Busura Vows to Attack

By Mustapha Jarju

Community Members of Busura Village in Kombo central on Friday 25th February2022 tell journalists at the press conference that, if the government fails to intervene in addressing their land dispute with the neighboring village, Talakoto within three (3) weeks they are going to attack them physically .
The community of Busura, claimed that , they own the land which is currently being occupied by the community of Talako which covers about 50) hectares of land.
“We are going to attack Talokoto if the government fails to take steps in the next three (3) weeks , emphasized by the VDC Chairman of Busura Village , Lutta Jatta”.
Alieu A Faye Alkalo of Busura said, since 2015 they have being trying to resolve this land border demarcation issue which appeared impractical between Us (Busura) and Talokoto.
He added that , the matter was previously taken to the district tribunal where three chiefs presided over the case which ended in favor of Busura, the document evidence was presented to the media at the press conference .

The villagers of Busura have shared another document from the high court with the Media , which indicated that , the land clouded with controversy is indeed owned by the People of Busura.
“This land is own by my people, they cleared the land and the law gave them the ownership” he reiterated.

Alkalo Faye added that, they are not ready to use conflict as the only resort , he added that it’s out of this backdrop that , they use legal route so that this can be ironed out but with all this measures, the Alkalo of the other village and her people continued to develop the place, “I went their with the Imam of the village and some elders of the village to negotiate but they rained insult on us , we found them in possession of cutlasses “ he explained .

The village Alkalo of Busura, said all attempts to ensure people of Talakoto stop developing on this land fails and he added that, they have exploited all measures legally which seems to be disregarded by the opponents village which he believed physically attack seems to be the alternative .