By: Alusine Rehme Wilson
Information Officer of the Makeni Police Division PC 13608 Osman Kamara has confirmed the arrest of four suspects and two motor bikes during yesterday’s Fuel Hike Protest in Makeni city, Northeastern, Sierra Leone.
The four suspects currently in police nest were arrested by the Makeni Police patrol team which raided various streets namely: Lunsar Road, Watson Street, Care Junction, Azzolini highway within and around the northeastern city’s Municipality, alleged to be among other fuel protesters including Bike Riders who used sticks and stones to barricade main roads while protesting over the week long scarcity of fuel and the unprecedented hike of the commodity price by black marketers from the routine cost of Le 20,000 to Le 40,000 and more per a liter.
Meanwhile, all the four suspected protesters that were arrested in the early morning hours of Monday, 27th June, 2022 have been transferred to the North East Regional Criminal Investigations Department-(CID) where they are detained for allegations of violating various offences under the Sierra Leone Public Order Act of 1965.
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