Schulenburg in hot waters....as Mohamed Bangura turns 'bedbug'



UDM's Mohamed

Mohamed Bangura, the Leader cum Chairman of Sierra Leone’s newest political party called United Democratic Movement (UDM), has become a thorn in the flesh of the United Nations Representative in Sierra Leone, Michael von der Schulenburg.

Mohamed has become so passionate in seeking the immediate withdrawal of Michael, to an extent that Mohamed is now being described as a bedbug (chinch) terrorizing the German-born diplomat.

The outburst of Mohamed started when the UN Representative called on all and sundry to halt the debate on the extra-judicial killings of former police chief, Bambay Kamara, and twenty eight others.

Mohamed, like many other Sierra Leoneans, accused Schulenburg of meddling into the country’s local politics.

The persistence of Mohamed Bangura’s bashing continued until he was cautioned by the Political Parties Registration Commission (PPRC).

He went underground, and suddenly re-appears at a time when many people were thinking that the issue had been laid to rest.

UN's Schulenburg

Mohamed took a flight to New York and headed straight to the United Nations Headquarters with files containing serious indictments against Schulenburg.

The News Hunters have been informed that Mohamed’s files were hand-delivered to the United Nation’s Chief of Staff.

Among the indictments said to be filed against Schulenburg include the following: That Schulenburg is supporting a particular political party in Sierra Leone morally and financially; that the UN Rep is in a clandestine relationship with a top female member of that party; and that most of the communications being sent by Schulenburg to the UN Office lacks substance.

After delivering the ‘time bomb’ in New York, Mohamed is said to be on his way back to Freetown.

Schulenburg must be a very worried man right now with a lot of questions to answer at the 66^th Session of the UN General Assembly. And since Mohamed is believed to have presented photographic and other documentary evidences to back his assertions, the removal of Schulenburg must not come as a surprise.

UN Diplomats in Sierra Leone almost always got caught up in diplomatic scandals. The former UN Rep in Sierra Leone, Victor Angelo, was recalled following numerous allegations that he interfered with the 2007 electoral process. And now Schulenburg is in the middle of a controversy suggesting that he is supporting an opposition party against the ruling party