By Minkailu Turay & Alhaji Saidu Kamara…….

The Koinadugu District Task Force informed Journalists yesterday that if the blood samples of 14 people who died few days ago in Fankunia Village in Neine Chiefdom, Koinadugu District prove to be Ebola positive, all the Members of Parliament (MPs), Paramount Chiefs and sub chiefs from the District will be called home and quarantined.

Speaking during a press conference yesterday at the Harry Yansaneh Memory Hall, SLAJ Headquarters on Campbell Street Freetown, the Adviser to the Task Force, Momoh Konteh said as at now, there is no scientific proof that there is a single Ebola case in Koinadugu District. He said in the event the district gets a single case, the house from where the victim lives will be destroyed. “We’ll help later to rebuild it,” he said noting the Task Force will be very tough.

Mr. Konteh maintained the as Task Force they have planned to increase their outreach program and that they have already dispatched 200 ex-service men to man the entire district and another 200 people have been recruited for house to house search in the entire district. “We are not jokers. We want to ensure that in the event that there is a case, the disease does not go out of hand,” the Task Force boss said. He further informed news men that there is presently a dust to down curfew (6 pm -7 am) in the district.

The business man said among their bye-laws, the house of any man suspected to be hiding Ebola patient will be brought down. He said since there is a complete lock down, the Task Force will serve food and water to every household. “We have the capacity, capability and readiness to do the work,” he said.

Other speakers were former Minister of State, Dr. Sheku M. Sesay, Ex MP, M.A. Jalloh and Minister of Tourism and Culture Peter Bayuku Conteh.