By: Amadu Wurie Timbo A joint action with the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa-(IHRDA), eight (8) neglected victims of the 2020 Generator Saga in Makeni have dragged the Sierra Leone Government to the Economic Community of West Africa-(ECOWAS) court of Justices demanding accountability. Filed on Tuesday, 9th August, 2022 by the Council of the Plaintiffs, IHRDA, the suit disclosed th at; in July 2020, Sierra Leone Minister of Energy decided to relocate an electricity generating power plant from Makeni in the northern part of Sierra Leone, to the Lungi International Airport in Freetown. In a bid to stop the tran sfer, fearing it would jeopardis e electricity supply in Makeni, hundreds of people took to the streets and set up barricades. In response, police officers opened fire on protesters and persons thought to be protesters. This led to the death of six-(6) persons and caused severe injuries to others. “D...
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