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Several children were injured on Monday morning after a protest broke out at Fourah Bay College.
The protest came after a school building belonging to the Indigenous Elementary High School was demolished.
The school says a group of men arrived early in the morning and started tearing down the building. They believe the demolition was ordered by Fourah Bay College.
Teachers and pupils walked onto the college campus to demand answers. During the protest, some children and staff were reportedly hurt. The school claims members of the college administration were involved in the clash that led to the injuries.
The school’s proprietor says they have been using the land near the tree planting area by Leicester Peak for the past seven years. He says the land was given to them by a past administration. While he did not name specific people, he says there are documents and witnesses to support his claim.
He also says that when the new administration took over, they were asked to stop building and wait for a letter from the college. He says they’ve followed that instruction and have not resumed construction since then.
The proprietor also accused the Deputy Registrar of Fourah Bay College, Brima Bah Jah, of asking for 40,000 new leones to process documents for the land. He says he paid the money and has proof.
Brima Bah Jah denied all of the claims. He said the land belongs to Fourah Bay College and described the school’s construction as illegal. He provided documents and court rulings to support the university’s ownership of the land.
He also denied ever requesting or receiving money from the proprietor, saying if there is any evidence, it should be taken to the police.
During the protest, pupils and staff were heard chanting, “The pupils are the future.”
As of now, there has been no official response on how the issue will be resolved. The situation remains tense.
FBC administration was evil and unreasonable. They could have waited until school closed in July or August, at least for the sake of the kids students.
This is this heartbreaking.
Education is the key to all Nations, why are people so wicked on earth
The law is the law. The school authorities had no right to endanger the wellbeing of those children as they wanted to gain sympathy from the social media courts. It wasn’t done.
Honestly, I feel sorry for the children. They were clearly used as pawns to attract public sympathy, and that’s deeply unfair. They should never have been involved in something that is fundamentally about land rights, legality, and national integrity.
But let’s be honest, how did the proprietor come to claim ownership of land that predates his entire lineage? This is Fourah Bay College the cornerstone of our nation’s academic heritage. That land is not just soil; it’s the foundation of Sierra Leonean education, pride, and identity.
FBC is all we have left. So, hands off respectfully but firmly.