple fact under the law. Whether an employer is liable for his employee's actions is not dependent on "the TIME they claim they were doing the job". Only an ignoramus in the law thinks time controls liability.
But you need to understand the law to know that. Or, simple English. My advice to you is to go and retake that GCE O Level I hear say you failed many times before giving up. Alas, the law requires understanding English.
So, stick to cussing people -- that requires only rudensss, your trademark.
Subject: Re: TOM NYUMA CAN BE LEGALISTIC BY SUING THE APC
From: The guy next door
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Date Posted: 12:35:04 07/26/07 ()
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Can not attest to the factality of the personal attack however,the montra here is WELL SAID!! Bravo!
Subject: Re: TOM NYUMA CAN BE LEGALISTIC BY SUING THE APC
From: Mammy Sweh
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Date Posted: 10:55:06 07/25/07 ()
Email Address: mammysweh@gmail.com
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Is it really true that Ernest Koroma actually said he planned to govern Salone just like Siaka Stevens and Momoh? The first time I read it was in Sylvia Blyden's rag, Awareness Times, which has the credibility of toilet tissue in a perfume store. Can you please refer me to a link where he actually said it? Thanks a million.
Subject: Re: TOM NYUMA CAN BE LEGALISTIC BY SUING THE APC
From: Jack Buaer
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Date Posted: 11:53:43 07/25/07 ()
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I think Ernest Koroma is being misrepresented. He knows better than to say he will govern just like Stevens or Momoh. My understanding is that he was referring to his desire to replicate the good developments, such as building very good infrastructure, done during these previous regimes.
Subject: Re: TOM NYUMA CAN BE LEGALISTIC BY SUING THE APC
From: Cornelius Hamelberg
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Date Posted: 12:06:05 07/25/07 ()
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EXACTLY
It's not only the SLPP who are building experts.....
Subject: Re: TOM NYUMA CAN BE LEGALISTIC BY SUING THE APC
From: Cornelius Hamelberg
To: All
Date Posted: 10:52:49 07/25/07 ()
Email Address:
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Violence is not the creed of the APC.
Was violence the creed of the Kamajors?
Is violence the creed of the SLPP?
Stop speaking irresponsibly. You very words are corrupt when they are far from the truth.
If you know a little African and world history you’d know where to place Siaka Probyn Stevens. He was a great man, no two ways about it. He was also a man of his times/ times.
His task was not an easy one – and the task of the next leader of Sierra Leone will not be an easy one either.
What would be best for the country – if we only knew it would be co-operation from all sides – North and South, East and West and centre too, all hands on deck for re-building and re-construction. It’s the people of Sierra Leone have to do it. not just the party that wins 55% of the popular vote.
Some of the SLPP people who are braying the loudest are among those clients who depend on for their life support on the SLPP, perhaps their relatives are members who will ensure that they get certain privileges.
In saying whatever I say in this or any other Forum, I do not and have never depended on any political party in Sierra Leone, for my livelihood and it is unlikely that I ever will.
We should strive for the best for Sierra Leone – and the war should be against ignorance and corruption.
On a person and personality level, of the presidential candidates I like Ernest Bai Koroma most. I could go into details. Of the running mates I certainly endorse Alhaji Momodou Koroma.
Of the parties – I’ll let you know at a later date……soon…..
Siaka Stevens
http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0geu6kubqdG93kBhn1XNyoA?p=Siaka+Stevens&y=Search&fr=b2ie7
Subject: Tom is appologetic to cover his EVIL tracks
From: Shembu
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Date Posted: 07:42:56 07/25/07 ()
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Tom may be a heartless and brutal killer but he is no dummy. I donot believe his bogus story to Cocorioko. He tried to paint a nice picture of himself and even talk good of Honorable Ernest Koroma to make himself sound and look believable and to buy sympathy. He knew very well that Ernest Koroma and his entourage will be at that hotel and he went there to assasinate somebody. But you know he was not in this alone, momodu Koroma, John Benjamin and Berewa are his accomplices.
Another point worth noting is the fact that Tom got deported with only his jail outfit on his back less than a month ago and now he is boasting of owning a laptop, briefcase (to carry diamonds?), weapons?, lots of dollars? etc etc. Does anyone believe that Momodu Koroma, John Benjamin, and Berewa gave Tom money from the SLPP coffers or from our National cake?
I invite all sober thinking forumites to offer their own gunuine analysis of this rather unfortunate development. God bless and save Sierra Leone.
Subject: SO AT THE END OF THE DAY,ALL IS A SCAM?
From: okdok
To: All
Date Posted: 09:19:08 07/25/07 ()
Email Address: okdok@yahoo.com
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Tom,s praise for Earnest is just been deplomatic and does not mean he{Earnest} is out of this plan.He called the police as he knew its a lie and eventually trouble for him.Remember he said in his press confrence that Tom has bee watching,following him all the time.PMDC,APC are worried and know SLPP is going to win right down as both the parties are very poor planners.
Subject: Re: SO AT THE END OF THE DAY,ALL IS A SCAM?
From: J.U. Kamara
To: All
Date Posted: 11:04:17 07/25/07 ()
Email Address: jettyb05@aol.com
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What was Tom doing at the hotel in the first place? Earnest will not be stupid enough to lorge in a hotel where Tom Nyuma is residing. In my view, Tom and his crew followed Earnest at the hotel for a mayhem purpose. Also, Tom's actions were aided by the hotel staff. Who doesn't know the names Tom Nyuma or Earnest Koroma in Sierra Leone? The hotel staff have a clear understanding about the two people, they should have al3rted the authorities that both Tom and Earnest were residing at that hotel. In that respect, any bad speculations or suspicious activities could have been prevented. Since they did nothing to prevent a mere assasination, those hotel staff members conived with Tom Nyuma to carry out some dubious activity against Earnest.
Subject: Tom is appologetic to cover his EVIL tracks
From: Shembu
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Date Posted: 07:23:35 07/25/07 ()
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Tom Nyuma may be a heartless and brutal killer but he is no dummy. I do not believe his bogus story to Cocorioko. He is painting a clean picture of himself and even trying to talk good of Honorable Koroma to make himself look believable and buy sympathy. The fact is he knew the the APC leader and entourage were in the hotel and he purposefully went there to assasinate Ernest Koroma. He is not alone in his venture either. Momodu Koroma, John Benjamin and Berewa are definitely his accomplices.
Another revelation worth noting here is the fact that Momodu Koroma rented a truck for Tom and John Benjamin using his official/government vehicle to run SLPP errands. This is disgusting and I invite sober thinkng forumites to offer their genuine analysis of this rather unfortunate development. Think about this, Tom got deported less than a month ago, and now he is boasting of a laptop, briefcase, weapons?, lots of dollars? etc. Does anyone believe that Berewa, Momodu abd John Benjamine gave Tom money from the SLPP coffers or from our national cake? God help us!
Subject: Re: Tom is appologetic to cover his EVIL tracks
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 07:48:00 07/25/07 ()
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Shembu, I am not happy with the way things went in that hotel! I am still unable to grasp the truth on the whole matter. What i made known to my party leaders is that such should not have happened. Nyuma, a sierra leonean, has a right to be anywhere he wants to be. However, during such crucial times, the likes of Nyuma, maada Bio and other remnants of the NPRC should be contained to be disciplined campaigners.
I will not give my opponent the opportunity to play tricks with me. Bo, is a very small place and Nyuma should have heard that the APC are there campaigning. I believe he had no intention to assasinate Ernest; his presence howeever is provocatory. like i said yesterday, who stands to benefit from the assanination of Ernest or Margai? Obviously, it would not be Berewa! Berewa would want to govern a government will be faced with such alleged prejudicial killing. Such, will make his administration a very problematic one as he would have to deal with a great proportion of our population aggrieved by such an invent. therefore, berewa has no |benefit in an Ernest or a margai assasination.
Tom has a right to have a laptop or money. he is not a chil, he has families, friends and those that he hand once lend a helpiong hand to.
Subject: Re: Chez this is my take on the matter
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
To: All
Date Posted: 10:53:45 07/25/07 ()
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I do not believe that Tom Nyuma went to Assasinate the leader of the APC, however in the law, self defense is allowed on a reasonable objective belief that one may ned to defend onesself. Here are the facts.
Tom Nyuma has a reputation for violence in sierra leone and outside of sierra leone. During the days of the NPRC, he had a reptation of being very vruel to members of the APC.
Tom Nyumas crony and travel partner Marda Bio has publically stated that if the APC wins the elections, that he will be willing to use military force to destabilise the government of sierra leone.
