Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 March 2020:
The commission of inquiry reports into the management of Sierra Leone’s public affairs by the former APC government of president Ernest Bai Koroma, were today presented to president Julius Maada Bio in Freetown.
The findings of the reports are damning and shocking, showing a plethora of evidence of massive and depraved levels of corruption by ministers and public officials, running into hundreds of millions of Dollars over a ten year period.
Presenting the report to president Julius Maada Bio, this is what Justice Biobele Georgewill (Photo) said:
Time and space would not permit an inquiry of this nature to cover every single economic, financial and administrative activity of the immediate past Government of H.E. Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma from November 2007 – April 2018 when power was democratically handed over to H. E. Dr. Julius Maada Bio, as President of Sierra Leone.
The Commissions of Inquiry No. 1, Constitutional Instrument No. 64 of 2018 was duly established by law pursuant to the appointment of the Chairmen and Sole Commissioner, Hon Sir Biobele Abraham Georgewill JCA, DSSRS, KSC, a Justice of the Court of Appeal of Nigeria, Lord Chancellor of the Diocese of Niger Delta, Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion, Pro Chancellor of Southgate University, Windhoek, Nigeria, by the President of Sierra Leone to carry out thorough, independent, fair and impartial investigations into allegations of corruption and abuse of public office and to make relevant findings and proffer appropriate recommendations to the Government of Sierra Leone for its considerations.
Terms of Reference:
To examine the assets and other related matters in respect of Persons who were President, Vice Presidents, Ministers, Ministers of State, Deputy Ministers; and Heads and Chairmen of Boards of Parastatals, Departments and Agencies within the period from November 2007 to April 2018.
To inquire into and investigate whether assets were acquired lawfully or unlawfully.
To inquire into: Persons who were President, Vice Presidents, Ministers, Ministers of State and Deputy Ministers; Heads of Parastatals, Departments and Agencies.
To ascertain as to whether the Persons referred to in paragraphs (a) – (c): Maintained a standard of life above that which was commensurate to their official emoluments; Owned or were in control of pecuniary resources or property disproportionate to their official emoluments or there are evidence of corruption, dishonesty or abuse of office for private benefit by them; Collaborated with any person in respect of such corruption, dishonesty or abuse of office; Acted wilfully or complacently in such a manner so as to cause financial loss or damage to the Government, Local Authority or Parastatal, including a Public Corporation; Acquired directly or indirectly financial or material gains fraudulently, improperly or wilfully to the detriment of the Government, Local Authority or a Parastatal , including a Public Corporation, Statutory Commission, Body or any University in Sierra Leone.
To inquire into and investigate any persons or matter as may from time to time be referred to the Commission by His Excellency, the President.
Methodology:
This Commission adopted a robust approach to ensure that it carried out its work in accordance with due process and the rule of law in Sierra Leone. It was guided by the provisions of the Constitution of Sierra Leone 1991 (as amended), the Sierra Leone High Court Rules 2007 and the Practice Directions of the Commissions of Inquiry 2019.
The proceedings were held in public and were adversary in nature in line with the common law historical origins of the laws and practice in Sierra Leone. The State and the Persons of Interest were given equal treatment to ensure fairness and impartiality. The sacrosanct rules of fair hearing were scrupulously observed and adhered to by the Commission.
Challenges:
The initial time frame of six months for the completion of the assignments by the Commissions of Inquiry was very inadequate taking into consideration the magnitude and complexity of the totality of the work carried out by the Commissions of Inquiry. An initial projection of one year for the work of the Commissions of Inquiry, taking into consideration the terms of reference covering eleven years of governance under scrutiny, would have been fairly reasonable.
A: Final Report on Ministerial Investigations; Findings: The highlights are:
Number of Persons of Interest and Collaborators investigated: 110 Persons of Interest, their alleged Collaborators and or Companies.
Number of Persons of Interest and Collaborators Indicted: 84 Persons of Interest and or Companies.
Number of Persons of Interest and Others Discharged: 26 Persons of Interest and Others.
Amounts of Money involved:
On Ebola Response:
Le85, 239, 738, 225. 94 and USD2, 471, 993. 41 were misappropriated and or unverified and had remained unaccounted for between the EOC/Ministry of Health and Sanitation; NERC, their several Collaborators, BDO and IHPAU.
