{"id":2173,"date":"2025-08-04T14:57:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T14:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/?p=2173"},"modified":"2025-08-04T14:57:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T14:57:24","slug":"alhassan-gbessay-kanu-launches-2028-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/?p=2173","title":{"rendered":"Alhassan Gbessay Kanu Launches 2028 Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"765\" height=\"1020\" src=\"https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/jhnbnj.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2175\" style=\"width:562px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/jhnbnj.jpg 765w, https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/jhnbnj-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By Abdul Rahman Bah<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Alhassan Gbessay Kanu officially declared his intention to contest the presidency in Sierra Leone\u2019s 2028 general elections during a live media-focused event titled <strong>\u201cSip and Talk\u201d<\/strong> held at Grassfield, 115 Bai Bureh Road, in the eastern part of Freetown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event brought together journalists and community members for a candid conversation on leadership, national hardship, and Kanu\u2019s vision for a united Sierra Leone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking with conviction, Kanu said his decision to run for the APC flagbearership was fueled by growing frustration with the country&#8217;s current trajectory and the everyday struggles of ordinary citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t like what I see,\u201d he told the press. \u201cThis is not about power\u2014it\u2019s about duty. I\u2019m here to change the system and restore hope.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"765\" src=\"https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/khjhjhjj-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2176\" style=\"width:528px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/khjhjhjj-1.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/khjhjhjj-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/khjhjhjj-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Kanu recounted emotional memories of the 1992 military crackdown, during which his father, former Finance Minister <strong>Hassan Gbessay Kanu<\/strong>, was arrested and detained\u2014forcing the family into exile. He later sought asylum in the United States, where he worked his way through college selling CDs and DVDs, eventually building a 25-year career in public service in New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He served as a district director and political strategist, gaining hands-on experience in governance, community development, and legislative affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cI opened this house to the media because transparency is key,\u201d Kanu said. \u201cThe media must help us build a Sierra Leone that works.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized that he is not a career politician, but a trained public servant shaped by real-world leadership and hardship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the APC prepares to fill its leadership vacuum in the post-election era, Kanu positioned himself as a unifying figure\u2014committed to working with both former and current leaders, regardless of political affiliation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He pledged to build a new Sierra Leone that prioritizes every citizen, across tribe, region, and class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his closing remarks, Kanu issued a call for national cooperation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWe are not enemies\u2014we are one Sierra Leone. The mission ahead is bigger than politics. It\u2019s a mission to rescue our future.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Abdul Rahman Bah Alhassan Gbessay Kanu officially declared his intention to contest the presidency&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2173"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2177,"href":"https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2173\/revisions\/2177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vindicatorslnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}