Disappointed APC supporters complaining at the Party's Headquarter, Old Railway Line Freetown
Tension is reportedly mounting in
the country over the award of party symbol to
aspirants contesting the forth coming local council
election.
Yesterday regular office work at the APC
headquarters Old Railway Line was disrupted and
normal traffic halted as angry supporters besieged
the area with placards complaining about the award
of an APC symbol at Grafton.
According to the head of the aggrieved APC
supporters from Grafton headed by Alhaji A J Bangura
who doubles as the Secretary General of the Youth
wing, he bitterly complained about the award of an
APC symbol to a female candidate Kadie Mahoi of
constituency 98 at Grafton, for the forthcoming
local council election.
Alhaji lamented that authorities at the APC
headquarters are responsible for the problems that
are erupting from the award of party symbol as
constituency members are not considered during the
conduct of interviews for the symbol, and some of
the candidates are not well known by residents of
the constituency he said.
He also disclosed that, some of the candidates are
using the influence of money and other female
contacts from the above, to intimidate hard working
members of the APC, who mean well to the
developments of their constituency and the country
as a whole.
Bangura claimed that the candidate in question is
not known by residents of Grafton and have not
contributed anything to the development of that
constituency stressing that she is only coming to
the APC because they are in power, “we know she
belongs to the SLPP but wants to enjoy APC power” he
stressed.
He noted that APC supporters at Grafton are
disappointed with the party hierarchy for not
listening to the legitimate members of the party
during the award of party symbol because the former
councillor Ibrahim Koroma did extremely well for the
people in promoting developmental programs.
He added that the entire membership of APC at
Grafton are in favour of Councillor Ibrahim Koroma
but he was deliberately denied the symbol because
the big people at the party office were not given
money to award the symbol to him.
Concluding Alhaji Bangura on behalf of his aggrieved
supporters threatened to support any independent
candidate that will contest the local council
election at Grafton, and promised to whole heartedly
snub the ruling APC party in any of their
activities.