Isaac Lamin Koroma, formerly of No.139 Fourah Bay Road, east of Freetown, is reportedly on the run after the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) allegedly declared him wanted for subversion, incitement, and possible arson.
Police sources claim that he was one of the alleged organisers of the violent demonstration on 10 August 2022 in Freetown, Waterloo, Makeni and other areas in the country which claimed the lives of six police personnel on duty and countless civilians, and the burning down of police stations and buildings owned by peaceful citizens countrywide.
During the violent demonstration, it is reported that shops and business places were looted, houses were burnt down, and scores of civilians wounded.
Investigations revealed that Isaac Lamin Koroma, who is said to have been the All People’s Congress (APC) Publicity Secretary for Constituency 101 in Freetown, is also a member of Tag Men—a group associated with the main opposition party and whose leader, Evangelist Samson, was shot and killed by security forces in the northern city of Makeni after he was declared wanted by the police.
Isaac Lamin Koroma stand accused of traveling countrywide, mobilizing, organizing, and inciting young people to rise up against the Government of President Julius Maada Bio under the guise of educating them about the reasons for the economic hardship in the country and the alleged continuous victimizations of opposition members and supporters.
Added to his woes, the now fugitive is said to be on the alleged hunt list of the Task Force of the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP). It is also reported that Isaac’s family house was set ablaze leading to his younger sister, Aminata Koroma, losing her life in the inferno whilst some family members were said to have fled from the community to save their lives.
It could be recalled that the aftermath of last month’s violent demonstration, now infamously called “August 10”, saw the arrests and prosecutions of scores of members and supporters of the APC whom the security forces accused of incitement, subversion, and arson.