Journalist Beware As … SLPP Hooligans Now Target Journalists
On Saturday 7th May 2016 SALONE TIMES Sports reporter Bockarie
Allieu visited the Sierra Leone Peoples Party headquarters to see a friend
Mohamed Massaquoi who does layout for the party’s newspaper.
SLPP Chairman |
Unfortunately for
Allieu, he was attacked by a lady called Mariama who claimed Allieu was a
journalist and was at the party office to spy them and report. The lady continued to use abusive words on
Allieu while the others forced him to go out of the compound. He tried to
explain himself to them why he was at the party office but the more they became
adamant and the number started to increase shouting we don’t want any
journalist here.
They took his bag
from him search his pocket to see if there was any recorder with him but could
not find any.
The situation started
to get worse as they become uncontrollable with one mind that the office is no
go area for journalist as they are all spies.
Even the presence of some elders at the office
was no help. In fact, one of the elders without investigating if Allieu was
there to spy confirmed that whatever Mariama talk is true as she hardly lies.
Just after the World Press day, there was pressure on the ruling party for
press freedom. “But with the declaration of war on journalists by the SLPP
supporters the party elders need to do something before they could face media
blackout,” a colleague journalist warn.
He went on that he
now sees why the police denied them clearance to go on the street. Because
according to him if the elders can’t control these boys at their office there
is no way they could control them on the street.
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