The leader of the APC checks in to the hotel and Nyuma also checks in to the hotel in a room ddirectly accross from the Leaders room. He is observed by the leaders close protection officers to be too close for comfort.
An argument ensues and he is overwhelmed by the superior skills of the leaders close protection officers and hog tied and the police called. I have made contact with the campaign team and to the best of my knowledge no one took any thing from Tom Nyuma. Ernest Koroma will NOT allow that.
The issue here is whether the close protection officers had a justifiably objective reason to believe that tom nyuma intended to assasinate or in the alternative cause harm to the leader. I would contend that the answer to that is in the affirmative for the reasons set forth above.
In retrospect was it smart for the SLPP to place its most violent felons cum bodyguards within such close proximity to the leader if the APC. It was an act o provocation and the APC will NEVER be comfortable with elements of the NPRC within such close proximity of its leader at such a crucial time.
It is sad that Tom Nyuma got his rump kicked as a result of his inbility to properly assess his negative factor in the presence of the leader of the party that his military government overthrew some 15 years ago, and whose members were extra judiciously slaughtered by the said NPRC, an act for which said Tom Nyuma is and always has been CULPABLE and not without guilt. I hope that he had learned his lesson on the value of arrogance. I was also made to understand that the equally arrogant Maarda Bio and John Benjamin had to be spirited by body guards through a window and ran with their tails between their legs for dear life.
I know that Tom has a right like every sierra leonean to belong to any political party of their choice, but have you questioned why is it that a deportee who while he was in the US worked as a security guard earning about 8 - 15 dollars per hour, now has armed guards and vehicles provided by the slpp elite and travels in an slpp convoy with the slpps minister of finance and the man that handed power to the slpp after he and his gang of NPRC thieves had been provided financial consideration by the slpp?
The slpp as a party is stupid because if I were in their shoes, I would distance myself from the NPRC as best I could.
Subject: Re: Chez this is my take on the matter
From: Jack Buaer
To: All
Date Posted: 11:38:55 07/25/07 ()
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Your analysis was ok until you said this:
"In retrospect was it smart for the SLPP to place its most violent felons cum bodyguards within such close proximity to the leader if the APC"
You are ignoring the facts, as reported by the UN office in Bo and other parties, that indicate that Tom was booked in the hotel BEFORE Koroma arrived there. So the SLPP did not place people close to the SLPP leader, rather the reverse albeit inadvertent appears to be true. And regardless of what Tom was or was not guilty of in the past, nothing can justify the seemingly unprovoked and unquestionably brutal attack by your candidate bodyguards.
Justifying such uncivilized behavior is not the correct way to win support for your party.
Subject: Re: Chez this is my take on the matter
From: M. Alieu Iscandari Esq
To: All
Date Posted: 13:47:05 07/25/07 ()
Email Address:
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"And regardless of what Tom was or was not guilty of in the past, nothing can justify the seemingly unprovoked and unquestionably brutal attack by your candidate bodyguards."
I wouldnt call a ROBUST defense of the person of Ernest Koroma, such as here exemplified, an uncivilized attack. Particularly since this so called Nyuma has a "REPUTATION for violence against the APC as a party. The simple act of his reported attempt to unlock or tamper with the locks to Ernest Koromas room, should give rise to a "reasonable justification" for the robust response which was resultant from his breach of security.
The funny part though was that John Ben Hirsch, your finance minister, and Maarda Bio, the self styled napoleonic looking slpp thug, were said to have taken to their heels as sooon as they realised that the so called "lion of the war" was having his punk ass whoped and ripped by others more inclined to protect and to serve.
And they do not need anyones permission to respond to an objectively credible threat which justifies a response. I actually wish all three of them had been whooped bound and handed over to the police.
Subject: Re: Chez this is my take on the matter
From: Shembu
To: All
Date Posted: 14:19:29 07/25/07 ()
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Yes Sir Mr. Iscandri,
I agree with your posting. In fact, the mere presence of Tom in that Hotel is enough justification to burst him up knowing his vilolent and psychotic nature. Only SLPP appologists will truely want that party's image tainted by a punk like Tom.
Subject: Re: Tom is appologetic to cover his EVIL tracks
From: alieu sesay
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Date Posted: 07:32:11 07/25/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
Shembu. Your piece is full of holes.
1. Tom was in the Hotel Hrs before Koroma.
2. Momodu rented a pickup for TOM, not gave TOM his official Vehicle as you want us to believe.
3. Money can be wired from the US to salone. Been deported does not mean, your bank account was included in the deportation order( frozen).
Subject: Re: Tom is appologetic to cover his EVIL tracks
From: NOISE
To: All
Date Posted: 19:09:51 07/25/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
Alie, You know how we called that? AMBUSH. In military terms the guy who set the ambush also ahead of the victim. So Tom was a military man and he knew what he was doing
Subject: Re: Tom is appologetic to cover his EVIL tracks
From: Shembu
To: All
Date Posted: 07:49:39 07/25/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
You response is the one full of holes.
Momodu gave Tom a truck does not imply a gift but rather for temporary use.
"Money can be wired from the U.S., and been deported doest not mean your bank account too". My friend, Tom is broke and has nothing. A security guard makes maximum $10-12 dollars an hour and he has bills that probably exceed his earnings. All those stuff were ill-gotten from the SLPP top bras. Don't fool yourself.
Subject: Re: Tom is appologetic to cover his EVIL tracks
From: alieu sesay
To: All
Date Posted: 08:54:22 07/25/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
He might have been working for pittance but his ability to save is what is important. His earning power might be small, but his probably saved more with that $10 job than others with $25 jobs.
Secondly, we have a lot of cheap laptops ranging from $399 upwards. so for Mr Nyuma to have a laptop does not mean anything.
Subject: Re: Tom is appologetic to cover his EVIL tracks
From: Njai
To: All
Date Posted: 08:16:49 07/25/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
Sembu,
What is your proof that "All those stuff were ill-gotten from the SLPP top bras. Don't fool yourself."
For the sake of arguement:
Tom might be working two jobs and the wife or whoever the partner is/was might also be working, maybe two jobs too, while he was in the US.
He might have bought the laptop long time and send it to SL.
He might still have some of the money he might have stolen from US Sleoneans while he was in office.
I can go on.
Let us wait for the facts.
I strongly believe that no one is going to benefit by the death of any of the current flag bearers.
Subject: Maada Bio on Violence Ramapge
From: Saidu Daphay Turay
To: All
Date Posted: 06:56:35 07/25/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
The continuous spate of violence by Maada Bio and Tom Nyumah against the citizens of Sierra Leone is revealing itself rapidly as election approaches. This a clarion call for the opposition and citizens of Sierra Leone to be on al3rt. If Maada and the SLPP hired thugs think that violence is for sale to the highest bidder then he should learn from the episode of gold digger Tom Nyumah. Read News fromn Standard Times below:
Former Head of State Beats Up Finance Minister’s Guard Carts Away US$500 And Mobile Phone
Posted by Santigie Kamara on Jul 25, 2007, 02:40
The former Head of State and Chairman of the National Provisional Ruling Council NPRC Rtd. Brigadier Maada Bio, a personal security guard to the SLPP leader and Presidential aspirant Vice President Solomon Berewa is still perpetrating violence against his fellow Sierra Leoneans with impunity. His latest prey this time was a security attached to the Minister of Finance John Benjamin Rtd Lt. Christopher Stevens. The victim explained that he was in the company of the Finance Minister last Saturday on their way to Swegbwema when a row broke out between him and Maada Bio at a place commonly called ‘Limba Corner’ in Masiaka.
“I greeted him and told him that we are now working towards the same goal despite the fact that you led a coup plot that sent Strasser in oblivion,” narrated Stevens who added that his utterances infuriated Maada Bio by hitting him (Stevens) on the chest also snatched his (Stevens) mobile phone and five hundred United States Dollars from his(Stevens) pocket.
“I was seriously beaten by Maada Bio and his guards,” complained Stevens.
Stevens said that he was rescued by his Boss; Finance Minister Mr. Benjamin provided him (Stevens) money for fare to discontinue the journey and prevented more chaos.
Subject: Re: Maada Bio on Violence Ramapge
From: ZAINABU
To: All
Date Posted: 20:52:03 07/25/07 ()
Email Address: Zainabu@hotmail.com
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Message:
LIAR,LIAR JUST SHUT-UP!!!!!!!!!
Subject: Re: Maada Bio on Violence Ramapge
From: Cornelius Hamelberg
To: All
Date Posted: 09:50:09 07/25/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
If Philip Neville could be arrested and detained for just saying that something was not reported, why shouldn’t Maada Bio be prosecuted for assault and theft?
