Displeased victims of the proposed “hillside road” on Saturday assembled at the Amaria School, Mountain Cut in Freetown, to hang heads on how they could collate their conveyances for tendering to lawyers to brawl out their concerns.
One of the victims, Alimamy Kamara, explained that “we were informed by the Sierra Leone Roads Authority (SLRA) officials that we will be relocated to a self-contained three bedroom bungalow after the relocation our dwellings would be valued, after the valuation receive compensation.”
He continued, “but to our surprise we were called upon to sign for cheques as payments for our houses which have not been valued. What surprised most of us was when we were threatened that even if we refuse to collect our cheques, our houses would be demolished and nothing would come out of it as we could not fight government.” And that out of fear “some people went and collected their cheques, but some of us refused.” With frustration contouring his face, Mr Kamara exclaimed that, “these people are inhumane…imagine they gave us two million Leones for lands and houses built with corrugated sheets, so we disagree because our land and houses have been undervalued…we have consulted lawyers Serry-Kamal and Jenkins-Johnston, we are trying to compile our documents to tender them to the lawyers so that they can pursue our course.”
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