On Unsecured Loans:
Le7, 100, 159, 352. 29 is still outstanding as debts due payable to the Sierra Leone Commercial Bank from the unsecured loans to politically exposed persons and or their businesses.
On the Youth in Drainage
Project: Le19, 812, 340, 478. 00 was misappropriated and or unverified and had remained unaccounted for and a further sum of Le804, 000, 000. 00 paid by RMFA as administrative cost.
On the National Youth Farm Project:
Le1, 599, 533, 000. 000 was misappropriated and or unverified and had remained unaccounted for.
On the Youth in Fisheries Project:
Le2, 721, 565, 499. 00 and USD277, 000. 00 were misappropriated and or unverified and had remained unaccounted for.
On the National Youth Village Project:
Le2, 207, 818, 212. 10 was misappropriated and or unverified and had remained unaccounted for.
On the Ministry of Mines and Mineral Resources:
Le62, 368, 811, 694. 81 and USD7, 860, 767. 16 were misappropriated and or unverified and had remained unaccounted for.
On Sierra Rutile SL Ltd:
The Government of Sierra Leone owned shares, whether amounting to 7, 085 or 30% or less of the total share capital of Sierra Rutile SL Ltd, arising from payment in lieu of PAYE from 1/4/2005 – 31/12/2011 amounting to USD8, 739, 192. 00 which were converted into shares in the said Sierra Rutile SL Ltd, and which shares were under a shady deal surreptitiously sold in 2012.
On the Petroleum Directorate:
Le72, 254, 506, 000. 00; and USD15, 413, 821. 00 were misappropriated and or unverified and had remained unaccounted for.
On the Ministry of Trade and Industry:
Le16, 008, 534, 574. 00 was misappropriated and or unverified and remained unaccounted for.
On the Ministry of Sports:
Le5, 009, 027, 502. 00 was misappropriated and or unverified and had remained unaccounted for.
On the Ministry of Lands, Country Planning and Environment:
Huge and unquantifiable sums of money payable as revenue on hasty and undervalued sale of some identified Government Quarters without due process and other State lands and leases that have been lost to the Government of Serra Leone, Le270, 581, 888. 00 were misappropriated and or unverified and had remained unaccounted for.
On the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology:
Le44, 764, 428, 798. 00, and USD67, 951, 222. 00 were misappropriated and or unverified and had remained unaccounted for.
On the Office of Attorney General and Ministry of Justice:
Several assets handed over to the Government of Sierra Leone by the former Special Court for Sierra Leone in 2013/2014 had remained unaccounted for. There was also gross dereliction and professional negligence leading to loss of prestige and damages awarded against the Government of Sierra Leone by the ECOWAS Court. The sum of Le3, 394, 828, 831. 00 and USD270, 000. 00 were misappropriated and or unverified and had remained unaccounted for.
From the findings above, the grand total amount of Le323, 555, 873, 556. 14 and USD94, 217, 803. 30 were misappropriated and or unverified and had remained unaccounted for and lost to corruption in the MDAs between November 2007 and April 2018 as investigated by Commission Number One (Constitutional Instrument No. 64 of 2018).
Recommendations:
The highlights are:
All amounts recommended to be paid or refunded shall be refunded and paid into the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Government of Sierra Leone within 30 days from the date of the ratification of the recommendations by the Government of Sierra Leone.
In the event of failure or neglect or refusal to make the refunds and payment into the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Government of Sierra Leone within the 30 days period by any one as indicted above, the Government shall use all lawful means to confiscate all monies standing to the credit of any of the indicted persons and properties, movable and immovable, including houses, vehicles, stocks, belonging to any of the indicted persons for the purposes of selling them to recover the said amounts.
All irregular allocations of State lands and leases converted to freeholds without due process should be set aside, nullified and revoked and all the said lands reverted to the Government of Sierra Leone and the monies paid be refunded to the affected persons by the Government.
All indicted Persons of Interest and their collaborators involved in gross abuse of public office shall be barred from holding any public offices on subvention or howsoever funded by the Government of Sierra Leone for a period of five years from the date of acceptance of this recommendation by the Government of Sierra Leone.
From the findings by Commission Number One, the worst managed Ministry in the period under review was the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. The issue of indebtedness of the Government of Sierra Leone to Limkokwing University is a farce as exposed in the findings under Ministry of Education, Science and Technology!