Where is the rule of law?
Does being a former unelected military head of state or being a bodyguard to Mr. Berewa raise a person above the law and grant immunity from persecution when he does bodily harm to others and robs them of $ 500?
Where is the rule of law Mr. Berewa? Mr. Berewa the lawyer and man of experience, where is the rule of law?
It’s possible that you may not enjoy a single day in office if you don’t try to curb such excesses now………
If Maada Bio who is your bodyguard had done to you, what Christopher Stevens reports that this Mr. Bio just did to him with impunity, what would you do?
Do you want to be president of all Sierra Leoneans?
Do you want peace and prosperity FOR ALL?
Then you should also want Justice FOR ALL…….
Maada Bio is not as 10% as bad as the baddest guy that I know……
Subject: Re: Maada Bio on Violence Ramapge
From: Saidu Daphay Turay
To: All
Date Posted: 10:03:44 07/25/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
Cornelius,
The rule of law in Sierra Leone is only applicable to members of the SLPP. Since the death of Journalist, Yansaneh caused by a member of parliament of the SLPP, there is no arrest or justice rendered. The attempted assassination of Ernest Koroma by a member of the SLPP-Tom Nyumah has been twisted to hide the truth, and the police- the judicial arm of the status quo have swiftly arrested members of the APC on charges yet to be announced. The arson and attempted assasination of Margai an opposition leader in Kailahun is in limbo even though ambassador Foya use arms and ammunition to shoot at innocent people. Did the SLPP government arrested the ambassador for his act of recklessness and inciting violence? Justice in Sierra Leone is a sham under the SLPP. You will enjoy justice if you are member of the party or given to the highest bidder.
Subject: Re: Maada Bio on Violence Ramapge
From: alieu sesay
To: All
Date Posted: 11:32:25 07/25/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
let me help you with the charges. We will charge them with "ATTEMPTED MURDER", assault with a deadly weapon and finally battery.
Subject: Re: Maada Bio on Violence Ramapge
From: Njai
To: All
Date Posted: 08:24:32 07/25/07 ()
Email Address:
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Message:
Saidu,
Pleaaaseeee!!!
Wan taye!!!(Feel free to correct my themne)
Subject: Re: Maada Bio on Violence Ramapge
From: James
To: All
Date Posted: 07:57:45 07/25/07 ()
Email Address: james@hotmail.com
Entered From: at 66.23.15.6
Message:
Saidu will you stop lying,what you are saying makes no sense to any intelligent reader because Maada and and Mr Benjamin belong to the same party and there is no way Lt.Christopher, if he existing will disrespect Maada.Shame on you liar liar liar .This is the same way you twisted the story about the armed robbery and assasination attempt on Col.Tom Nyuman's life by the armed terrorist(RUF/AFRC FIGHTERS)WING OF APC.
I know for sure you guys are now planning another attack on Maada Bio,but that will be met will a tough resistance.
We now know your strategy.You first accuse your intended target of being a violent guy as in the case of Tom and then you attack.You got Tom on that one, but guess what you FAILED because he is ALIVE.Try it again and you will see.
RUF knows the NPRC BOYS VERY WELL ESPECIALLY TOM NYUMAN.HE KNOWS HOW TO KICK THEIR ASSES AND SEND THEM TO THEIR GRAVES.
YOU "UNGRATEFUL DOUBLE STANDARD IDIOT OF NO CLASS" IT A SHAME THAT COULD OPEN YOUR MOUTH AND SAY NASTY THINGS ABOUT TOM NYUMAN OF ALL PEOPLE WHO RISKED HIS LIFE AND DEFENDED OUR MOTHER LAND FROM THE VERY RUF BANDIT THAT IS NOW IN BED WITH AND THE ARMED WING OF BLOOD THIRSTY APC.
YOU'VE FORGOTTEN SANDA.THE THINGS THAT APC DID.
YOU'VE FORGOTTTEN ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT NPRC DID FOR SIERRA LEONE.THEY GAVE US LIGHT,WATER,FUEL,A VERY CLEAN CITY.LOOK AT FREETOWN NOW.WHERE WERE YOU.
OH SIERRA LEONEANS WE HAVE SUCH A SHORT MEMORY AND CAN EVEN SAY AND DO THINGS THAT COULD RECK OUR NATION SHAME SHAME SHAME .I FEEL SO SORRY FOR SIERRA LEONE. COUNTRY THAT IS FULL OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE SO MUCH VENOM IN THEIR SYSTEM.WE KILL OUR OWN AND DESTROY GOOD LEADERS BEFORE THEY ARE BORN.LOOK AT THIS FORUM PEOPLE LIE LIE AND TAKE SIDES THE ALL OF THE DAY.THEY NEVER COME UP WITH CONSTRUCTIVE IDEAS OR CITICISM
IT IS POLITICS TIME MENDE WILL VOTE FOR SLPP IRRESPECTIVE OF........LIMBA/TEMNE WILL VOTE FOR APC IRRESPECTIVE OF..................
IT IS TRUE THAT SLPP HAS LITTLE TO SHOW OR ACHIEVED ANY SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENT.BUT TRUST ME APC WILL TURN OUR BELOVETH SIERRA LEONE INTO A SLAUGHTER HOUSE IF THEY WIN.
THE OLD GUARD(DEMONIC ONES)WILL PREVENT MR KOROMA FROM DOING ALL THE GOOD PLANS HE HAS FOR SIERRA LEONE LIKE THE WAY THEY OVER POWERED HIM AND PREVENTED HIM FROM MAKING A TRUE STATEMENT ABOUT WHAT HAPPEN IN THE COUNTRY INN.I SEE A DANGEROUS CONTAMINATION AND URGLY CONVERTION HERE.GOD PROTECT MR KOROMA IF HE WINS.
IT IS THEIR OWN TURN NOW TO SLAUGHTER MENDE MAN IF THEY WIN BECAUSE SLPP HAD JUST RECENTLY COMPLETED THEIR OWN SLAUGHTERING OF NORTHERN OFFICERS.IT IS A CIRCLE NORTHERN HELD POWER MINAH AND KAIKAI WERE WIPED OUT.SLPP IS HOLDING POWER THE FINEST FROM THE NORTH WERE SLAUGHTER.
ONCE MORE IF APC WIN WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A SLAUGHTERER THIS TIME WEARING A RED "OVERAL JACKET"
Subject: Re: Maada Bio on Violence Ramapge
From: Cornelius Hamelberg
To: All
Date Posted: 10:20:05 07/25/07 ()
Email Address:
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Hon. Ernest Bai Koroma is committed to taking a very strong stand AGAINST corruption.
Are you more of a gentleman than Ernest Bai Koroma?
If so let’s see your face.
Perhaps your mouth speaks what is in the fullness of your heart, but please spare us such statements even if made on behalf of Tom Nyuma, that ”ESPECIALLY TOM NYUMAN. HE KNOWS HOW TO KICK THEIR ASSES AND SEND THEM TO THEIR GRAVES."
This is peace and reconciliation Sierra Leone, and understandably as things are hotting up just before the elections our words should serve the aim of peace and calming things down......
Whoever you are, stop it now, stop making stupid and irresponsible statements such as "APC WILL TURN OUR BELOVETH SIERRA LEONE INTO A SLAUGHTER HOUSE IF THEY WIN."
Why should the APC want to do that?
When did APC ever turn Sierra Leone into a slaughter House?
The answer is never. They have never done so.
You know, I don't eat meat.
And what will PMDC or SLPP do if they win?
It is not the end of the world if the SLPP loses…….if they lose, it means that the winner is the people’s choice – whether YOU and Maada Bio, like it or don’t like it.
Subject: Re: Maada Bio on Violence Ramapge
From: James
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Date Posted: 20:48:11 07/25/07 ()
Email Address: james@hotmail.com
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APC have a track record."Monkey nor dae lef ein black hand".Attack on Tom Nyuman by RUF/AFRC FIGHTERS who are now the personal body guard of Mr Koroma authenticates my statement."Relax man true say talk me".
Subject: Re: Maada Bio on Violence Ramapge
From: Saidu Daphay Turay
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Date Posted: 09:50:50 07/25/07 ()
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James,
You are blowing your anger out of proportion, your insinuations of good things the NPRC did for Sierra Leone has led today to the Suffering of people to the lowest ebb. Ain't you ashamed to talk about military dictatorship or better still do you want to say that the NPRC was better than the SLPP? Logically this is what you imply. Was the story of Standard Times made up by me? You seem to be out of your senses of showing your rudenes and inability to debate tangible issues. My conclusion towards is, you are frustrated bloke like the SLPP you support who are hanging on floating straw waiting to be swept away by the tide. The political wind of change that is blowing in Sierra Leone can not be stopped until the dust and debris of the SLPP is sent to the Atlantic ocean. Jmaes, next time talk sense and be logical in responding to issues.
