May 14, 2021
By: Francis F.M.Harding
The Anti-Corruption Commission is geared towards investigating and prosecuting alleged corrupt officials in the court of competent jurisdiction. The Anti- Corruption Commission is supervised by the Sierra Leone Ministry of Justice and under the leadership of Commissioner Francis Ben Kaifala, who has been in office since June, 2018. Corruption has been endemic in Sierra Leone and Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index has ranked the country out of 179 total countries.
In the exercise of their duty, the Commission has indicted the former Regional Manager of the Ombudsman officer, and of No. 23 Kambia Highway, Port Loko City on six (6) counts of corruption offences; two (2) counts bordering on soliciting and advantage, contrary to Section 28 (2) (a), and four (4) counts of accepting an advantage, contrary to 28 (2) (a), of the Anti- Corruption Commission Act No.12 of 2008 as amended by the Anti- Corruption Commission Act No.9 of 2019.
The Anti- Corruption Commission has charged Idrissa Alimamy Patience Kargbo, on various counts all between 1st April, 2019 and 31st January, 2020, in Port Loko City, in the North-West Region of Sierra Leone, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, solicited and accepted an advantage in the total sum of Five Million, One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Leones (Le5,150,000), from two complainants, ostensibly as payment for his upkeep and transportation in assisting them to recover their six months backlog salary.
According to the release from the Commission, Idrissa Alimamy Patience Kargbo is expected to make his first appearance in the High Court of Sierra Leone, in Makeni on the 20th May, 2021.