By: Problyn J. Alpha
The former town chief of Waterloo in Nimikoro chiefdom Kono District, Daniel Aiah Bissa who according to reports got missing for at least seven days at Bongema one in Nimkoro Chiefdom Kono District, has finally been found dead in a bush in the aforementioned town.
The youth chairman of Bongema one at Njayama Section Nimikoro Chiefdom Kono District Lansana Fofanah, told this medium that on Tuesday night 17th January 2023, a man identified as Aiah Morsay informed him at an Ataya Base at Bongema one that the former Town Chief of waterloo in Nimikoro Chiefdom Kono District, was allegedly missing.
According to Lansana Fofanah, the missing man left his home at Bongema one since last Tuesday morning for Ngagaa junction to visit his granddaughter who transact business at a Lumar (trade fare) that normal sits at Ngayaa on Tuesdays. The youth chairman of Bongema one further said during the visit of Daniel Aiah Bissa, his granddaughter gave him some cooking condiments and a transport fare of ten new Leones to pay his way back to Bongema one.
He said on his way back home, the former town chief of Waterloo in Nimikoro Chiefdom Kono District allegedly got missing until when his decomposed remains were found in a bush in the aforementioned town. Lansana Fofanah further maintained that prior to the discovering of the decomposed remains of Daniel Aiah Bissa, a native doctor or herbalist was contacted to locate the missing former town chief of waterloo in Nimikoro Chiefdom Kono District but to no avail.
On his part, the town chief of Bongema one in Nimikoro Chiefdom Kono District KombaKatta who is also the younger brother of the missing man that was later found dead in a bush, maintained that he was not around when the news broke out that his elder brother Daniel Aiah Bissa has got missing. He added that upon hearing the said information, he returned and joined his people to search for his missing elder brother who was later found dead in a bush. He described such situation as not only unfortunate but very scaring.
When asked to know the health condition of his elder brother, Komba Katta pointed out that his brother was a sickler and as a result he was operated on for at least four times which caused him short Sightedness. The younger brother of the late chief Komba Katta, recalled how his elder brother one time told him that he was not going to die but rather disappear from Planet Earth.
Meanwhile in an interview with our correspondent, the media officer attached to the Motema Police Divisional Headquarters in Nimikoro Chiefdom Kono District, Thompson peter Ndapie, maintained that his division received an official report from the town chief of Bongema one chief Komba Katta about the alleged missing of the deceased on Thursday 19th January, 2023.
The police media officer said upon noting down the said report, they wasted no time in obtaining statements from the town chief and few others concerned. However, police have arrested at least two family members of the deceased in order to help the police in their investigations. Also, a postmortem examination result to ascertain the course of death of the former town is still pending.