Sierra Leoneans have demonstrated love and admiration for both the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party and the main Opposition, All People’s Congress, with their show of compassion, unity and oneness on the rescue mission at Shell, New Road.
Vice President Dr Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh of the SLPP, alongside Mohamed Gento Kamara and Mohamed Abubakarr Kamara, popularly known as Med-K, were the centre of attraction by onlookers, pedestrians and commuters using the Shell New Road.
The three political heavyweights took it upon themselves to demonstrate love, unity and compassion by embarking on a rescue mission aimed at saving the lives of victims who were trapped and buried under a collapsed 7-storey building that claimed lives and properties on Monday, 16th September 2024 at around 11 am.
In their desperate efforts to save lives, VP Juldeh Jalloh, Mohamed Gento Kamara and Mohamed Abubakarr Kamara took it upon themselves to undertake a rescue mission with the support of heavy manpower machinery and the likes. The September 16th tragic scene became so topical that Sierra Leone is presently mourning. Though the exact number of deaths is yet to be confirmed, credible reports have it that about ten bodies have been discovered, with over dozens in critical condition, presently admitted at the Rokupa Government Hospital.
The machines of Gento Group of Companies are visibly visible at the scene of operations, whereas Med-K and his team are also on the ground doing their role.
Many observers were happy to see a show of unity between the APC and SLPP, joining hands together in managing such a crisis. The building in question was constructed at a dumping site in the east of Freetown, an area which was hotly contested by the community members.
“If what we have seen and witnessed in the rescue mission is anything to go by, then I must say we should be celebrated as a nation “, says Ibrahim Koroma, a political science student at Fourah Bay College. “This is the same spirit we are expecting from politicians. We are all one, and we must see ourselves as one family. Politics shouldn’t be used to divide us. We must ensure we continue to live in harmony, even in areas of disagreement,” Koroma concluded.