Subject: Re: Maada Bio on Violence Ramapge
From: JAMES
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Date Posted: 08:07:21 07/25/07 ()
Email Address: james@hotmail.com
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Posted by James on July 25, 2007 at 07:57:45:
In Reply to: Maada Bio on Violence Ramapge posted by Saidu Daphay Turay on July 25, 2007 at 06:56:35:
Saidu will you stop lying,what you are saying makes no sense to any intelligent reader because Maada and and Mr Benjamin belong to the same party and there is no way Lt.Christopher, if he existing will disrespect Maada.Shame on you liar liar liar .This is the same way you twisted the story about the armed robbery and assasination attempt on Col.Tom Nyuman's life by the armed terrorist(RUF/AFRC FIGHTERS)WING OF APC.
I know for sure you guys are now planning another attack on Maada Bio,but that will be met will a tough resistance.
We now know your strategy.You first accuse your intended target of being a violent guy as in the case of Tom and then you attack.You got Tom on that one, but guess what you FAILED because he is ALIVE.Try it again and you will see.
RUF knows the NPRC BOYS VERY WELL ESPECIALLY TOM NYUMAN.HE KNOWS HOW TO KICK THEIR ASSES AND SEND THEM TO THEIR GRAVES.
YOU "UNGRATEFUL DOUBLE STANDARD IDIOT OF NO CLASS" IT A SHAME THAT COULD OPEN YOUR MOUTH AND SAY NASTY THINGS ABOUT TOM NYUMAN OF ALL PEOPLE WHO RISKED HIS LIFE AND DEFENDED OUR MOTHER LAND FROM THE VERY RUF BANDIT THAT IS NOW IN BED WITH AND THE ARMED WING OF BLOOD THIRSTY APC.
YOU'VE FORGOTTEN SANDA.THE THINGS THAT APC DID.
YOU'VE FORGOTTTEN ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT NPRC DID FOR SIERRA LEONE.THEY GAVE US LIGHT,WATER,FUEL,A VERY CLEAN CITY.LOOK AT FREETOWN NOW.WHERE WERE YOU.
OH SIERRA LEONEANS WE HAVE SUCH A SHORT MEMORY AND CAN EVEN SAY AND DO THINGS THAT COULD RECK OUR NATION SHAME SHAME SHAME .I FEEL SO SORRY FOR SIERRA LEONE. COUNTRY THAT IS FULL OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE SO MUCH VENOM IN THEIR SYSTEM.WE KILL OUR OWN AND DESTROY GOOD LEADERS BEFORE THEY ARE BORN.LOOK AT THIS FORUM PEOPLE LIE LIE AND TAKE SIDES THE ALL OF THE DAY.THEY NEVER COME UP WITH CONSTRUCTIVE IDEAS OR CITICISM
IT IS POLITICS TIME MENDE WILL VOTE FOR SLPP IRRESPECTIVE OF........LIMBA/TEMNE WILL VOTE FOR APC IRRESPECTIVE OF..................
IT IS TRUE THAT SLPP HAS LITTLE TO SHOW OR ACHIEVED ANY SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENT.BUT TRUST ME APC WILL TURN OUR BELOVETH SIERRA LEONE INTO A SLAUGHTER HOUSE IF THEY WIN.
THE OLD GUARD(DEMONIC ONES)WILL PREVENT MR KOROMA FROM DOING ALL THE GOOD PLANS HE HAS FOR SIERRA LEONE LIKE THE WAY THEY OVER POWERED HIM AND PREVENTED HIM FROM MAKING A TRUE STATEMENT ABOUT WHAT HAPPEN IN THE COUNTRY INN.I SEE A DANGEROUS CONTAMINATION AND URGLY CONVERTION HERE.GOD PROTECT MR KOROMA IF HE WINS.
IT IS THEIR OWN TURN NOW TO SLAUGHTER MENDE MAN IF THEY WIN BECAUSE SLPP HAD JUST RECENTLY COMPLETED THEIR OWN SLAUGHTERING OF NORTHERN OFFICERS.IT IS A CIRCLE NORTHERN HELD POWER MINAH AND KAIKAI WERE WIPED OUT.SLPP IS HOLDING POWER THE FINEST FROM THE NORTH WERE SLAUGHTER.
ONCE MORE IF APC WIN WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A SLAUGHTERER THIS TIME WEARING A RED "OVERAL JACKET"
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Subject: KNOW SULAIMAN PROPERLY
From: Sulaiman Banja Tejan-Sie
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Date Posted: 02:17:26 07/25/07 ()
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(This is just to let you know that the people you admire are not worthy of admiration. People like Sulaiman Banja Tejan-Sie have no credibility....read an excerpt from an Online Article)
Ismail Rashid, a Sierra Leonian exile in Waterloo, Canada, provided a few other examples:
"We should not forget the opportunism, cowardice and unprincipled role of a section of the so-called intelligentsia in leading us into our present quandary. Lawyers, doctors, professors and a whole host of other "educated" people willingly participated in the general repression and corruption that was characteristic of APC (All People's Congress) rule . . .
In 1980 and 1985, this elite remained muted and in some cases condemned the widespread protests against the APC dictatorship and the deteriorating economy by workers and students. In fact, it endorsed the punitive measures taken against these protestors. A classic representative of this class is the present Vice President, Dr. Abdullai Conteh, who came to power on the crest of student protest in 1977, and who criticized President Momoh's succession to power as the work of an insidious "cabal which will only destroy the nation." Needless to say, Dr. Conteh ended in that same cabal as a leading actor.
Finally, the nation cannot forget the opportunism and cowardice of the SLPP (Sierra Leone People's Party). After the death of so many people in the 1977 elections to ensure that the SLPP had a voice in parliament, its leading members, including its present chairman Salia Jusu-Sheriff, crossed over to the APC. For over 13 years, they also partook in the rape of the country" (New African, May 1992, p.10).
A more recent case was that of Sierra Leone's fearless human rights lawyer, Sulaiman Banja Tejan-Sie. He never hid his distaste for military politics and on several occasions called for a national conference comprising pre-National Provisional Ruling Council (NPRC) political parties and other groups to prepare the way for civilian rule. He was a vociferous critic of the ruling NPRC over human rights abuses and was reported to have a personal dislike for the military. He was hailed on student campuses as a young radical barrister and was invited to student conventions, giving lectures on human rights and negative consequences of military rule. Suddenly in April 1995, he joined Sierra Leone's military-led government as Secretary of State in the Department of Youth, Sport and Social Mobilization.
"His detractors have not pardoned the man who only recently wrote that `unless and until the army is isolated from the political process, we will always have a divided nation, thereby exacerbating the poor living standards of our poverty-stricken people" (The African Observer, May 2-15, 1995; p.11). The editors and proprietor of the Concord Times said they were shocked by the "about face" of their paper's solicitor. A notice in the newspaper announced that, having shifted alliances, Tejan-Sie would "no longer be a part of the family" (The African Observer, May 2-15, 1995; p.11).
This type of collaboration allowed tyranny to become entrenched in Africa. Doe, Mobutu, Kaunda, and other dictators stayed in power by buying off or co-opting Africa's academics and opposition leaders. For a pittance, many would sacrifice principle to serve under an army sergeant whose level of education hardly matched half of theirs. Kwaku Annor, a Ghanaian, berated:
Subject: Re: KNOW SULAIMAN PROPERLY
From: Jack Bauer
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Date Posted: 11:59:36 07/25/07 ()
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John Benjamin's name should also be included in the list of turn-coat critics. Just a few years ago he was seen as one of the leading critics of the failed policies of the current SLPP government.
Subject: Re: KNOW SULAIMAN PROPERLY
From: m. alieu iscandari Esq
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Date Posted: 14:38:48 07/25/07 ()
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yes he was until he was named finance minister and now all of a sudden he is pro slpp to the core
Subject: Re: KNOW SULAIMAN PROPERLY
From: FARRAH MARRAH
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Date Posted: 09:46:21 07/25/07 ()
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Sulay is as CORRUPT as his father Sir Banja-Tejan Sie.
Berewa is EVIL, CORRUPT and TYRANICAL and he will be WORSE THAN KABBAH or any leader Sierra Leone has ever known.
A WORD TO THE WISE IS QUITE SUFFICIENT.
