A routine inquiry about an electricity disconnection has escalated into a shocking assault scandal involving staff of the Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority (EDSA) in Waterloo. Kelvin F. Kamara, Director and Station Manager of Lion Mountain Radio in Waterloo, says he was violently attacked and lynched by a group of EDSA workers after refusing to take part in an illegal electricity abstraction scheme allegedly proposed by one of their staff.
Kamara identified the attackers as Prince, Hassan Turay, and ten other EDSA employees. He alleges that the confrontation began weeks earlier when one of the workers approached him with an offer to illegally divert electricity to his home. Kamara said he rejected the offer outright, insisting on following official procedures- an act he believes triggered resentment and a threat by the staff member to cut his electricity line.
According to Kamara, that threat was later carried out. Despite fulfilling all EDSA requirements, a team of workers arrived at his residence and disconnected his power. When he went to the Waterloo EDSA office seeking clarity, he said he was met not with answers, but with violence. The same individuals allegedly accosted him inside the compound, hurling insults before launching a physical attack.
Kamara sustained visible injuries from the assault and has already completed a police medical form, which has been endorsed by health professionals as evidence of the attack.
He has filed a formal complaint, prompting the police to open an investigation. As the case widens, the supervisor overseeing the accused workers, Engineer Kamara, has been summoned for questioning.
The incident has stirred outrage, fueling long-standing public frustration over allegations of corruption, heavy-handed behaviour, and lack of accountability within EDSA. Journalists and civil society organisations say the assault-if proven-reflects a disturbing abuse of power by public servants entrusted with managing essential national infrastructure.
They are demanding a transparent investigation and immediate disciplinary action, arguing that no citizen, and certainly no journalist, should be brutalised for refusing to engage in corruption or for questioning the actions of a state institution.
EDSA has yet to issue any public statement, a silence that critics say only deepens public mistrust.
