Sierra Leone Ex-President Returns Home After Treason Charges Dropped
The former president of Sierra Leone has returned to the country after treason charges against him were discontinued. He had been residing in Nigeria while the legal proceedings were pending.
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Sierra Leone Ex-Ruler Returns Home After Treason Charges Dropped
Former Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma, accused of plotting to overthrow the government, has returned from Nigeria after criminal charges against him were dropped.
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Former Sierra Leone president Ernest Bai Koroma returned to his home country on Sunday, where authorities welcomed him after treason charges against him over an alleged coup attempt were dropped. Koroma had left for Nigeria in 2024, days after being charged with treason and other offences over a deadly 2023 army uprising. The former president, who led Sierra Leone from 2007 to 2018, arrived at the international airport in the capital, Freetown, accompanied by Nigerian ex-president Olusegun...
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Mr Koroma fled to Nigeria in January 2024 after a high court in Sierra Leone allowed him to travel on medical grounds despite being charged with treason The post Ex-Sierra Leone president returns home from Nigeria after treason case discontinued appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
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