Op-ed – The NGC Crisis: A Call To Conscience
FELLOW SIERRA LEONEANS,
I WONDER EVERYDAY, AS DOES EVERY STRUGGLING MEMBER OF THE National Grand Coalition (NGC) PARTY, HOW DO THEY SLEEP AT NIGHT?
This is JESMED FODAY-MAMIE SUMA.
To those who may not have been closely following the recent developments within the NGC party, I respectfully ask that you please now pay close attention. The issues unfolding in the NGC are not isolated—they reflect the deeper democratic challenges our country has been battling for decades.
I am, in fact, glad that the trials we are facing are playing out in full view of the public. Because in doing so, all of us—citizens, observers, and historians alike—will not only witness the injustices of today but will also be in a position to judge the consequences they will bring tomorrow.
The NGC is being subjected to the same destructive patterns that have crippled promising political movements before us—movements that dared to challenge the dominance of the APC and SLPP. Time and again, these movements are infiltrated and sabotaged from within, aided by individuals loyal to the ruling elite who use money, influence, and state power to dismantle opposition forces.
They sow seeds of division. They violate internal constitutions. And worst of all, they weaponize state institutions—like the Police and the Political Parties Regulation Commission (PPRC)—to silence, suppress, and ultimately destroy the will of the people.
These acts are not theoretical. The actors are known. And sometimes, I can’t help but wonder—how do they sleep at night?
I Wonder…
I wonder what goes through the minds of those who inflict injustice without a second though about the lives they upend, or the nation they betray.
I wonder how Amadu Sheriff and Kandeh Yumkella justify their actions—whether they pause to consider the lives they are damaging, the dreams they are destroying, and the trust they are betraying.
I wonder, in their quiet prayers, do they ask God for forgiveness? Do they feel any shame for the deliberate pain they inflict?
I wonder what justification Amadu Sheriff can offer tomorrow for inviting gun-toting police officers to disperse innocent NEC members—men and women who had travelled long distances at great personal expense and of those who contributed to funding the meeting, only to be met with threats and humiliation. How does he justify that?
I wonder how Kandeh Yumkella feel as his loyalists—“Kandehlites”—continue to cyberbully and insult innocent memvers of our party, including elders deserving of respect. Has he ever once rebuked them? Not even once.
And what of Abdul Moijoy the Assistant Inspector General of Police—what will he say to his grandchildren when they read the truth of his involvement in unleashing armed police officers on peaceful citizens at the NGC NEC meeting? Was it orders from above? Was it money? Or was it blind loyalty?
I wonder whether these men ever reflect on the historical consequences of such betrayals.
Let me remind them: Siaka Stevens’ generation thought they were untouchable too. But history was not kind to them. And in this digital age, every deed is recorded. Every injustice has witnesses and we will make sure we bring it all out.
The Constitutional Betrayals
I wonder what Amadu Sheriff will say for violating every letter and spirit of the NGC constitution simply to remove one man—me. I wonder how he’ll explain the expulsion of those who dared to speak up against his illegality.
The arrogance with which they believe they will get away with this reminds me of every dark chapter in our country’s political history.
Sowing seeds of injustice today will one day yield a harvest of regret tomorrow. It may not come in our lifetime, but it will come.
And when our grandchildren read the true accounts of today, what will theirs say?
Justice Denied
I also wonder what Justice Amy Wright will say one day about granting an injunction on December 13th, only to reverse herself within 48 hours—on a Saturday—without hearing the other side, despite already setting a hearing for December 18th. Even if she believed her action to be legally sound, was it ethical? Was it just? It was certainly unprecedented and procedurally questionable.
She had the opportunity to ensure transparency, but instead, her decision has only deepened the division within the NGC party. Let history record that.
The Complicity of Institutions.
- Lucien Momoh
What will Olushogo A. David and Lucien Momoh of the PPRC say when asked why they ignored multiple written complaints about illegalities committed by Amadu Sheriff?
After aggrieved members sought peaceful, legal recourse—instead of violence— PPRC told us, they lacked jurisdiction over any internal party matter while the matter was in court.
But now that those members are organizing and showing strength, PPRC suddenly resurfaces to take sides, to side with the perpetrators?
Does this mean your silence was a strategy—to allow Sheriff and his loyalists to dismantle the party unopposed? And now that we refuse to be silent, you move to undermine us?
What will you tell the historians, your children, and grandchildren when the record is clear?
A Final Reflection
Do these people ever stop to reflect, even for one moment, on the consequences of their actions?
Have they truly learned nothing from our past?
Do they really believe that the power they abuse today will last forever?
Do they really believe that the people they hurt will remain silent forever?
Every day, I wonder what goes on in their hearts—but I know one thing: God is watching. History is watching. And accountability is coming.
Again, I urge every Sierra Leonean to pay close attention to what is happening in the NGC. It is a masterclass in why our nation continues to stumble.
2 Amadu Sheriff
Olushogo David PPRC
It is because of men like Amadu Sheriff, Kandeh Yumkella, Abdul Moijoy, Amy Wright, Olushogo A. David, and Lucien Momoh—whose actions today may seem powerful, but will be judged harshly by the historians of tomorrow.
What is happening in the NGC today is textbook political sabotage, and the actors are not hidden—they are known.
Sometimes I truly wonder how some of them sleep at night. I wonder what they tell themselves to justify their betrayal of the people’s hope.
We all know the truth: the NGC was misled into an alliance that was never about cooperation—it was about control. The aim of that alliance was never to strengthen the NGC, but to weaken it, dismantle it, and destroy it if they couldn’t dominate it.
They failed to shut down the NGC party before the alliance in 2023.
They failed to shut us down during the 2023 elections.
They failed to shut us down after the 2023 elections.
Now in 2025, their final resort is a full takeover—targeting the strongest leadership voices in the party, and using every institutional tool at their disposal to do so.
I speak on behalf of all those who have made sacrifices for this party over the past 8 to 9 years, and are now fighting for its independence. So, let it be known: we will not be silenced.
We will not be bought.
And we will not surrender the destiny of this party to those who fear independent leadership.
To those historians, I say: feel free to quote this message verbatim. Let the record show that we spoke. Let the fight for truth continue.
Thank you,
JESMED FODAY-MAMIE SUMA
The NGC MAN
