Shugaban kasar Saliyo Julius Maada Bio ya sanar a yammacin Lahadin da ta gabata cewa, an samu kwanciyar hankali bayan wata arangama da aka yi a birnin Freetown, wanda ya bayyana a matsayin wani yunkuri na tada zaune tsaye a jihar. Yawancin wadanda suka aikata wannan aika-aika a cewarsa, an kama su.
“An samu kwanciyar hankali” bayan abin da ya bayyana a matsayin “yunkuri na kawo cikas ga zaman lafiya da kwanciyar hankali da muke aiki tukuru don,” in ji Mista Bio.
A ranar ne wasu da ba a san ko su waye ba suka yi yunkurin kutsa kai cikin harabar ajiyar sojoji a Freetown, inda suka yi tir da jami’an tsaro a sassa daban-daban na babban birnin kasar, tare da kubutar da fursunoni da dama daga gidan yari.
Hukumomin kasar sun sanya dokar hana fita a fadin kasar har zuwa wani lokaci. “An kama akasarin shugabannin,” kuma za a gurfanar da su a gaban kuliya, in ji Mista Bio a takaice, ba tare da bayar da karin bayani ba. Ministan yada labarai Chernor Bah a baya ya bayyana cewa “yanayin tsaro a Freetown yana karkashin ikon gwamnati.” Wani sanyin jiki ya dawo cikin garin.
Sai dai kuma, an kula da shingayen binciken ababan hawa na jami’an tsaro.
Ba a bayyana adadin mutanen da aka kashe a hukumance ba sakamakon tashin hankalin. Hotunan bidiyo da aka wallafa a shafukan sada zumunta sun nuna wasu mazaje sanye da kayan aiki da alama an kama su a baya ko kuma kusa da daukar sojoji.
Kafofin watsa labarun, tare da hotuna masu rakiyar, sun ambaci wani tsohon memba na kusa da tsohon shugaban kasar Ernest Bai Koroma (2007-2018) a matsayin daya daga cikin mahalarta da jami’an tsaro suka kashe.
Hukumar kula da zirga-zirgar jiragen sama ta umurci kamfanonin jiragen sama da su sake jadawalin tashin jiragen bayan dage dokar ta-bacin, tare da tabbatar da cewa sararin samaniyar ya kasance a bude.
Abubuwan da suka faru sun sake farfado da kallon wani sabon yunkurin juyin mulki a yammacin Afirka, wanda aka yi irin wannan yunkurin a Mali, Burkina Faso, Nijar, da kuma makwabciyarta Guinea tun shekara ta 2020.
Kungiyar Tattalin Arzikin Kasashen Yammacin Afirka (ECOWAS) ta yi magana a cikin wata sanarwa na yunkurin kwace makamai daga cikin manyan makamai amma kuma don “dagula zaman lafiya da tsarin mulki,” harshen da aka saba amfani da shi don juyin mulkin siyasa. Wakilan cikin gida na Tarayyar Turai sun nuna damuwa tare da yin kira da ” mutunta tsarin mulki.”
Kasar Saliyo, kasa ce mai harshen Ingilishi, ta fuskanci rikicin siyasa bayan takaddamar zaben shugaban kasa da na gama-gari a watan Yunin 2023.
Daya daga cikin kasashe mafi talauci a duniya, tana kuma fuskantar kalubalen tattalin arziki. Freetown ya farka da karar harbe-harbe kafin gari ya waye.
“An tashe ni da misalin karfe 4:30 na safe (a gida da kuma agogon GMT) da wata babbar karar bindigogi da bama-bamai da ke fitowa daga barikin Wilberforce,” in ji Susan Kargbo, wata shaida da aka samu ta wayar tarho. “Na yi mamaki, a firgice… Kamar a lokacin yaki ne. Ba zan iya zuwa coci ba saboda dokar hana fita,” in ji ta.
Gwamnati ta bayyana cewa wasu mutane sun yi yunkurin kai hari a sansanin sojin barikin Wilberforce, daya daga cikin manyan barikokin kasar, amma an fatattaki su.
An kafa dokar ta-baci a fadin kasar, lamarin da ya bar titin Freetown kusan babu kowa.
Maharan sun kai hari tare da tilastawa kofar gidan yarin da kuma gidajen yari daban-daban, lamarin da ya baiwa wasu gungun maza da mata damar tserewa, wasunsu kuma dauke da kananan kaya a hannu.
Gwamnati ta musanta daya daga cikin jita-jita da ake ta yadawa a cikin birnin mai cike da tashin hankali, wato yunkurin kwace gidan talabijin na kasar, wani yunkuri na juyin mulki da aka saba yi.
Gidan talabijin na kasar ya watsa wani sako na gwamnati yana mai tabbatar da cewa an shawo kan lamarin, sai kuma jawabin shugaban kasar. “Muna matukar yin Allah wadai da yunkurin kwace barikin Wilberforce da kuma makamai cikin dare,” in ji ofishin jakadancin Amurka a wani sako ta kafar sada zumunta.
ECOWAS ta bayyana goyon bayanta ga gwamnati mai ci tare da yin kira da a kamo wadanda ke da alhakin faruwar lamarin. “ECOWAS ta sake nanata ka’idojinta na rashin jurewa ga sauye-sauyen gwamnati da ba bisa ka’ida ba,” in ji ta. Julius Maada, wanda aka zaba a karon farko a shekarar 2018, an sake zaben shi ne a watan Yuni da kashi 56.17% na kuri’un da aka kada, a cewar sakamakon da hukumar zabe ta buga amma ‘yan adawa suka fafata.”
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