A former bodyguard of Sierra Leone’s ex-President Ernest Bai Koroma has been found guilty of treason and sentenced alongside 10 others over a failed coup last year.
Amadu Koita Makalo, who is also a former soldier, was sentenced to 182 years in prison on charges of treason, murder and shooting with intent to murder.
The charges followed attacks by gunmen on a military barracks and prisons last November.
It came months after a disputed election which saw President Julius Maada Bio narrowly re-elected for a second term.
More than 2,000 prisoners were freed and at least 20 people killed before the government regained control, terming the attack an attempt to overthrow the government.
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By Adenekan Sofiat The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has called for an amendment of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) Act to include the Nigerian Law School in its intervention programs. Speaking during the inauguration of 10-unit staff housing quarters for the Nigerian Law School […]
