Sierra Leone on Wednesday charged former president Ernest Bai Koroma with treason and different offences for his alleged function in what authorities have referred to as an tried coup on November 26, authorities stated.
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Koroma, who led the West African nation from 2007 to 2018, had beforehand been questioned, with authorities saying he was an official suspect within the organisation of the coup try.
“The previous president is charged with 4 offences, together with treason, misprision of treason, and two counts of harbouring,” an announcement signed by Data Minister Chernor Bah stated.
Sierra Leone on Tuesday charged 12 individuals with treason in reference to the coup try, together with Amadu Koita, a former soldier and bodyguard of Koroma.
Koita was extensively adopted on social networks the place he criticised the federal government of present President Julius Maada Bio.
On November 26, armed attackers stormed a military armoury, two barracks, two prisons and two police stations, clashing with safety forces.
Twenty-one individuals had been killed and lots of of prisoners escaped earlier than authorities had been capable of regain management after what they deemed a coup try by members of the armed forces.
The violence sparked fears of one other coup in West Africa, the place Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Guinea have all skilled putsches since 2020.
(AFP)