Sierra Leone police on Thursday raided the offices of the main opposition party in the northern town of Makeni.
According to reports, officers from the Criminal Investigations Department were acting on ‘intelligence’ information, which alleged that arms and ammunitions had been kept in Sierra Leone Peoples Party’s (SLPP) premises.
The army offices allegedly planned the foiled mutiny in the town, which is the head quarter of the northern region and also the home of President Ernest Bai Koroma.
Reports on Friday said the detained soldiers were recently transferred to the CID headquarters for further investigations.
The men who raided the opposition offices alleged that there was an “illegal gathering” by men in military uniform on August 15 in the same premises.
This allegedly took place on the same day SLPP supporters were supposed to be travelling to the southern city of Bo for their party`s convention.
Truckloads of police officers barricaded the area and imposed a temporary curfew during the operation.
This comes a few days after the controversial detention of the mayor of Bo, Harold Tucker.
He was briefly detained on suspicion of involvement in a “coup plot”.
Opposition supporters are now hinting at compensation demands for the “national and international embarrassment” the incident has caused them.
NMG
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