Land Saga between The Bah And The Neuma Family

The tradition and customs  of our natives is guided by laws since the pre-colonial era of Africa and Sierra Leone in particular where land issues are more than a taboo.

On November 30 2022, an allegation of twelve Acres of land matter occurred at a village called oba bum within koindu town in kalihun district, Sierra Leone, between the Bah and the Neuma family, the land belongs to the Bah family as alleged. The Neuma family which is from the kissi tribe, is one of the most populated and one of the strongest families, whilst the Bah family are from the fullah tribe which is the minority within that part of the country. According to findings the land belongs to one Mr Alpha Amadu Bah, who passed away in April 2012, by witchcraft from the Neuma family, just for the land in questioning. During the seventies up to the eighties, the late Mr Bah was using his land for plantation where he sometimes harvested and sold just to take care of his family, but due to the war that occurred in the early ninties, displaced all of them into different regions of the country, and the land was left vacant as no one is in control of it. After the war, mr Bah who’s late now didn’t return earlier to secure his property. Later when he returned back to oba bum village to continue his plantation in his land, it was a surprise for him to understand that the Neuma family had grabbed his twelve Acres of land, which brought the dispute between the two families known as the Bah and the Neuma family as alleged. During that period, late Mr Bah tried very hard to stand firm for his right as he is the owner of the land in questioning. According to findings the late man has four children which includes three male and a female. In the same process on the land issue, one of his son also passed away in 2014, for the same land saga which led to the death of their father. The matter was taken to the local court for justice to be prevail by Mohamed Alpha Bah, another son of the late man, who take the venture to stand and fight very had to retrieve the property of his late father known as Mr Bah, but suddenly the section chief in the community who’s in charge of the case  took sides and passed verdict in favour of the Neuma family, because they are from the same kissi tribe, in which the Neuma and foyor family are strong tribes for the current ruling political party in that part of country. At that period of time, Mohamed Alpha Bah has already relocated to freetown, this was in 2016. Just after that an information reveal to the Neuma family that Mohamed Alpha Bah is about to further the matter to the supreme court of Sierra Leone for proper justice to be prevail. After hearing that, the Neuma family became very aggressive with Mohamed Alpha Bah which led them to hire gang of criminals and witchcraft doctors just to make sure Mohamed Alpha Bah died. The younger brother of Mohamed alpha Bah was also threatened and chased out of the entire kalihun district and the country by the Neuma family, just because of the land of their late father. Their only sister has been married and leaving with her husband in another district. While the Bah family are with the main opposition party APC as alleged. Mohamed Alpha Bah started receiving treatening remarks from the Neuma family that he is the next to kill so he can join his ancestores to the grave according to findings.Mohamed Alpha Bah has became wanted by the Neuma, which they started hunting him all over the country, to make sure that he is dead. But after all this,  he realized that his life is insecure. He escaped quickly and moved  out of the country with his family to save his life, because his life is in risk in the hands of the Neuma family Just to kill him for the Acres of land of his late father’s Mr Bah. Meanwhile Mohamed Alpha Bah left the country to an unknown location to secure his life. More on this story in our next edition.

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