Sources reaching the Africa24 newspaper alleged that, the Sierra Leone Police Wives Association headed by the wife of the Inspector General will be organizing an Annual carnival slated for December, 15th, 2023.
Further allegation states that an instruction from the police hierarchy was up for a deduction of salaries of all serving personnel to contribute to the upcoming carnival including all ‘’Inspectors’’ who should pay NLe 250. And the breakdown continues that all Assistant Superintendents should pay (ASP) NLe 300, Superintendent NLe 400, corporals NLe 50 and constables NLe 50 and all sums were deducted at source right to the police wives association account in support of the carnival. But the most unfortunate situation was that almost majority of those whose salaries were knifed was done without their consents for which they are currently crying secretly for fear of intimidation.
As if these were not enough, about 500 tickets were also given to each of the Mamy queens in all the police barracks in the country for sales, added to another NLe 150 deducted from their salaries again for what they tagged as obtaining National Identity Cards for them without their consent as well.
When this press contacted the police spokesperson Brima Kamara, he confirmed that the police wives association will be organizing a carnival on 15th December, 2023 but denied the deduction of police salaries booting that he received his as usual but consented of the NLe 150 deduction for Identity Cards.
Further investigation disclosed that the police officers are not happy with this development and this medium will continue to investigate more on the matter before the carnival and even after the event.