Subject: Re: KNOW SULAIMAN PROPERLY
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 03:17:44 07/25/07 ()
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Yes, Sullay betrayed the principles and ideals that once held him so high and different from the rest. The acceptance of a post under the military was the biggest mistake in his life. He paid dearly for it. I remember in 1999, a transformed Sullay, met me in london and we established a branch of his 'Civil Liberties Congress' to raise funds for the parent body to help sensitise human rights issues in sierra leone. He admitted this mistake and recall telling him about the failures of the likes of Abdulai Conteh, Abdul karim Koroma, Abass Bundu and others to have help transformed the look of Sierra Leone, today.
Sullay, is now a transformed character, I do not believe he will repeat the selfish mistake he made then.
To criticise him now without acknowledging the rehabilitating transformation he underwent, would be 'double punishment'.
Subject: Re: KNOW SULAIMAN PROPERLY
From: Ishmael Yillah
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Date Posted: 06:26:19 07/25/07 ()
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Chez winacabs, birds of the same feathers flocks together. You are now defending Sulay because you have also traded your principles for political gain. I can recalled that you were one of the strong critics of kabba and Berewa's administration for failing to progress the country after the end of the war. But presently you are singing praises for berewa claiming that he (berewa) was your classmate and he was once a bright school boy. APC was once full of Sierra Leone's most educated people, but they fail the people of sierra Leone woefully. Both kabba and Berewa are lawyers, but they also fail to uplift the country from poverty. What we need in sierra leone is someone who has the country at heart and someone who can unite the country instead of segrated the people by tribal line. (i have doubts that either candidates have good intention for our country). I once admired your posting for criticizing the people that has wrecked our beloved country into its wretched state. Moreover, as a citizen of sierra leone you have the right to support any candidate of your choice and i have no quams that you support Berewa, but why the sudden change from being a strong critic to a stronger supporter? please my brother always stick to your principles and if you think that neither candidates are good, do not support either and stay aloof from politics.
Good day
Subject: Re: KNOW SULAIMAN PROPERLY
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 07:09:46 07/25/07 ()
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Mr. Yillah, that surname is a unique. It is also my mother's surname. I am not in defense of sullay's past acts.
I still hold fervent my principles and ideals. My bone was with kabbah. I have never once brought berewa into my criticism of kabbah. I was feeling sorry for Berewa, as i thought Kabbah was using him again and then dump him to perish. So, covertly I will al3rt friends of Solo B's family to warn him to be cautious of pa Kabbah. I have known people that kabbah did the same thing to so i was never criticising Solo B but warned him to be very precautious and have Sierra leone to his heart.
The sudden outspokenness comes from the fact that I have the choice and freedom to support whom I believe is better able to give us a better and more progressive nation. i will be the first to start attacking Berewa's policies, if they conflict with the manifestoral promise. It is goping to be my living book and will monitor and evaluate it as the months pass by.
I have no intention of Going to Sierra leone now but will make sure I continue with my work in strenghtening my local communities' economies.
I cannot stay silent and see the nation being taken apart. My advise to all is to strengthen yourself so you will not have cause to beg for a jod from a corrupt person.
In 1996, I completed a masters programme in Foreign policy and had the intention to find a job in our foreign ministry. My aim was to revamp our foreign missions - transform their image to reflect a good sierra leone and also capable of bringing trade to the homeland. In 1999, I then completed another masters course in Diplomatic Practice, having the same intention to work with Sierra leone foreign missions. During my days of studies, I made friends with a lot of students from other countries and they all held me with respect. i was also publishing a news magazine by then. They all went on to become Ambassadors, First Secretaries, military attachees, etc in the diplomatic service of their countries. My country had nothing for me so my friendship with my fellow students was all I had and settled to form a consultancy company and utilised my links. I am not supporting berewa for anything other than the fact that I trust him to change the way things are. My respect for his son, whom I regard as humble and modest, will not go in vain. he will not want to fall out with me so his father, Solo B , who loves his children, will listen to them. I am not afraid of anything other than the Good Lord. Since, I was a child, I saw a brighter light in beloved land. We educated so many liberians, Guineans, nigerians, Ghanaians, South Africans, etc. etc. That in itself gave hope that something that can make the better future of thers is not bad after all. when I started seeing myopic elements, in the guise of running a nation, i was always upset and was always ready to challenge the. Those who know me will tell you that, even police, custom and other uniformed government officers will not come to drink in clubs that myself and crew are in. We will ask them to go out or else inform their superiors. That was what we were doing. the 'Highways' and the other butchers, we always challenged and reasoned with them.
If, CP Foray (RIP)or Sir banja (RIP), were alive, they would have attested to some of what I am saying. During my adventures, I visited all our missions in the countries i was in and if I see anything that is out of the normal for a mssion house, i will try to speak with the superior and present my observations.
i love my country and the rest of the world i live in. i do love Sierra leone more though.
Subject: Re: KNOW SULAIMAN PROPERLY
From: Mammy Sweh
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Date Posted: 10:35:42 07/25/07 ()
Email Address: mammaysweh@gmail.com
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Chez, I don't think you owe anyone an explanation for supporting your candidate, Berewa. I vehemently disagree with your political choice, but but I respect your right to so choose. Besides, I really enjoy your postings. Always humorous educative and topical even when they occasionally get on my nerves. Keep up the good work.
Subject: Re: KNOW SULAIMAN PROPERLY
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 11:15:50 07/25/07 ()
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thanks for the compliment - we should learn how to engage in explorative reasoning. i can disagree with you on party lines but let us know what is good for the country and have that above everything else. No vex pan mi - now is berewa time and we will enjoy that which he has promised us. if he does not, we will peacefully force him out. God is our witness in this.
Subject: Re:Mrs.Nyuma:Gold digger !
From: fatmatt Abdul
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Date Posted: 22:41:06 07/24/07 ()
Email Address: fabdul001@yahoo.com
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Ah!ah! a no wan laugh .finally the secret commot.So who dat na Mrs. Nyuma now.
Subject: Re:Mrs.Nyuma:Gold digger !
From: Karl Marx
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Date Posted: 22:58:20 07/24/07 ()
Email Address: karlmarx@karlmarx.com
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We should not take ourselves too seriously - but what we do.
I love this angle on the 'chit chat' about elections, assassination plots, threats, blah! blah! blah! - yadi yadi yada.
Gimme some jokes any day and let these "serious world problem solvers from keyboard in living room after bellful from eating nuff casada leaf n boma" watch more TV or what have u.
Subject: Re:Mrs.Nyuma:Gold digger !
From: john
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Date Posted: 22:44:40 07/24/07 ()
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I LOVE YOU BABY
Subject: Mrs.Nyuma; Gold digger!
From: Meridith Nyuma
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Date Posted: 22:34:44 07/24/07 ()
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First of all,how come you're mrs.nyuma?Elsie.Try to solve the problem between you and Mr. Nyuma for being caught with a man in his bed.You even threathen Mr. Nyuma to be on suicide watch,just because he called and threathen your boyfriend.Anyway your best bet now is to do voodoo.ha!ha!ha!He might forgive you.
Subject: Re: Mrs.Nyuma; Gold digger!
From: Fanta Nyuma
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Date Posted: 00:21:10 07/27/07 ()
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As for you Meridith just shut up you na white trash. You are day dreaming. I know who is Mrs Nyuma soooooo you two stop fighting. Mrs Nyuma to be is around the corner. You think you know, you ladies have you idea.
Subject: Re: Mrs.Nyuma; Gold digger!
From: Meredith A. SIkora
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Date Posted: 13:07:37 07/27/07 ()
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To all concerned, the previous posting with the name Meridith Nyuma is a total fabrication. Thank you for any interest, but I respectfully ask that my name be left out of this forum.
Thank you,
Meredith
Subject: Re: Mrs.Nyuma; Gold digger!
From: John
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Date Posted: 22:40:45 07/24/07 ()
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Shut up Meredith you should be ashame of yourself don't ever bring in to this forum your stupidity,talk about national issues.Shame on you
Subject: Re: Mrs.Nyuma; Gold digger!
From: Meredith A.Sikora
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Date Posted: 21:58:06 07/26/07 ()
Email Address: mweisent@juno.com
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To all concerned, the previous posting with the name Meridith Nyuma is a total fabrication. Thank you for any interest, but I respectfully ask that my name be left out of this forum.
