2024-04-15 05:24:42
After 29 days of fasting, the Muslim faithful of the urban commune of Kankan, like their co-religionists in other cities of the country, celebrated Eid El Fitr or the festival of Ramadan on Wednesday, April 10. This festival takes place in the town of Cheick Fantamady Cherif at a time when bandits have total control of the city.
During the month of Ramadan which has just passed, no fewer than ten armed attacks were recorded, resulting in several million Guinean francs being taken away. The last case occurred on Tuesday at the large Lofèba market, where individuals armed with PMAKs took away more than 180 million while sowing terror among the population with gunfire.
Present at the great mosque to fulfill his religious duty, Lanceï Traoré, a young man from the city, expresses his concern about this skyrocketing insecurity in Nabaya.
“The authorities must take their responsibility because I cannot understand why people say that there is a mixed patrol every time and that there are armed attacks. And worse, after these attacks we don’t know if the bandits are arrested or not. Our security will have to be ensured to allow us to move around with our goods, otherwise today everyone is afraid. Before the attacks it was at night but now it’s happening in the middle of 2 p.m., which means that the population of Kankan is not safe. »
Accompanied by executives from the prefecture, town hall and governorate, Governor Colonel Moussa Condé did not seem to worry about this situation at the great mosque. All smiles in his interview with journalists, he called on Guineans for peace, a guarantee of the success of the transition led by General Mamadi Doumbouya according to him.
However, an important meeting could take place this Thursday in the governorate, to communicate on the measures taken to curb the phenomenon of insecurity. Meanwhile, the Kankanese continue to live in terror.
Ahmed Sékou Nabé, correspondent for Kankan