B. Final Report on Assets Investigations; Findings: The highlights are:
Number of Persons of interest investigated: 17 Persons of Interest, namely:
Madam Finda Diana Konomanyi: Former Minister of Local Government and Former Minister of Lands, Country Planning and the Environment from 2013 – 2018
Miatta Kargbo: Former Minister of Health and Sanitation from 2013 – 2015
Ibrahim Washinga Mansaray: Former Deputy Minister of Transport and Aviation from 2013 – 2016; Former Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry from 2016 – 2018
Abdul Ignosi Koroma: Former Deputy Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources from 2007 – 2018
Minkailu Mansaray: Former Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources 2007 – 2018
Ahmed Khanou: Former Deputy Minister of Lands, Country Planning and the Environment from 2010 – 2016 and Former Minister of Sports from 2016 – 2018
Alimamy A. Kamara: Former Minister of Youth Affairs from 2013 – 2016
Mabinty Daramy: Former Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry from 2011 – 2016
Bai Mamoud Bangura: Former Minister of Youth Affairs from 2016 – 2018
Alfred Palo Conteh: Former Minister of Defense 2007 – 2014 and Former Minister of Internal Affairs from 2016 – 2018
Dr. Minkailu Bah: Former Minister of Education, Science and Technology from 2007 – 2018
Alimamy P. Koroma: Former Minister of Minister of Trade and Industry from 2007 – 2009 and Former Minister of Works, Housing and Infrastructure from 2009 – 2013
Mamoud Tarawally: Former Minister of Education, Science and Technology and Former Minister of Lands, Country Planning and the Environment from 2011 – 2013 and 2016 – 2018
Dr. Richard Konteh: Former Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Development from 2007 – 2008 and Former Minister of Trade and Industry from 2008 – 2013
Franklyn Bai Kargbo: Former Attorney General and Minister of Justice from 2010 – 2015
Zuliatu Muamatu Cooper: Former Deputy Minister of Health and Sanitation from 2016 – 2018
Raymond Saidu Kargbo: Former Director General of Petroleum Directorate 2013 – 2018
Number of Persons of Interest Indicted: 14 Persons of Interest
Number of Persons of Interest discharged: 3 Persons of Interest
Recommendations:
The highlights are:
All the Persons of Interest who failed to declare at least once their Assets to the Anti – Corruption Commission were found guilty of the offence created under Section 119 of the ACC Act and were by virtue of Section 122 of the ACC Act sentenced to six months imprisonment with an option of fine of Le30, 000, 000.
All the Persons of Interest who declared their Assets at least once or more to the Anti – Corruption Commission were found guilty of the offence created under Section 119 of the ACC Act but were cautioned and discharged.
All properties of Persons of Interest acquired within their total emoluments were discharged.
All funds of Persons of Interest in their Bank Accounts within their total emoluments were discharged.
All properties legally shown to belong to the spouse or jointly owned or to other relations and therefore, not belonging to the Persons of interest, and being therefore, outside the mandate of this Commissions were discharged.
All properties of Persons of Interest acquired with funds beyond and far above, and therefore not commensurate with, their legitimate means of incomes, allowances and other earnings and therefore, being products of unlawful and or unjust enrichments, shall be forfeited forthwith to the Government of Sierra Leone.
Upon due process taken for the legal forfeiture of all such forfeited properties, they shall be sold at public auction, or dealt with in any other lawful means as allowed by the Laws of Sierra Leone in dealing with forfeited properties, to interested persons at a fair value and the proceeds shall be remitted promptly into the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Government of Sierra Leone.
All funds and financial transactions in the Bank Accounts of all Person of Interest far above their total legitimate earnings shall forthwith be forfeited and if already spent by the Persons of Interest shall be refunded forthwith and paid by the Persons of Interest into the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Government of Sierra Leone within 30 days from the date of the ratification of this recommendation by the Government of Sierra Leone
In the event of failure or neglect or refusal by the Persons of Interest to make the refunds and or payment into the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Government of Sierra Leone within the 30 days period, the Government shall use all lawful means to confiscate all monies standing to his or her credits in any Bank Accounts and properties, movable and immovable, including houses, vehicles, stocks, belonging to the Persons of Interest for the purposes of selling them to recover the said amounts.