Thank you,
Meredith
Subject: APC'S LIES AND CONCEIT: AN OPINION BY CHARLES HUGHES
From: Santigie Koroma
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Date Posted: 22:18:43 07/24/07 ()
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Sierra Leone: APC's Lies And Conceit
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Concord Times (Freetown)
OPINION
23 July 2007
Posted to the web 23 July 2007
Charles J. Hughes
Freetown
As a writer on governance and related subjects in Sierra Leone, I find it necessary to read the manifesto of every political party. This was how I came to acquire the manifesto of the APC party last week. I have read the forward, and do not desire to go on. The simple reason is that there is no sincerity in this so-called manifesto where it starts with exaltations of the regimes of Siaka Stevens and Joseph Saidu Momoh. Nobody asked the APC to reflect on its past in a manifesto. This means that the APC had options to choose to write its manifesto in the present and future tenses only. But if the APC found it prudent to reflect on its past, non-acknowledgement of the party's heinous history amounts to conceit for this country. This is dangerous disdain.
The APC of Siaka Stevens and Momoh was brutal, corrupt, hegemonic, autocratic, incompetent, repressive and criminal. This is not the opinion of Charlie Hughes. I have simply compressed the conclusions of all those who have studied and written on Sierra Leones politics and history.
The American anthropologist Joseph Opala (2000), who taught at Fourah Bay College, tells us that "President Stevens ruled from 1968 to 1985, heading a regime so larcenous that his countrymen called it the seventeen-year plague of locusts". "By the time he retired, the national bank was bankrupt and government agencies had been stripped of everything from vehicles to furniture", he wrote.
In agreement, Professor Amadu Sesay of the University of Ibadan says that "power, influence, patronage and even issues of life and death were concentrated in the hands of the Pa. The net result was that Sierra Leone, a country endowed with natural resources, and whose people once boasted of several firsts in West Africa, became one of the most exploited, undemocratic and least developed in the world." Momoh's regime, even more than Steven, Sesay wrote "displayed crass ineptitude, rampant corruption and primitive and large scale looting of the national treasury".
Abdul Karim Koroma who served for many years in the APC as a senior minister endorsed that "the credibility of the regime vanished long before its precipitate termination".
Professor Jimmy Kandeh of the University of Virginia adds that under Momoh "a parasitic cabal known as the Binkolo Mafia replaced the personal rule of Stevens.
Membership in Ekutay became such a prized social currency under Momoh that even opportunistic non-Limbas sought to join".
Olu Awoonor-Gordon (Peep Jan.28, 2005) has written that "Momoh's accession to power was a tragedy". He concludes, "Momoh's ineptitude led to massive corruption, national malaise and cynicism and, inevitably war".
On APC's political history of cronyism, predation, violence, suffocation, privation, prebendalism and related pathologies, the conclusions in print are legion. The conclusions are in the works of Ibrahim Abdullah, William Reno, Robert Kaplan, Sahr Kpundeh, Yussuf Bangura, Paul Richards, A. B. Zac-Williams and many others. And locally, Olu Awoonor-Gordon, Paul Kamara, Umaru Farouk Sesay, and Pios Foray among others have regularly narrated APC's terrible past.
It is therefore sheer callousness, calumny and deceit that the APC, in seeking our votes, would use words like "prudent policies" and "visionary leadership" in describing Stevens' and Momoh's rule. This callousness and conceit is ominous. There is purpose in it.
Parties and regimes deny history to de-legitimise claims inherent in such history. Iranian President Ahmedinejad has the view, for instance, that the Jewish holocaust was fiction. It simply means that all political claims by Jews inherent in holocaust history and Zionism are illegitimate and bogus in the eyes of Iran.
By telling us that Stevens and Momoh were "visionary and prudent leaders", the APC is simply fore-warning Siera Leoneans not to see its resort to banal politics in a negative light. Indeed the party concludes in the foreword to its manifesto that it will rule in the image and likeness of Stevens and Momoh. It means that the APC will foist mediocrity. How else is the multitude of the party's unemployable stalwarts ever going to earn a decent living? It is the only Party that holds the institutional memory around which thugs, riff-raff's and hoodlums mobilise for violence.
Therefore, APC will remain a party of violence. The APC will destroy institutions because institutions and processes thwart petty ambitions of the party's hungry and angry personnel. As a party confined to the North and to Northerners in the Western area, the APC will never trust one-man-one-vote as the only way to come to power. In the failure to repent, the APC sees itself as victim. The APC therefore will always seek revenge and call for blood.
When Ernest Koroma was about to become leader of the APC in 2000, I wrote an article lamenting the strange decision to tote the party's garbage history. I argued that the APC was a culture and Ernest merely a "fol face". I had sincerely hoped that time would prove me wrong to see a new APC transmogrify in the image of Ernest Koroma. Now I am right. The "fol face" is gone, and as August 11 approaches we see the APC in its old self staring at us. As a student of politics, I am not at all surprised. For Edmond Burke, "a body of men united upon a common principle" stands central in the definition of a political party. It means that you cannot be part of the APC and hold principles contrary to that of the Party. Victor Foh, Sannie Sesay, Ernest Koroma, Paul Bangura, Osho Williams, and Suffian Karbgo are "a body of men united upon a common principle". It is the principle embodied in the leadership styles of Siaka Stevens and Joseph Saidu Momoh. Fellow citizens this is what you will be voting for on August 11. Countrymen, this is the 'new old APC'.
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Subject: Re: APC'S LIES AND CONCEIT: AN OPINION BY CHARLES HUGHES
From: Yaya Fanusie
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Date Posted: 00:42:03 07/25/07 ()
Email Address: Saigobe@lanset.com
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Thank you for the Yesterdays. The electorate is concerned about NOW and TOMORROW.
Yaya Fanusie-APC
Subject: Re: APC'S LIES AND CONCEIT: AN OPINION BY CHARLES HUGHES
From: Santigie Koroma
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Date Posted: 09:16:16 07/25/07 ()
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Yaya you are missing the man's point(s),
The APC of today is no different from the APC of yesterday. They are using the same tactics: violence, intimidation,lies,......
Ernest has promised to run things in the mold of Stevens and Momoh...what is so today and tomorrow about that????
I never knew you were so dishonest
Subject: Re: APC'S LIES AND CONCEIT: AN OPINION BY CHARLES HUGHES
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 03:22:39 07/25/07 ()
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The past creates the present and in the present the past is looked on to prepare a future that rejectrs or accepts the past. Let us not discard the past entirely - it holds the keys to the present and the future.
Subject: Re: APC'S LIES AND CONCEIT: AN OPINION BY CHARLES HUGHES
From: Cornelius Hamelberg
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Date Posted: 06:10:38 07/25/07 ()
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Yes Chez, it all started in 1967 when Albert Margai called in the army after the Governor-General representing Her Majesty Queen Elisabeth 11 HAD appointed Mr. Siaka Stevens as prime minister, because he had won the elections and was deemed fit to be appointed prime minister and capable of forming a government - by this very qualified lawyer - more qualified and experienced than Banja Tejan-Sie., and with a good knowledge of the political psychology of the Sierra Leone political terrain – he had after all been speaker of Parliament for many years.
Albert Margai. That’s where we got derailed and everything else is a consequence of that.
Perhaps you want to know more about the army aspect of things? You will be confined to public knowledge.
AS for the yada yada in question – YES, APC DID ACCOMPLISH many good things and APC does have roots and a history which none of us can or will deny. About Pa Shaki, it so happens that the good that he did – it seems has all been interred with his bones. Many received an education during the APC days and much development took place in Sierra Leone – even past the oil crises effect on the world economy 1974-75 ( the price of everything more or less doubled in Sweden after OPEC raised the oil price – and in Sierra Leone economic difficulties set in after the Freetown OAU conference which was a huge debt burden on the country….. it was unlike today when the international donor community has bankrolled the Kabbah government to an unprecedented degree and the country subsists today on more than 60& foreign aid , NGOs etc…. the APC was not a beneficiary of that kind of extended supply of goodwill , money, manpower and material - ( rice, tractors etc)
You know that Mohamed Jalloh has told us more than 500 time about IMF, structural adjustment programmes etc.
There have been military governments in Nigeria, in Ghana – Nigeria is more complicated than you think... coup d'etats usually begin there ( they set a precedent, which seems to have worked) – and since the same West African officers were generally at Sandhurst and Aldershot - in the early days – we may assume that there was a degree of communication and friendship among them – as cadre – anyway – other factors in play , the next coup was in Ghana, and the next – after that took place in Sierra Leone, thanks to Albert Margai who caused the abortion of the first election in Africa, in which the opposition had overthrown the incumbent government by popular ballot.
Albert Margai’s idea of a one -party state which was current at the time - and justifiably so – was not a bad idea- most people will credit Mr. Siaka Stevens with diminishing TRIBALISM when he applied it – that he was inclusive, that this debilitating tribalism which had divided the country in 1967 – because Albert Margai was known to be rather nepotistic – and continues to divide the country into North and South, was diminished by his inclusive policies.
