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New details have emerged in the case against Mohamed Kamanda, a driver attached to the House of Parliament, who was arrested following an alleged attempt to sell a government vehicle.
Kamanda made another appearance before Magistrate John Manso Fornah at Pademba Road Court No. 2 in Freetown on a single count of larceny contrary to Section 2 of the Larceny Act of 1916.
According to the particulars of the offence, on Tuesday, December 30, 2025, at the Parliament Building on Tower Hill in Freetown, the accused allegedly stole a Nissan Armada V8 Jeep with registration number MDR 001. The vehicle, valued at seventy-five thousand United States dollars (USD $75,000), was stolen along with physical cash of twenty thousand Leones (Le 20,000) and a pair of sunglasses. The total value of the stolen items is estimated at one million, eight hundred and twenty-seven thousand, eight hundred and ninety Leones (Le 1,827,890), all belonging to Honourable Dixon Momoh Rogers.
Testifying as the second prosecution witness, Inspector Ernest Alfred Brima, who is attached to the Parliament Police Station, provided a detailed account of the events leading to the arrest. The prosecution is being led by Deputy Superintendent of Police Sorie Conteh.
Inspector Brima told the court that he knows the accused as a driver at Parliament and is also familiar with the complainant, Honourable Dixon Momoh Rogers, who serves as the Director of Transport at Parliament.
He testified that on the evening of December 30, 2025, while on duty, the accused approached him and requested the key to vehicle MDR 001, stating it was assigned to the Chief Whip of Parliament. The witness said he handed over the key after recording the transaction in the station logbook, which the accused signed and provided his phone number for.
The vehicle was not returned after the New Year holidays. According to Inspector Brima, when the Chief Whip later required the vehicle, it could not be located. A check of the logbook revealed that the accused had taken the vehicle and failed to return it.
Multiple attempts to contact the accused using the phone number he provided were unsuccessful, as the line was switched off. It was then that police received intelligence that Kamanda was attempting to sell the vehicle.
Inspector Brima testified that police subsequently engaged an agent who had allegedly been contacted by the accused to facilitate the sale. A team of officers, accompanied by the agent, proceeded to Alpha Bah in Jui. There, they located the vehicle, which had been kept at a guest house, and arrested the accused.
Kamanda was taken to the Central Police Station, where the matter was formally reported and he made a statement.
During the court proceedings, the accused informed the magistrate that he wished for his lawyer to conduct the cross-examination on the next adjourned date. Magistrate Fornah granted the application and ordered that the accused be remanded at the Male Correctional Facility in Freetown pending further hearings.