Implementation of Recommendations:
It is my hope that the Government of Sierra Leone under the leadership of H. E. Dr. Julius Maada Bio will find these recommendations helpful and useful in addressing and checking the grave ills of corruption on the economic and financial stability of the Republic of Sierra Leone and to recovers all stolen, misappropriated and or unaccounted funds and assets through an assiduous implementation of these recommendations, which in my humble view would go a long way in changing the narrative in public governance in Sierra Leone with the result that public offices would be held in trust and for the benefit of the people of Sierra Leone.
Appreciation:
The privilege to be called upon and to have served this great Country of Sierra Leone has indeed been mine. Having brought this assignment to a successful conclusion, it is fitting to give thanks and praise first to God for his grace and mercy all through the assignment. I express my appreciation to H. E. Mohammadu Buhari, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for approving my coming over to Sierra Leone to take up this assignment.
I express my appreciation to H.E. Julius Maada Bio, the President of Sierra Leone for appointing and giving me the opportunity to serve this Country and the free hand to carry out this assignment. I thank the Vice President, Mohammed Juldeh Jalloh, the Speaker, Rt. Hon Dr. Abass Chenor Bundu, the Hon Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Dr. Priscilla Schwartz, the immediate past and current Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Sierra Leone, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria, Hon Godfrey Onyeama, the former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Nigeria, Hon Odein Ajumogobia SAN, the High Commissioner of Nigeria to Sierra Leone, Dr. Habiss Ugbada, and his Staff, the Inspector General of Police, the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces, the Bishop and Dean of Diocese of Freetown and the Anglican Communion, AIG Morie Lengor Rtd., the Coordinator, Deputy Coordinator and Staff of the Commissions of Inquiry, Freetown. I appreciate the former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon Justice Walter C. N. Onnoghen and the President of the Court of Appeal of Nigeria, Hon Justice Zainab Adamu Bulkachuwa. I deeply appreciate my beloved wife, Dame Funmilayo Biobele Georgewill and my lovely kids, Mrs. Abilaba, Barr Lolia, Ella, Princess, Afam and Barr Diepriye.
I appreciate Mr. Lindsay Barret and Mrs. Joy S. Bob Manuel. I appreciate my twin brother, Prof Sir Owunari Abraham Georgewill. I appreciate my personal doctor, Dr. Mrs. Oulchi Wogu. I appreciate my dedicated close body guards, Sgt. Williams Jnr., and Sgt. Christian Gray.
I appreciate the Press, particularly Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation and African Young Voices Media Empire. I also appreciate all others who had in various ways ensured and contributed to my successful conclusion of this assignment. I say thank you all and God bless!
Wait, do we now have Trump supporter in SL? Denying facts does not work and we all know our govt officials,including the ones in power now. That your first reaction to the report is to deny, is very sad for our country. EBK was watching his ministers steal left and right, and he would just tell us the idiots – that his administration was anti corruption. Shame. Minkailu Mansaray stole a couple of millions and there was supposed to be an investigation. Nothing.
The outcome of the most trumpeted Commission of Inquiry in the history of Sierra Leone can be arguably seen as the greatest ANTICLIMAX in the history of the nation. It was like a large cauldron of vampire bats determined to spill blood before daylight comes; though they failed to realize that times have changed – since 1996, about two 25 years ago.
Today, there is the International community (UN); a strong African Union (AU); a rapidly transforming Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS); an aspiring Mano River Union (MRU); and most importantly, the world is becoming smaller due to the development of new technologies, including the Internet. Thus, people are largely exposed to information and communication technologies, and are rapidly becoming wiser. They are now looking for a fair game. Gone are the days of junta regimes.
Inevitably, the ploy to decimate the APC failed to gather enough momentum to accumulate the necessary energy to inflict a devastating impact. Of course it created a dent on the image of the APC, and the bruised APC would have to pay for their precedented reckless participation in the act of corruption. However, the APC has come out of the first round with sufficient potential to fight back. All the APC can do now is to solidify their resilience, improve comradeship and solidarity within their camp, and make sure they are ready to defend their breathing space, before the next round – until 2023.