Anyway, the era of one partyism is over – so is the era of coups…….although if violence gets out of control in Sierra Leone, a state of emergency will be declared and the election results will be in jeopardy……
There were two things wrong with the one party state in practice: since it brought an end to multi party democracy (Westminster style or US- type presidential system) it eliminated the possibility of people’s choice as it is practiced in India for example, and. As you know so very well, power corrupts (even in the multi party system) and absolute power corrupts absolutely when the executive and the judiciary fuse into the presidency and become one office, in one and the same person called Mr. President.
Whilst you may want to begin some more yada yada about APC, think about the role of the Sierra Leone army, since independence…………
All political parties and the people in them have a history and are making history – all over the world. Parties have their past and not every party has a clean past or a clean record – depending on what you mean by clean. You may examine the history of the various parties in the UK, the US, China, Russia, the USSR, France, Liberia, South Africa, Germany, Israel, Egypt, Argentina, Jamaica, Spain, Hungary, Japan, Nigeria, the SLPP……..what is most relevant here is the record of the SLPP these past two mandates and you decide for continuity with anew leadership which in my opinion has not made any commitment or noises about overthrowing corruption – seems they will go on solving that problem as before – with the toothless chimpanzee style – the PMDC party symbol is a broom which promises to sweep clean – and a courageous leader who opposed the system of things that is said to be the SLPP way – he held two different portfolios in the SLPP government, was runner up for leadership of that party on two occasions – has SLPP pedigree, his uncle was Sir Milton Margai his dad was Sir Albert Margai who ‘s main sin was not so much his nepotism of his day ( which pales in comparison with later days – or even corruption of which his government was guilty, which pales in comparison with the established lion mountain of corruption that is entrenched today – despite the ACC etc etc, and now I have an appointment that I must keep Chez – I assume that you are in ;London and have already fielded you r question and will be wishing Hon Solomon Berewa a happy birthday on 6th August
Subject: Re: APC'S LIES AND CONCEIT: AN OPINION BY CHARLES HUGHES
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 06:34:19 07/25/07 ()
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I have done a lot of business with people of SLPP, APC, and PMDC background and none have altruism in them. In the SLPP, we have tried to demonstrate to them the beauty of not been selfish. You are always the winner, the one to be trusted, the one, whose shoulders are comfortable to cry upon. I know so much about the characters of these elements that I thought there was no hope for our country. There a consolation came by way of the selection of Solo B as the leader of the SLPP and our presidential hopeful. I believe he can bring all that has dampened to dry out.
My birthday is tomorrow and will have the better of the day sleeping and the other better, praying for peace and God's direction for those who are not seeing what I am seeing to be able to see that which I see.
I have fielded my question and it is directed to my leader only. The others, I have no hope for them and i do not think they can answer my question. my question to my leader pertains to his efforts to the young minds of Sierra leone to be better prepared to be the old minds of tomorrow's Sierra leone.
I heartily join you in wishing him a wonderful birthday, which I believe he plans to celebrate on his victory celebrations.
Big bro, the APC is not ready to run Sierra leone!! I say so because I know so!!
Subject: Re: APC'S LIES AND CONCEIT: AN OPINION BY CHARLES HUGHES
From: Cornelius Hamelberg
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Date Posted: 07:54:46 07/25/07 ()
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Momoh restored multi-party democracy didn't he?
The SLPP has been in office the past two mandates -10 years and does have structures in place - but the civil service itself is not an SLPP institution is it?
As you know the country needs dynamic leadership but progress cannot depend on just one man be it V-P Berewa or Hon. Ernest Bai Koroma or Hon. Charles Francis Margai.
The question you have sent in is a very interesting one
perhaps since by your own definition, Mr. Berewa who will be 69 years old on 6th August is an "old mind" -perhaps in a younger body - his running mate Alhaji Momodou Koroma is only 52 years old and therefore relatively speaking a younger mind - although minds do not depend on age to bridge the generation gap that exits between Sierra Leone's leadership and those weho are being led - I know because I have always kept the company of elders since I was a child.... ( some young and old people are still living in stone age mentality ).
Hon Ernest Bai Koroma is the youngest of the presidential candidates and Hon. Chales Francis Margai is - in my opinion, the one who has been talking most about youth education and employment, since the very start "inception" of his PMDC
I should credit Mr. Berewa - as far as I know him - as being an open mind, a flexible mind, a thinking man , a problem-solver and he has to work more on this concept of Progress and Prosperity FOR ALL.
PS. Leadership and direction could also be found in the enabling institutions which must be strengthened - and in all those areas , Hon Ernest Bai Koroma hasa some creative ideas worth putting into action - I'm talking about in the areas of educattion , the Judiciary, Health Ministry, Housing, My appointment time is near....
Your mind will be older by one year tommorrow.... congratulations....
Subject: Re: APC'S LIES AND CONCEIT: AN OPINION BY CHARLES HUGHES
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 08:38:33 07/25/07 ()
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Bra Cornie, just like you in your childhood days, I was always in the company of older guys and I enjoyed such company. I did not allow them to influence what I do.
I have done business with all the members of the different political parties and most, I can say, are not altruistic and do not have Sierra Leone at heart.
Berewa, if given the opportunity, can make Sierra leone a better place and leave a legacy for himself. i remember, my days at CKC, Solo Jr. was also there. My company was with most of his friends and he came out across as a humble and modest character. i enjoyed thier company because they always have some news that i wanted to take to my class. Being the way he was and what he has become, is down to a very thorough upbringing. They are aware of what their father is taking on and would want to leave that pedestal with the same respect of humility and modesty they entered with.
the other two are not what a lot of people make them out to be. take charles for instance, he lfet the party on numerous ocassions and had to come begging to be accepted into the fold again. Once accepted, he started his selfish scheming again.
Ernest was first brought into the SLPP fold by SB Marah (RIP) for a ministerial position as minister of Trade and Industry. The opponent there, kadie sesay, was a firm contender. RES Lagawo, who saw the gap in the APC leadership decided that Ernest vie for the position and that they would help. Ernest succeeded and we had no effective opposition for sometime in the parliament. Ernest was chair of committees but did not create an impact as an opposition to benefit our people.
Both even denied knowledge of the libyan rice issue to create mayhem in our country. Such rascals are not worthy to run our quotidian lives.
Berewa may have served under the most treacherous quasi-gentleman i have ever known, in the person of kabba tejan, but he is a man that I believe, given absolute power, can make things better for us than the other two contenders.
Thanks for the compliment. I will surely be older tomorrow and pray to have the wisdom to contain that which may prove impossible.
Subject: Re: APC'S LIES AND CONCEIT: AN OPINION BY CHARLES HUGHES
From: Cornelius Hamelberg
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Date Posted: 23:16:24 07/24/07 ()
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Forever talking your yada yada about those distant days.
What do you know about
Subject: Cokorioko radio!
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We have got it all here haven't we!
Subject: Sometimes we need to look close and far. N'yuma
From: Bambay Lans Kamara
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Ex-Army Lt. Col Tom Nyuma has given his first interview to the press ( To COCORIOKO ) since he recovered from his coma last night .Speaking calmly and assuredly and without any vengence in the tone of his voice, Nyuma this morning took his time to explain what happened yesterday morning at the Country Side Hotel in Bo where he was badly beaten up and seriously injured by people accusing him of attempting to assassinate the leader of the All People's Congress ( APC) , Mr. Ernest Bai Koroma.
Mr. Nyuma denied all allegations against him and blamed the hotel staff for their big mistake in accomodating him and the APC Leader in rooms
Col. Nyuma also took his time to exonerate the APC Leader , Mr. Ernest Bai Koroma , from all blame for what happened to him. Infact, from his explanation, had it not been for the APC Chief, and the Police he could have been beaten to death by his assailants.
At dawn today, Tom Nyuma's wife, Mrs. Elsie Nyuma , called COCORIOKO and said Col. Nyuma was on the line from his hospital bed in Bo and wanted to talk to this newspaper about what happened to him yesterday morning. .The interview could not go on because the line went dead .But two hours later, Mr. Nyuma came on again and this time the line was clear and he explained his own side of this dramatic and sordid saga that has Sierra Leone on the edge of crisis in the midst of electioneering campaign for the all-important General Elections on August 11, 2007.
Mr. Nyuma told COCORIOKO that he was much improved now, though he still suffered from nagging pains in the head. He said that he was still admitted at the Dr. Yilla Clinic in Bo .He said he could have been taken to Freetown today, but the Bo Police are asking him to stay so that they can get statements from him about what happened yesterday morning at the Countryside Hotel.
