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Former Sierra Leone President, Ernest Bai Koroma has been charged with 4 counts of treason in reference to an tried coup.
He was charged with 4 offences together with treason for his alleged position in a failed army try to topple the West African nation’s authorities in November, a court docket within the capital Freetown stated on Wednesday, January 3.
Final November, gunmen broke right into a army armory and a number of other prisons in Freetown, releasing nearly 2,000 inmates.
At the very least 18 members of the safety forces had been killed through the clashes. Greater than 50 suspects, together with army officers, have been arrested thus far.
He has denied any involvement within the assault which killed about 20 folks.
The fees in opposition to Koroma had been introduced a day after a dozen folks had been charged with related offenses in reference to the failed coup.
There have been political tensions in Sierra Leone since President Julius Maada Bio was reelected for a second time period in a disputed vote in June. Two months after he was reelected, police stated they arrested a number of folks, together with senior army officers, for allegedly planning to make use of protests “to undermine peace.”