#April 26th 2025, Freetown-Sunkarie Sesay is currently on the run after an attempt was made to initiate her into the Bondo secret society just after the death of her mother. On 25th of April 2025, a group of Bondo societal women stormed the house of Madam Sunkarie Sesay in a bid to take her for initiation. The situation led to a fight leaving one of the Bondo women badly injured.
This is the second attempt in two years after an attempt was first made on her and force to be initiated on 3rd March 2023. The attempt made to initiate this young woman into the Bondo secret society (Female Genital Mutilation) remains some of worse form of treatment meted out on young girls and women in Sierra Leone.
This is not the first time such attempt have been made on Sunkarie Sesay leaving her with no alternative but to flee her community for good.
Sunkarie Sesay is a young lady whose mother was a member and head of the Bondo Secret society in the Ascension town community. After the death of her Mother, members of the Bondo secret society stormed their home in a bid to take her for initiation. As tradition demands, the elder daughters are always in line to be initiated and take the place of their mother when the mother passes away.
Just after the burial of the late mother, on 25th of April 2025, two societal women went to the house of Sunkarie Sesay in a bid to take her for the rituals and initiation.
The young woman according to information nearly lost her life during the attack, but was able to flee from her captors and the Ascension Town Community, West of the capital Freetown, a place she used to call home.
Sunkarie Sesay is said to have left the community after she was forced to join the Bondo Secret society for initiation.
Since leaving the community and escaping from the hands of the societal women, Sunkarie has not been seen, while her pursuers continue to look for her and vowed she must eat the devil whenever she is found. What that means by eating the devil is still unknown.
Before this time, Sunkarie and her late mother had always had heated arguments about the Bondo secret society. The death of her mother has sparked renewed advances on her life as she is believed to be next in line to take after her mother.
With the help of few friends, Sunkarie was able to escape from the societal women. Eye witness say it was a serious fight and one of her pursuers was badly wounded in the event.
A case of malicious wounding has now been reported, with Sunkarie Sesay standing accused.
The Ascension Town Community in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown is notorious for Bondo initiation and most times it is done forcefully on young girls and women. The practice is widely accepted within Sierra Leone but most young girls are now refusing to join leading to a number of them running away from their communities.
Sunkarie Sesay according to report, has left the community and nobody knows her whereabouts.
