From its inability to provide basic amenities for the citizenry like uninterrupted electricity supply, clean drinking water, and affordable houses; the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) has forgotten about making the All People’s Congress (APC) the scapegoat for its failure to make true of its 2023 election campaign promises.
Now, it has transformed itself into a crybaby by accusing one Abdul Will Kamara, aka “Adebayor”, of making “violent threats against the peace and stability of Sierra Leone” due to an audio which he reportedly broadcast on “Friday, May 10th, 2024”.
In a press statement, purportedly signed and issued on 13 May 2024 by Umaru Napoleon Koroma the SLPP National Secretary General, the SLPP reportedly stated that its attention had been “…drawn to an audio message broadcasted from Holland, containing direct threats of already planned physical harm to be perpetuated against International Diplomats in Sierra Leone and also threats of violence”.
Like a crybaby, the SLPP allegedly noted that, “….Adebayor and his cohorts have shown several times that they possess the potential to bring chaos and anarchy to our nation and undermine our hard-won peace. Adebayor always makes such inflammatory comments threatening the peace and stability of the country, while his cohorts inside his aligned political arrangements consistently refuse to condemn his destabilizing and vile threats….”
And like the fabled boy who has always been crying “wolf” when there are no wolves; the “Immediate Release” of 13 May 2024 supposedly released by the SLPP urged “other well-meaning Sierra Leoneans and organizations to join us in condemning hate speech and violence spewed by an extremist and criminal known as Adebayor, as together, we can make Sierra Leone and the world at large a better place devoid of the voices of hate, extremism, and crimes against humanity”.
Despite “Adebayor” has reportedly been reported to have said he was not a member of the APC; the purported “Immediate Release” of 13 May 2024 called on “Dr Samura Kamara and the leadership of the All People’s Congress to publicly condemn “Adebayor” and distance themselves from his call to violence, especially condemning his proclaimed attack on the people, peace and stability of Sierra Leone. It is time for the APC leadership to demonstrate their full commitment to dialogue and national unity by expelling Adebayor and all violent extremists from their party”.
And ironically, the SLPP purportedly said it “…stands firmly against any actions or words that promote hate, bigotry, or hostility in our country”.