Since, without any degree of uncertainty, the notorious ‘new direction’ paopa SLPP would surely come back at them (the APC) in an attempt to establish their illusionary picturesque social strata in the development and ‘ownership’ of the country. For two years, the SLPP’s main focus was to disintegrate the APC, irrespective of the priorities of a failing economy and the continuous suffering of the masses. All cylinders in the manoeuvring of economic fundamentals are firing at zero. Regional hegemony and an absence of morality had led to the closure of mines in mostly APC strongholds; leaving mining towns like Lunsar transforming into a ghost town. All these taking place in a climate wherein the President Dr Julius Maada Bio has travelled multiple times across the world, in search of direct foreign investments, to no avail.
The SLPP has played all the tricks in the book, to sucker the people and implement their long term plan, without any success. And, now what seems as a last resort to hang on to power, is evident in the sudden and unconstitutional declaration of a State of Emergency (SOE) to last for 1-year, supposedly for the fight against the spread of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) in which the country has yet to record an occurrence of the disease. They knew before hand that they have lost expectations of a favourable outcome in the Commission of Inquiry, and therefore had to activate the ultimate lever with the potential to bypass the constitution and instil fear across the nation and stay in power. Paopa!
The funny thing is the new ‘cowboy’ SLPP is not only arrogant and divisive, it has also got ‘attitude’. They believe that, they are the only ones to set the rules of the game – not the people, or any mechanism (with democratic credentials) that would adjust or regulate their dangerous gameplan. In other words, it is like implying that: hey, forget about the hard earned democracy that you fought for (for over a decade), we are now in an exclusive one-state political structure. We play the music and you to it … or else. (To be con’d)
Thanks Mr. Matturi, unfortunately you never included C4C as an alternative for SLPP voters. C4C and NGC could have served the interests of our country far better than APC. With the current APC leadership there’s no way, they can ever come to power in 2023. NRM needs your support, although I personally have the impression you support the chief (loyalty and faith is deeply embedded in SS), wherever he lays his head, that’s your political base. Presently I’m more interested in a Government of National Unity, which can be the most reliable political constellation for SALONE.
Thanks Mr. Anthony Moiba for your contribution on this glorious platform. Welcome back home. I was a bit worried about your long absence because of this Coronavirus pandemic. It’s now clear to me that you are safe, sound and well. As you can see, there are lots of changes that happened whilst you were away. For example, the opposition is more popular than the ruling party. This was mainly because of the political dynamism that has been created by the APC and flexing its muscles all over the country.
In fact, your party the NGC and the PMDC are profiting from the mass exodus of voters from the SLPP who are left to waiver where to go because, two years on, the SLPP can’t deliver on their promises. With Coronavirus and lockdown all over the world now, how can the SLPP continue with any development projects, even if they have one? Tell me Mr. Anthony Moiba. We say to those voters, it’s fine with the APC for you to support the NGC or the PMDC even if you don’t like the APC. No malice. We are all in the opposition and trying to make sure, SLPP is voted out in 2023. I hope you’ll be glad. Aren’t you? God bless Mr Anthony Moiba for his contribution as always on this glorious platform.
This is the beginning of a new dawn when it comes to corruptions in relation to political parties governance and accountability at their end of tenure. It’s no secret that the erstwhile government of EBK engaged in rampant corruption to the detriment of many of the suffering masses. From EBK himself down to the least minister, an all out competition was in play in regards to who amassed the most wealth and properties. From a fair vantage point, the previous Kabbah government was no different albeit former president Kabbah being less selfish and corrupt when compare to EBK.
From a patriotic stance, the commission of enquiry introduced by the Bio regime was indeed commendable. By all indications, a precedent has indeed been set — all outgoing government officials must be investigated. My hope is, the rule of law and penalties are applied squarely and balanced with no strings attach or political considerations. The former APC officials who have been found wanting and guilty must account for their deeds and return back whatever illegal properties or assets acquired, not excluding the repayment of stolen funds.
One day, you too will be called to answer for your careless Statements, just as Major Palo is about to. The “so called” COI was established through an Act of Parliament (at that time, the APC was in majority).
It’s most times better to ignore people who don’t know what they are talking about. God help people refrain from temperament and focus on the issues. My mentor always tells me this – “When a wise man enters the fool’s DEN, he gets the truth out”. The truth is what matters is my view. Nothing less. God bless our parliament and our justice system.
The AYAMPI POLITICAL PARTY (APC) which is an institution formed by the biggest destructive rat in the history of our nation has proven their ideology and character once again. And now they have grown to be the AKATA POLITICAL PARTY (APC) which is the biggest destructive cat that has the capacity not only to steal but to DESTROY the lives and properties of the people of Sierra Leone. I hope SATAN will reward them with the worst places in HELL.
