{"id":23329,"date":"2025-06-25T13:36:06","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T12:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=23329"},"modified":"2025-06-25T13:36:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T12:36:09","slug":"false-bios-administration-did-not-renovate-east-end-lions-pitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/false-bios-administration-did-not-renovate-east-end-lions-pitch\/","title":{"rendered":"False! Bio\u2019s administration did not renovate East End Lions\u2019 pitch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Claim: <\/strong>A Facebook user, Malik Malik Bah, posted photos claiming President Julius Maada Bio’s administration renovated and rebranded the East End Lions\u2019 pitch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verdict: <\/strong>False! According to the Head of Administration for East End Lions, Idrissa Tigo, the newly renovated pitch was not made by President Bio\u2019s administration but by the East End Lions Executive under the leadership of the club\u2019s Chairperson, Amb. Anthony Navo Jr. There is no evidence to validate Malik Malik Bah’s claim. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full Text<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

East End Lions, founded in 1928, is one of Sierra Leone\u2019s biggest football clubs. It plays in the Leone Rock Premier League. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

East End Lions, nicknamed the \u201cKillers,\u201d is based in Sierra Leone\u2019s capital, Freetown. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In February 2024, East End Lions executives began renovating the popular Trade Centre Playing Field. The field, covered in dust and pebbles, was leased by the club from the Government Technical Institute, as reported by Sierra Loaded<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The club converted the dusty pitch into artificial turf to improve players’ playing conditions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, a Facebook user, Malik Malik Bah<\/a>, posted photos claiming President Julius Maada Bio\u2019s administration renovated the East End Lions\u2019 pitch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part of the claim reads, \u201cTake a look at the newly rebranded Trade Centre Field, which has been transformed to an ultramodern level under the leadership of President Bio.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The claim was further translated from Krio as: \u201cThis place used to be a dusty pitch. And it has been the East End Lions\u2019 home stadium for years. Finally, the Bio\u2019s administration has rebranded it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The claim sparked reactions among social media users. Many followers dismissed the claim as false, while some believed it to be true. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Screenshots of the reactions by followers.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DUBAWA decided to fact-check the claim due to its mandate to amplify truth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verification<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Firstly, DUBAWA conducted a Google keyword search to verify the authenticity of the claim. Still, there was no evidence linking the involvement of President Bio\u2019s administration to the renovation of the East End Lions\u2019 pitch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of February 2024, African Young Voices<\/a> reported that the Chairperson of East End Lions, Anthony Navo Jr., had relayed that his executive was renovating the Trade Centre Field to ultra-modern artificial turf for the club. When we reviewed this News piece, no evidence validated Malik Malik Bah\u2019s claim. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We conducted further searches on other credible news outlets, such as A-Z Media<\/a>, Night Watch<\/a>, and Politico SL<\/a>, which had reported on the upgrade but did not link it to the government. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our search also found that East End Lions is a private club not supported or controlled by the government of Sierra Leone. The club represents the eastern part of Freetown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further searches on the Sierra Leone Football Association’<\/a>s official website did not reveal any evidence that President Bio\u2019s government rebranded the East End Lions’ pitch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

DUBAWA then contacted Idrissa Tigo, the Head of Administration for East End Lions, to verify the claim. But he dismissed it as false. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEverything was done by the East End Lions Executive led by Amb Anthony Navo Jr,\u201d he told DUBAWA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

DUBAWA also contacted Malik Malik Bah on Facebook to provide evidence of his claim, but he did not respond. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Our investigation showed that Malik Malik Bah’s claim is false. No evidence supported Malik\u2019s claim. The Head of Administration for East End Lions dismissed the claim as untrue. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Claim: A Facebook user, Malik Malik Bah, posted photos claiming President Julius Maada Bio’s administration renovated and rebranded the East End Lions\u2019 pitch.  Verdict: False! According to the Head of Administration for East End Lions, Idrissa Tigo, the newly renovated pitch was not made by President Bio\u2019s administration but by the East End Lions Executive under the leadership of the club\u2019s Chairperson, Amb. Anthony Navo Jr. There is no evidence to validate Malik Malik Bah’s claim.  Full Text East End Lions, founded in 1928, is one of Sierra Leone\u2019s biggest football clubs. It plays in the Leone Rock Premier League.  East End Lions, nicknamed the \u201cKillers,\u201d is based in Sierra Leone\u2019s capital, Freetown.  In February 2024, East End Lions executives began renovating the popular Trade Centre Playing Field. The field, covered in dust and pebbles, was leased by the club from the Government Technical Institute, as reported by Sierra Loaded. The club converted the dusty pitch into artificial turf to improve players’ playing conditions.  However, a Facebook user, Malik Malik Bah, posted photos claiming President Julius Maada Bio\u2019s administration renovated the East End Lions\u2019 pitch.  Part of the claim reads, \u201cTake a look at the newly rebranded Trade Centre Field, which has been transformed to an ultramodern level under the leadership of President Bio.\u201d  The claim was further translated from Krio as: \u201cThis place used to be a dusty pitch. And it has been the East End Lions\u2019 home stadium for years. Finally, the Bio\u2019s administration has rebranded it.\u201d The claim sparked reactions among social media users. Many followers dismissed the claim as false, while some believed it to be true.  Screenshots of the reactions by followers. DUBAWA decided to fact-check the claim due to its mandate to amplify truth.  Verification Firstly, DUBAWA conducted a Google keyword search to verify the authenticity of the claim. Still, there was no evidence linking the involvement of President Bio\u2019s administration to the renovation of the East End Lions\u2019 pitch.  As of February 2024, African Young Voices reported that the Chairperson of East End Lions, Anthony Navo Jr., had relayed that his executive was renovating the Trade Centre Field to ultra-modern artificial turf for the club. When we reviewed this News piece, no evidence validated Malik Malik Bah\u2019s claim.  We conducted further searches on other credible news outlets, such as A-Z Media, Night Watch, and Politico SL, which had reported on the upgrade but did not link it to the government.  Our search also found that East End Lions is a private club not supported or controlled by the government of Sierra Leone. The club represents the eastern part of Freetown. Further searches on the Sierra Leone Football Association’s official website did not reveal any evidence that President Bio\u2019s government rebranded the East End Lions’ pitch.  DUBAWA then contacted Idrissa Tigo, the Head of Administration for East End Lions, to verify the claim. But he dismissed it as false.  \u201cEverything was done by the East End Lions Executive led by Amb Anthony Navo Jr,\u201d he told DUBAWA.  DUBAWA also contacted Malik Malik Bah on Facebook to provide evidence of his claim, but he did not respond.  Conclusion Our investigation showed that Malik Malik Bah’s claim is false. No evidence supported Malik\u2019s claim. 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