LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Sierra Leone Government have announced that several people, including senior military leadership, have been arrested in an alleged plot to “unleash violent attacks against State institutions and peaceful citizens.”
This disclosure was made in a statement released on 31 July by the Police headquarters in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
“In that regard, several arrests have been made, and the suspects are assisting the police with the investigations,” the statement disclosed.
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According to the Police, the arrests were made to prevent President Julius Maada Bio’s democratically elected Government from being overthrown, as happened last week in the Republic of Niger when President Mohamed Bazoum was deposed by a military coup.
The suspects had intended to cause disruption across the country under the pretexts of upcoming protests, according to information uncovered by the police.
“Preliminary investigations have revealed that these individuals planned to use purported peaceful protests between 7th to 10th August 2023 as a guise to unleash violent attacks against state institutions and peaceful citizens,” the statement reads.
“Despite continued efforts to consolidate our hard-won peace and democratic gains, there are individuals at home and abroad that continue to undertake actions meant to derail the peace and tranquillity of the country,” the Sierra Leonean Police asserted but assured the nation’s security sector had the situation under control.