Pushing harder for safer communities across the country, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. William Fayia Sellu has on Thursday 12th January, 2023 approved from the Pejeh West Chiefdom, Kailahun District a request to construct a Police Station in Bunumbu, the Chiefdom Headquarter town.
Addressing the delegation, IGP Sellu explained that the SLP would like to render more support but they are cash trapped. “Seeing a community taking up the onus to construct a station by themselves, it is really a good initiative” he stated.
He therefore tagged the project as a laudable venture, stating that Bunumbu is a big community and it is strategically located in the Chiefdom and there is a need for a Police Station there.
He disclosed that he is aufeit with issues within the Chiefdom for which the presence of more security personnel is paramount to nip some activities on the bud.
He however informed that the SLP needs a quick fix as the country approaches elections and urged for the provision of a temporal accommodation for personnel while the construction continues.
He pledges full support to the project assuring that sooner or later, he would do a site visitation.
Paramount Chief of Pejeh West Chiefdom Kailahun District, Dr. Shamsu Mustapha disclosed they have received funding for the rehabilitation of the Eastern Technical University, Bunumbu Branch but he was quick to that since development and security are twin concepts, they as Chiefdom stakeholders have allocated three acres of land to the SLP for the construction of a Police Station and Barracks.
Their visit he said was therefore to inform the IGP and request for his approval as the only intervention or contribution of the police towards the construction project.
PC Dr. Mustapha went on to say that development comes with a lots of challenges, thus the Police Station will serve as a springboard to mitigate any future crime.
He assured that temporal accommodations will be available for personnel.
Other members of the delegation included the Member of Parliament for the Chiefdom Hon Musa Lahai, James Stevens and Musa Ansumana.