Cocorioko's first question to Col.Nyuma was what he was doing at the hotel at that time, knowing fully well that the APC Leader was lodged there and that his presence would cause suspicions and problems. Nyuma swore on everything that was sacred to him that he never went to the hotel with knowledge of the APC Leader being lodged there. He said it later came to him as a huge surprise that the hotel authorities had gone and provided accomodation to him and Mr. Ernest Bai Koroma and party not only in the same hotel, but in rooms close to each other.
Tom told COCORIOKO that he booked in at the hotel at about 10: pm on Sunday night. He said that he had gone to Koindu, where he hailed from and parts of Kailahun to visit relatives and friends he had not seen since he returned from the U.S. He stated that the Sierra Leone People's Party ( SLPP) Presidential running mate, Mr. Momodu Koroma, rented a Toyota Hilux Pick-up truck for him which he used for the trip, but the vehicle was giving a lot of problems.
Mr. Nyuma said that on his way back to Freetown, the vehicle developed mechanical problems at Mano Junction. He said he contacted Mr. John Benjamin, who was also travelling to Freetown that night and was due to spend the night in Bo. Mr. Benjamin, he narrated, told him to go to the Country side Hotel in Bo and wait for him there so that he would pick him up for the final part of the trip to Freetown on Monday.
COCORIOKO : What vehicle was Mr. Benjamin using ?
NYUMA : I think he was using his official car.
Tom said he booked in at the Country side Hotel at around 10: pm. He explained that John Benjamin booked in after 11 pm. Nyuma said he knew nothing about whether the APC Leader was there or planning to come to stay there for the night." I was in my room with Mr. Philip George , keeping company hours later when my bodyguards came to knock at the door ..They came to inform me that the APC Leader had been given a room next to mine. I was surprised but then told my bodyguards not to mind because I believe in the philosophy that your political opponent is not your enemy. " Tom further explained.
Mr.Nyuma said that after a long while, they heard footsteps and people knocking at the door again. This time, it was not his bodyguards but people with strange voices. He said that Mr. Philip George asked him not to open the door , but he said he repeated what he had told his bodyguards that his political opponents were not his enemies and he went and opened the door.
Mr. Nyuma said that when he opened the door, a group of men , who were armed, entered the room and started to interrogate him about reasons for his presence at the hotel. He said the situation resulted in a scuffle and the men pounced on him and Mr. George and started beating and kicking them.He said he was mercilessly beaten , thrown on the floor and tied up.
COCORIOKO : Did they stab you as reported yesterday ?
NYUMA : No. .They did not stab me. Though they had weapons, they only beat me physically and kept kicking me on my face , head and other parts of the body as I lay on the floor..Well, I have a cut on my head and may be that was caused by a weapon.
COCORIOKO :Why did the interrogation turn into a scuffle ? Did you guys exchange words ?
NYUMA : I don't know. All I can say is that these men were desperate and they just attacked me.They started to search me,; they undressed me and then started beating me and when I fell on the floor, they started kicking me all over my body.
Nyuma said that as his attackers kept kicking him on the floor, the leader of the APC , Mr. Ernest Bai Koroma, came out of his room ."You could see that he was very surprised at what was going on and he started screaming :' What is going on, gentlemen ? What are you doing ? Why all this ? ? Why are you doing this ? Stop it ! ! Stop it ! ! !' "
Mr. Nyuma said that Mr. Koroma was shocked to see him . "I know Ernest Bai Koroma well. He is a gentleman. I don't think he supported this violence. His intervention and that of the Police made them stop kicking and beating me. I was bleeding and was immediately taken for treatment...I am not trying to exonerate him , but I don't think Ernest sent them because he defended me when he came out and he was surprised at everything he saw. "
COCORIOKO : During all this beating, were they accusing you of anything ?
NYUMA : They just wanted to know what I was doing in the hotel when the APC Leader was lodging there. But frankly, Reverend, these men were armed and could have killed me if they wanted to.I think their main purpose was to loot, because they stole my wallet and took away my digital camera, laptop , briefcase and other personal belongings. May be, they wanted to kill me too .But my understanding is that they were bent more on looting than killing me. ."
Asked why he did not heed his bodyguard's advice not to open the door, Mr. Nyuma said he never thought that they had come to attack him. "I am an old military officer. Do you think that if I had known that they were going to attack me, I would not have found a way to escape ? "
COCORIOKO : Did you indentify any of your assailants ?
NYUMA: Yes, I did. Their leader was Idriss Kamara, commonly known as Leather Boots . The other was my former personal bodyguard, Soriba. I was surprised .When I returned from the U.S, I saw Leatherboots at the Ministerial Building and hugged him enthusiastically and I told him we were brothers and that though we may not be on the same side anymore, we must remain brothers .He too hugged me and we spoke nicely. As for Soriba, I had been trying to reach him, but he is ashamed to come close to me because he went and became a senior bodyguard to Foday Sankoh.
COCORIOKO : Where were you taken after you were saved ?
NYUMA : I went into a coma and did not know anything until I woke up and found myself in this hospital.
COCORIOKO : Col. Nyuma, you have done a good job by speaking to this newspaper. Your explanation is going to go a long way to cool down tensions in the country and the diaspora. I want to assure you that the whole world is going to hear your own side of the story within hours .Yesterday , we published your wife and your mother's version. As you can see, we are an independent newspaper and we thrive on providing all sides of the issue;
NYUMA : I know.That is why I called you.
COCORIOKO : Do you have any message for the Sierra Leonean people ? The tension is high out there. What you say may help to cool down the tensions.
NYUMA : I want the people of Sierra Leone to know that we are all one, despite our political affliations. I want to tell them that we must all be united and work to develop our country. I returned from the U.S with no evil intentions. We are all free to affiliate with any party of our choice but that should not make us enemies. Your political opponent is not your enemy.
COCORIOKO ; Thank you ever so much for contacting us . Please feel free to talk to us at any time you have any more important information to pass on to the Sierra Leonean people.
NYUMA : God bless you for your hard work
COCORIOKO : God bless you too.May He give you a speedy recovery.
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Subject: POLITICS IN SIERRA LEONE; "LOYALTY FOR SALE"
From: Dr. CHARLES CURTIS-THOMAS
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Date Posted: 20:10:37 07/24/07 ()
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Concord Times (Freetown)
4 July 2007
Posted to the web 5 July 2007
Alhaji Grba in Bo
Freetown
Members of the Student Coalition of the Peoples Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC) pledged their support for the ruling Sierra Leone Peoples Party Friday.
The ceremony, which took place at the SLPP party office in Bo, was witnessed by the Minister of Local Government and other important SLPP stewards.
Chairman of the Student Coalition of the PMDC Abdul Saw said that they are sorry for leaving the party to join the SLPP, adding that they were mislead by the PMDC, for failing to fulfill its' promise of providing them bicycles and cars.
"It is now clear that the SLPP is the only way forward for the people of the Sierra Leone," he said, adding that for any meeting they were holding under the PMDC, they were required to pay Le 500.
Subject: Re: POLITICS IN SIERRA LEONE; "LOYALTY FOR SALE"
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Date Posted: 21:20:49 07/24/07 ()
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IT IS TRUE,THE PMDC IS ASKING $500.00 IN THE USA FOR NEW MEMBER. E LEK CHARLES NOR WIN, E DON BETTER.
Subject: Re: POLITICS IN SIERRA LEONE; "LOYALTY FOR SALE"
From: Chez Winakabs Europe
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Date Posted: 03:26:44 07/25/07 ()
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Da money go don and he will find a way to beg the SLPP to forgive him. As pa Lagawo is dead (RIP), who will carry charles back to the SLPP?
Subject: SIERRA LEONE POLITICS, "REV." SAMFORAY TALKS TOUGH.
From: CHIEFDOM ELDERS
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Date Posted: 19:53:39 07/24/07 ()
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"...Our leaders in Sierra Leone are well advised that the 2007 general and presidential elections slated for August 11 must be won by the ballot and not by the bullet. The introduction of firearms, if true, is a serious drawback to the efforts by the international community to rid the country of arms and ammunition. Nyuma and his bosses must also keep in mind that the people of Sierra Leone are not to be intimidated by thugs and hooligans. Those who fail to realize the present resolve of our people have only themselves to blame. Hopefully, Col. Nyuma will have enough time in hospital to dwell on this current reality in the country. After being recently deported from the US apparently for domestic violence but more correctly for his participation in unlawful killings during the early days of the NPRC, Nyuma should have learned his lessons.
If not, he will learn it the hard way – in the hospital, in prison or in the grave".
Alfred SamForay,
Chair, PMDC Indiana.
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