{"id":29466,"date":"2011-09-14T01:40:24","date_gmt":"2011-09-14T05:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sierraexpressmedia.com\/?p=29466"},"modified":"2011-09-14T01:40:24","modified_gmt":"2011-09-14T05:40:24","slug":"bo-violence-usu-boie-calls-for-prompt-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/?p=29466","title":{"rendered":"Bo Violence &#8211; Usu Boie calls for prompt investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following the aftermath of the political upsurge that engulfed Bo city this past Friday, Alhaji Usman Boie Kamara (in photo), runner-up of the just concluded opposition Sierra Leone People\u2019s Party (SLPP) flag bearer election, has urged the Ernest Bai Koroma led government to institute a prompt and robust investigation into the skirmishes that led to the loss of lives, the burning of houses, and the wounding of numerous defenseless citizens.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">From his vacation in the United Kingdom, a disturbed Usman Boie told SEM\u2019s CEO, Adeyemi Paul that the action of violence in Bo must be considered a breach of the peace and security of the state and must therefore be investigated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He was doubtful as to how such an unwarranted and uncalled for duel could have happened in a city that is widely considered to be a stronghold of the opposing SLPP.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He stated, \u201cHow could a \u2018Thank-the-people entourage\u2019 of the SLPP pass through the APC dominated township of Mile 91 unhindered, yet face attacks in their own stronghold?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, news about the resignation of members of the SLPP abound with positions especially in the Western District, remaining vacant.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Even as we go to press, Blamoh Roberts, who was the SLPP Young Generation Leader has stepped down following the resignation of the Western Area Regional Chairman, Lansana Fadika.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is expected that more will resign in the weeks to come.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stay with Sierra Express Media, for your trusted place in news!<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the aftermath of the political upsurge that engulfed Bo city this past Friday, Alhaji Usman Boie Kamara (in photo), runner-up of the just concluded [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":75801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[671,673,692,1],"tags":[10010,6028,6029,6253],"class_list":["post-29466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-national-news","category-politics","category-uncategorized","tag-riot-in-bo","tag-ubk","tag-usman-boie-kamara","tag-usu-boie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/75801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}