Sylvia Blyden Challenges Alie Kabba Over Comparison of His Legal Case With APC’s Lansana Dumbuya

Former Cabinet Minister Dr. Sylvia Olayinka Blyden has issued a sharp rebuttal to Alie Kabba, challenging his recent comparison between his 2015 incarceration and the current detention of APC National Secretary General Lansana Dumbuya.
In a statement released on Sunday, February 15, 2026, Dr. Blyden accused the former SLPP minister of “distorting history” and “manufacturing comparisons” to malign the record of the former All People’s Congress (APC) government.
The exchange follows a public appeal by Alie Kabba, who urged the current administration to grant bail to Lansana Dumbuya. In his appeal, Kabba drew a parallel to his own arrest in 2015 under former President Ernest Bai Koroma, describing his denial of bail at the time as a “grave abuse of state power” where “justice was distorted”.