All eyes are now on President Bio and his government to see the consequences of the report. Any display of weakness in implementing the recommendations of the report will doom mother Sierra Leone forever, giving both current and future public figures the audacity to plunder the resources of the nation, in the knowledge that impunity awaits them.
This is the moment for the President to show us that he is a man with a military background and a patriot.These criminals should be severely dealt with, they’re not even worthy of life if they can inflict such damage on their own their own nation.
Surely some have slipped through the net, but some echo in the future will help us identify and punish them. Otherwise divine justice will get hold of them.
To be continued.
This is only what was in the mandate of the COI to investigate. God only knows what else these rats have siphoned that would never be known. As (Emerson the talented musician calls them) God help us. Look at the state of the country, what true patriotic person would do this to his own people or country? After 10/11 years of civil war that was a direct result of this type of greed. These folks came back even more determined to rape the country. A war so brutal with innocent lives lost, limbs chopped off – no lessons learned?
It’s unfortunate the enablers of these rats are in and out of the country. They are now the ones complaining about how difficult things are for the citizens of Sierra Leone. In fact they are already planning for the next election with no vision for the country. But who their next leader would be, to probably engage in the same type of behaviour. 3/25/20 is a good day for our country; citizens are now more aware of who are the folks contributing to the decay of the country. This generation of citizens are no longer in acceptance of being burdened with robbing their dreams and aspirations away. The previous generation remained silent and bore the shame of corruption. We paid a heavy price for our silence by having a lower mortality rate, low grade pipe water electricity,and health care system, roads built since colonial times, broken education system, non existing infrastructure.
Corruption and indiscipline rained supreme. Ebola and Mudslide exposed our inadequate health care system. The people of Sierra Leone in 2018 decided – enough! One reason they voted in Bio is to expose the Cancer of corruption. Today he’s fulfilled a mandate given to him by the people. We’ve had enough! A lesson to the citizens; as we in the west know well indeed. “Election has consequences” Lonta!
One of the best things that President Bio did was to set up this commission of enquiry raising the bar for future governments.This explains the poverty our people continue to endure and the unexplained wealth of public officials who have seen public offices as a means of enriching themselves. This impunity must stop with the commission report fully implemented as this is what the people expect. I am so ashamed that those who are meant to be serving our people have betrayed their trust.
It names names in some cases, but its hard to see that the people at the very top of the pile were not involved in some way. This is a disgraceful situation what these perpetrators have done. But I cant understand the punishment not fit the crime. In some cases you say 6 months imprisonment or Le30 million fine. Well the fine is peanuts for the crimes. But alas its great to see that the government went after and found out these crimes against Sierra Leone.
You are too right! Man from abroad. They are sort of ignoring the head of the gang and mess around the amateurs. They’re talking about repossessing their assets to sell in order to recover the country’s money….it’d be worth mentioning that they should repossess their assets invested in Europe and the USA. Because these are where the main and important looted assets go.
Focusing on the ones in Sierra Leone will just be bits of crumbs!
Best of luck! And I’d really love to read the follow up of the new government’s effort and results on how much Leones (billions) come back? I never heard or Witnessed African country winning such challenge! Sierra Leone may be the 1st.
What a coincidence indeed. Obey and complain is going to be part of our new strategy. Honesty must prevail in our judiciary system, irrespective of the findings of this so called COI. Was it because of the release of this report that brought about this hasty declaration of the State of Public Emergency and the setting up of the security scare against Retired Major Paolo Conteh? They will be making a big mistake to silence and crack down on the APC and it’s members with such manoeuvres. Despite the Coronavirus crisis, the international community will not allow any JUNTA RULE in any country. We shall see. God bless our judiciary. To be completed.
Mr. Matturi for God’s sake, call a spade a spade and stop beating around the bush!!! If you want your Chief to be the next President of our country, then please try to show some seriousness and credibility when you are out making comments. To be in the opposition also carries responsibility which from my point of view never has been your focus of interest.
Your party has ruled this country for over 34 years, what sustainable development can you point out that stands the test of time, NOTTHING. So please appreciate and acknowledge the COI and their findings and let’s get this country sorted and put on the right footing for the benefit of us all.