July 2, 2021
BY PROBLYN JOHN ALPHA
Some residents of Boroma Town in Tankoro Chiefdom, Kono District have described the suspension of the Boroma Area Chief as a violation of his right to Freedom of speech. According to the Mammy Queen and some youths of the aforesaid community, due processes were not followed to suspend the chief for any misunderstanding that might have erupted between the suspended area chief Sahr Bayeh and any other authority in Koakoyima.
They further intimated our correspondent that the act of suspending the Area Chief in Boroma has left them in total suspense as to whether the newly appointed Area Chief of Boroma will work in the interest of the people or not.
When asked to know the cause of the suspension, the suspended Area Chief Sahr Bayeh told our correspondent that he only explained to a journalist that the Boroma community lacks the following development facility namely: health care, School and pure drinking water, among others.
The Town Chief of Koakoyima Chief Saffea Doe is said to be deterring development in the Boroma community and it is against this backdrop that the Town Chief Speaker of Koakoyima Chief Tamba Moiwa came the following day and suspended him verbally.
On his part, the Town Chief Speaker of Koakoyima Chief Tamba Moiwa stated that, he immediately suspended the Area Chief of Boroma upon hearing the information that the Koakoyima Town Chief is deterring developments in Boroma which he described as a blatant lie and character assassination. He noted that there is a law in Koakoyima which was enacted by the late Chief that nobody should lie against any authority or even take any information out of Koakoyima adding that if anyone is found wanting for such he/she will be asked to leave the community for three years. He further explained that, there are many developments in Boroma which are not in Koakoyima citing example to include the St. Agatha School, Ahkom Grammar School, Community Mosque and other basic servie delivery. He therefore encouraged all in Koakoyima town and Boroma to have confidence in the leadership of Chief Safea Doe and pay less attention to fabricated and malicious statements as Chief Saffea Doe is the people’s choice and therefore will work in the interest of his people he concluded.