‘Maada’s Madness’ is a title that perfectly fits the characterisation of the illegal Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio who has caught the eyes of the development partners for the surprise invitation of former President Ernest Bai Koroma to help the police in their investigations regarding the dubious November 26, 2023 coup, a position that many political observers have discounted as a fake coup.

The arraignment of the APC leader Dr Samura Kamara to the Anti-Corruption has raised more eyebrows. A top diplomat could not understand the logic behind the indiscriminate arrests, and detentions of officials of the main opposition APC party. Situations have taken a dramatic turn for the worse in Sierra Leone after the disputed June 24, 2023, general and presidential elections which Maada Bio publicly stole from the actual winner Dr Samura Kamara of the APC.

Maada Bio’s distractions would only delay the Tripartite Investigations Committee but would not stop the ongoing electoral process in probing the fraudulent June 24 elections, which Maada Bio stole publicly with the connivance with the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone chairman Mohamed Kenewui Konneh. It saddens peace-loving Sierra Leoneans to see compatriots arrested, detained and killed in cold blood for no justifiable reasons.

The Tripartite Investigations Committee set up to probe the fraudulent June 24, 2023 elections have unsettled Maada Bio into smithereens. That is why the Bio presidency is creating all kinds of troubles to divert attention from the Tripartite Committee. More details are as follows on the Appeal Court forcing Ernest Koroma to pay a hefty fine and the APC leader Dr Samura Kamara referred to the corrupt SLPP Anti-Corruption Commission –

Former President Koroma Forced to Pay US$135,000 to the Illegal SLPP Regime

By a special writer – The Court of Appeal has in a judgment delivered yesterday in Freetown upheld the Sole Commissioner Justice Biobele Commission of Inquiry (COI) report findings against the former President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma. The Court has directed the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) according to Section 78 sub (1) of the ACC Act to investigate the former President who is an appellant before the Court for abuse of office and abuse of his executive authority, particularly with regards to the Sewa Ground Market Project with the National Social Security and Insurance Trust NASSIT. All four grounds of the COI Appeal by the Appellant Dr. Ernest Bai Korma failed, were struck out, and dismissed. The court further ordered the appellant to pay the sum of one hundred and thirty-five thousand United States Dollars to the Government of Sierra Leone within seven days and bear a cost of three hundred Million old Leones. Justice Ansumana Ivan Sesay presided over the COI Appeal hearings together with two other Justices Alhaji Momoh Jah Steven and Adrian Fischer. Lawyer Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara, Africanus Sorie Sesay and Brima Koroma represented the Appellant while Abigail Suwu Kendor and two other counsels represented the State.

Dr Samura Kamara Referred to the ACC

Amadu Lamrana Bah reports that former President Ernest Bai Koroma who is being investigated for the failed attempted coup is at CID accompanied by his lawyer, Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara, and some senior members of the main opposition All People’s Congress (APC). Meanwhile, the Court of Appeal presided over by Justice Alhaji Momoh-Jah Stevens, Justice Adrian Fisher, and, Justice Ivan Sesay has asked the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to investigate former President Koroma for abuse of office and executive authority in awarding the Sewa Grounds Market contract. He is to also pay US$135 thousand to the government within seven days. The leader of the APC, Dr. Samura Kamara also lost his appeal case, and he has been referred to the ACC to be investigated. Courtesy: FreetownStories.