On Friday, 2 August, 2024, the office of Nightwatch newspaper was broken into.
The robbery took place after the proprietor, managing editor and publisher, Emmanuel C. Thorli, had left and closed the office for the working day.
The 29 Rawdon Street office was entered by an individual that has left many questioning how he gained access to the locked up office.
Meanwhile the matter was reported by Mr Thorli on Saturday, 3 August, at the Central Police Division in Freetown and is under investigation.
Meanwhile equipment critical to the work of Nightwatch including three (3) laptops and an iPod were stolen while other valuables were left leading many of the other inhabitants of the office building claiming that the robbery was not an ordinary event.
However, the individual that was seen leaving the office also made away with a bag full of tennis shoes from the publisher’s office.
The matter is under investigation.