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Abdul Kpaka, the man on trial for the murder of Sia Kamara, has concluded his evidence-in-chief before the High Court in Freetown, revealing for the first time why he repeatedly blocked the deceased on WhatsApp—a detail that emerged from emails already tendered as evidence.
Kpaka, who is being defended by lead counsel E.T. Koroma, testified on Wednesday that the blocking incidents were never acts of hostility but rather a strategy to avoid confrontation during disagreements.
“Whenever disagreements occurred between me and Sia, I preferred to avoid confrontation by blocking her number and limiting communication rather than engaging in arguments,” Kpaka told the court.
He explained that the decision to block her was sometimes intended to make her reflect on her actions. He added that he would always restore communication after receiving pleas from Sia herself or from her parents, siblings, relatives, and friends.
“After hearing pleas from her, or from her mother, father, sisters or friends on her behalf, I would eventually unblock her and restore full access to me,” Kpaka stated. He noted that while he blocked her on WhatsApp, he usually did not respond to her email messages.
Throughout his testimony, Kpaka maintained that he genuinely loved Sia Kamara and never intended to harm her. He told the court that their love was the foundation of their relationship until her death in August 2024.
“It is the love we both shared that kept us together all those years until her demise in August 2024,” he said.
When defence counsel Koroma asked whether he would ever think of hurting someone he loved, Kpaka replied, “No.”
He detailed the extent of his support for Sia, testifying that he showed her love, care, protection and guidance. He said he supported her during her studies at Fourah Bay College and continued to do so when she travelled to Nairobi, Kenya.
He purchased flight tickets for her visits to him and her family during holidays and also visited her while she was abroad. Kpaka further testified that when Sia was diagnosed with a heart condition in 2018, he contributed towards her medical expenses.
The court also heard testimony regarding email communications, previously admitted as Exhibits LL1 to LL45. According to the defence, some of the emails showed instances where Sia’s parents allegedly appealed to Kpaka to unblock her. Other pages contained photographs said to show Sia during a hospital admission after she suffered a blackout.
Lead prosecuting counsel Yusuf Isaac Sesay objected to the identification of the photographs, but the trial judge overruled the objection, allowing Kpaka to identify the person in the images as Sia Kamara.
