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Ex-Sierra Leone President Released, Banned From Leaving House Amid Coup Investigation
Ex-Sierra Leone President Released, Banned From Leaving House Amid Coup Investigation
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On November 26, a group of militants attacked an arms depot near Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, and the Pademba Road Prisons in what the government called a... 10.12.2023, Sputnik Africa
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Sierra Leone's former president, Ernest Bai Koroma, has been released on bail on condition that he stays in his home with a limited number of guests, Information Minister Chernor Bah said.Bah added that police would continue questioning the former president on Monday.Koroma, who led the West African nation from 2007 to 2018, was summoned for questioning by police on Thursday after his former security aide was taken into custody earlier.The former president then said he would comply with the police summons since he wanted to actively cooperate in the investigation.Moreover, Koroma's office called the attempt to link the former president to the events of November 26 "utterly misplaced."On November 26, dozens of militants stormed Sierra Leone's capital, broke into the country's main arsenal and prison, and freed most of the more than 2,000 prisoners. On November 27, Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio announced that most of the leaders of the attackers had been arrested. According to media reports, 71 people, mostly military officers, have been taken into custody.The army said that the "failed coup attempt" killed about 20 people, including soldiers, attackers and one civilian.
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Ex-Sierra Leone President Released, Banned From Leaving House Amid Coup Investigation
17:46 10.12.2023 (Updated: 17:59 10.12.2023) On November 26, a group of militants attacked an arms depot near Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, and the Pademba Road Prisons in what the government called a "failed coup attempt."
Sierra Leone's former president, Ernest Bai Koroma, has been released on bail on condition that he stays in his home with a limited number of guests, Information Minister Chernor Bah said.
"The conditions include that he can’t step out of the house without the expressed permission of the inspector general of police," he wrote on X (formerly Twitter).
Bah added that police
would continue questioning the former president on Monday.
Koroma, who led the West African nation from 2007 to 2018, was summoned for questioning by police on Thursday after his former security aide was taken into custody earlier.
The former president then said he would comply with the police summons since he wanted to actively cooperate in the investigation.
Moreover, Koroma's office called the attempt to link the former president to the events of November 26 "utterly misplaced."
On November 26, dozens of militants stormed Sierra Leone's capital, broke into the country's main arsenal and prison, and freed most of the more than 2,000 prisoners.
Following the events, which Koroma condemned, authorities imposed a nationwide curfew.
On November 27, Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio
announced that most of the leaders of the attackers had been arrested. According to media reports, 71 people, mostly military officers, have been taken into custody.
The army said that the
"failed coup attempt" killed about 20 people, including soldiers, attackers and one civilian.
