The Sierra Leonean police has invited Ernest Koroma, former
president of the country, to assist in an ongoing probe into the security
breach that rocked Freetown, the country’s capital city, nearly two weeks ago.
Chernor Bah, the country’s minister of information and civic
education, had said “unidentified individuals” attacked the barracks which houses
several foreign embassies, including those of China, Germany, Austria, Gambia,
Lebanon and Syria.
Following Bah’s announcement, the government declared a
nationwide curfew.
Prisoners also escaped from a detention facility after a
coordinated jail break orchestrated by gunmen.
A day after the incident, Julius Bio, president of Sierra
Leone, said most of the leaders of the attack have been arrested and that
investigations were ongoing.
Bio also assured that those responsible would be held
accountable through due process.
Although the president had refrained from describing the
chain of events as a coup, the minister of information and civic education
confirmed that it was a failed coup plot.
Bah spoke through a statement issued on Thursday.
“At around 11:00 AM today, 7th December, 2023, the Sierra
Leone police served a summons to the former President of Sierra Leone, Dr.
Ernest Bai Koroma — inviting him to report at the headquarters of the Criminal
Investigations Department in Freetown within a period of 24 hours,” the
statement said.
“The former president is invited to assist the police in the
ongoing criminal investigations into the November 26th failed attempted coup in
Sierra Leone.”
The statement added that the ministry of information and
civic education will provide updates as the investigation progresses.
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