In what is seen as insubordination to the police and the laws of the country, the Sierra Leone Police have issued out a warrant of arrest for one Issa Kallon, who’s alleged to have openly involved in homosexuality practices in Bo District.
According to the police, the warrant is placed for Issa after he had declined to honor their invitation to investigate a matter constituting buggery involving him at the Bo Police Station.
The buggery incident is said to have been uncovered and alarmed by one Osman Bangura who had informed their community at Nagohun, back of the Bo Mini Stadium to report it to the police in Bo.
Issa Kallon and his friend (deceased) were caught in the act in a room in the aforementioned community, and consequently his friend was mobbed to death by members of Nagohun community.
Police source disclosed that on Sunday 25th June, 2022, one of the partners of Issa Kallon, was found dead at the Nagohun community. There are no clear causes of his death yet, but information holds it that he was lynched to death by members of the community.
He is alleged to have been attacked and killed during a private time with Issa Kallon.
Issa Kallon himself had narrowly escaped death from his uncle amidst growing tension from the mob who had inflicted a wound on his face.
He is now believed to have fled to an unknown destination out of Sierra Leone after it came clear to him that there was a warrant of arrest issued for him by the police.
Family sources stated that Kallon’s departure had been induced by one of his friends, Abu Bakarr, who had intimated him that he was being sought after by angry youths who wanted to still mob him to death for his alleged act.
Abubakarr also confided in Kallon that the police were looking for him and had put out a warrant of arrest for him.
Family sources also noted that religious and secret society leaders even visited Issa Kallon’s house with a motive to deal with him for what they perceived as a detestable act that’s totally against their culture and faith.
Reports furthered that Issa Kallon’s uncle also joined in victimizing and threatening to kill him for what he described as a disgrace to their family.
Kallon’s arrest warrant issued by the police was circulated in the community at around the time he disappeared. And they police have secretly and consistently raided his house.
Unconfirmed reports stated that Issa Kallon eventually found his way to Pamlap in neighboring Guinea, and has not been seen or heard from since.
Buggery is legally and cultural damned in Sierra Leone.
Same-sex sexual activity is prohibited in Sierra Leone under the Offences Against the Person Act 1861, which criminalizes acts of ‘buggery’. This provision carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment. Only men are criminalized under this law.
