Abubakar Hashim/Freetown.
At today’s press conference, the Inspector General of Police IGP, William Fayia Sellu, confirmed that former President Ernest Bai Koroma, is now a suspect in the ongoing trial, with other 79 suspects also in Police net.
Breakdown of Suspects according to IGP:
50 Serving Military Officers
5 Dismissed Military Officers
7 Serving Police Officers
1 Retired Police Officer
15 Civilians
1 Correctional Officer
Ernest Bai Koroma
Total – 80
The IGP confirmed that the former President had all along been treated with full respect, dignity and decorum befitting him as a former President.
Each day, after interrogation, he is granted self bail, on self recognition, to his private property at Goderich, on government supported security escort.
His house is also fully protected by government security, not by the security at his permanent residence at Makeni, where he was invited last Thursday for the ongoing investigations.
The other 79 suspects are detained in various cells in Freetown.
The IGP also revealed that the former President travelled to Freetown on the same day on Thursday when he received the invitation as it was 24 hours in duration.
The IGP, Sellu, replaced former IGP Sevula on July 27, 2022.
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