By Richmond B Tholley
There have been speculations and suspicions since the dead body of a village teacher was discovered with wounds in a nearby bush in Kangama Gorama Chiefdom Eastern Sierra Leone on the 29th of January 2024.
Tamba Theophilus James, 50, was found dead in a nearby bush in Turbu village, where he was serving as a teacher at United Methodist Church (UMC) Primary school.
According to Mary James, daughter of the late teacher, his father mysteriously disappeared in the village on January 28th and wasn’t seen around only to be found dead the following day.
Mr James was discovered in the Bush dead by a search party but his family said they were not satisfied with the circumstances that led to the death of their relative.
“My father was healthy and we were shocked to discover his dead body in a nearby bush in the village,” the daughter stated.
The family alleges they reported the matter to the Police Post in Kangama. Kangama is the administrative headquarters town of Kangama Gorama chiefdom and the town hosted the Kangama Police Police Post, where the family alleged to have reported the matter.
But the daughter said the police ordered their father to be buried after a Health worker in the community alleged the late man died a natural death and there was no foul play.
Mary James and the entire James family suspected there was foul play and urged for the matter to be investigated thoroughly.
This is because the family said the dead body of the deceased teacher was seen with blood and there were semblances of a knife stab.
Though the family raised those concerns before the burial of their relative, Mary James said the chiefdom authorities and the police did not listen to them but went ahead and buried the late man.
After attempts to reach the police in Kangana proved fruitless, this reporter contacted the regional Police Spokesman in the East for confirmation.
The spokesman, Prince Bernard Jegboi Kamara said the matter is not to his knowledge but promised to cross-check later.
