It demonstrates that the transition of power is on track as the unelected caretaker President Maada Bio was dragged to Abuja for the emergency ECOWAS meeting, where Bio would be reminded about the peaceful and forceful transfer of power. (Photo: ECOWAS Commission President Alieu Touray).

There is a bright light at the end of the tunnel for Sierra Leoneans. It is not an understatement. Sierra Leone, subjected to seven years of socio-economic bastardisation, shall be free shortly from the autocracy of the SLPP regime.

The days of the tyrannical Paopa regime of madman Bio are coming to an end. Despite being a pathetic and brutal politician, Maada Bio is a lucky bloke who has been given two opportunities in recent months to hand over power peacefully.

One was on January 22, 2025, and the other was April 27, 2025, on Independence Day, when he should have congratulated the President-Elect, Dr Samura Kamara, but Bio instead AWOL to the Basilica for the funeral of Pope Francis, much to the chagrin of the global partners. (Photo: SLPP VP Juldeh and Maada Bio).

After the unelected President Bio had flouted the golden chances twice, the third time lucky for Bio is highly unlikely and is out of the question, according to reliable diplomatic sources. No wonder ECOWAS has put the Sierra Leone situation at the top of the agenda today.

Early yesterday, the beleaguered Sierra Leone caretaker President Bio was ordered to report to Abuja, where the ECOWAS Commission, on behalf of the international community, would remind Bio that the transition is on track and that he must abide by it now.

The ECOWAS Commission, like the African Union, United Nations, European Union, and Commonwealth, has run out of patience with delay tactics being displayed by Maada Bio, whose baby-steps movement can only be described as foolish politics.

The confused.com Bio arrived in Nigeria yesterday for the emergency meeting with the Sierra Leone political impasse taking centre stage. And ECOWAS is expected to put forward the 85 Tripartite Committee recommendations, which are actionable and implementable. (Photo: President-Elect Dr Samura Kamara).

Bio’s presence in Abuja this time is an exception after Bio has been sidelined from ECOWAS Heads of States meetings for some time now. The international community calculated and well-planned Bio’s emergency invitation to the meeting today, June 22, 2025.

It remains to be seen if the stupid Maada Bio will play with the dictates of his signatures and peacefully transfer power; otherwise, the forceful option will be implemented as soon as possible. Diplomatic sources say Bio has been sternly warned this time.

In a related development, ECOWAS has rejected Bio’s latest request for a six-month extension before he could transfer power to the democratically elected President-Elect, Dr Samura Kamara. SLPP VP Juldeh Jalloh’s mission to bribe for the extension has failed.