The New Normal in Fourah Bay College Student Politics: Violence
FREETOWN--25th June 2019: Students on campus were caught up in violence today, as the Students' Union Presidential Debate took place at Fourah Bay College. The debate was organised by the Sierra Leone Debating Council (SLDC) Fourah Bay College chapter. The goal was for all candidates to talk about issues affecting the college and what they would do if elected president. The three candidates are: Eunice Naffie Mustapha, whose supporters are mainly from the “black camp,” Mohamed Wurie Bah from the “white camp,” and Mohammed Kabba, whose supporters are called neutralists. According to eyewitnesses, it was supporters from both the “white and the black camps” that started the fight. Supporters from the two camps, just at the very end of the debate, went wild as they pelted each other with stones, smashed windowpanes of a newly renovated building, and vandalised cars, forcing innocent students to run for their lives. Police later got to the scene and fired teargas to halt