Primarily to facilitate the transition. But the illegitimate and powerless Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio disappeared into thin air after the arrival of the high-profile envoy (unnamed) from ECOWAS and the AU in Freetown on behalf of the international community. (Photo: Bio in the Vatican during the burial).

Where is the illegal President Maada Bio? Bio’s last sighting was in the Vatican on Saturday, April 26, when world leaders gathered among thousands of mourners to witness the laid to rest of late Pope Francis. The sober leaders have since returned to their respective countries, unlike Bio.

Before his Rome visit, the stowaway Maada Bio was informed of the high-profile visitor’s visit to Freetown. Both men were expected to meet to discuss vital issues of national and international development surrounding the transition of power. The visitor is a former president. (Photo: President-Elect Dr Samura Kamara).

It is disappointing that Maada Bio left Freetown for Rome the very day the top envoy arrived in Freetown. And reports have confirmed that Bio deliberately dodged his visitor to go to the Vatican, where he plotted to have a photo with the US President Donald Trump, but woefully failed.

Despite the conclusion of the Pope’s funeral on Saturday, Maada is yet to return home to meet his high-profile visitor. Nevertheless, the unnamed visitor is believed to have waited patiently in Freetown to meet the absconded Maada Bio when he returns.

The big visitor was in the country to deliver the transition message to the unelected and unrecognised President Maada Bio, who publicly stole the June 24, 2023, election from the rightful winner, Dr Samura Kamara. Last night, it was confirmed that the envoy had left Freetown very disappointed in Bio. What next? It is not good for Bio.

No hiding place for Bio. His days are truly numbered. Bio is noted for absconding whenever a foreign visitor arrives. He did it with the ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan KC until he (Bio) was caught in New York. The shameless Bio is on the hide-and-seek attitude again, thereby prolonging the hardship on the people.

Meanwhile, the plane that brought the big visitor waiting for him at Lungi International Airport for days now had reportedly left yesterday. Diplomatic sources from ECOWAS and the AU have expressed serious disappointment in Bio for disrespecting the international community again. “The next move will not be good for the AWOL Bio,” sources say.