Musa Tarawally’s Lawyers Signal Court Action Against SLPP PRO Moses Mambu
Deborah Sorie Lawyers representing Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) flagbearer aspirant Hon. Alhaji Musa Tarawally have maintained their seven-day demand for action over a public notice issued by the party concerning his status and dealings under the SLPP name.
In a letter dated 24 September 2026 addressed to Gevao & Associates, the law firm representing SLPP National Publicity Secretary Moses Sellu Mambu, Jengo, Sam & Partners said the response they received did not address the substantive issues raised in their earlier correspondence.
The lawyers said their original letter was not about Tarawally’s eligibility to present himself as an SLPP flagbearer candidate, but specifically concerned a public notice dated 19 September warning SLPP members, the public and the business community against transacting with Tarawally in the name of the party.
According to the lawyers, they had requested two main pieces of information: details of any occasion on which Tarawally had allegedly conducted a transaction in the name of the SLPP and the identity of the party organ or official that authorised the public notice.
“Your letter supplies neither,” the lawyers said.
They further stated that they considered the notice to have been issued without sufficient authority, adding that they were prepared to invite a court to reach the same conclusion.
The lawyers said Tarawally’s demands, contained in their earlier letter of 20 September, remained in force and that the time given for compliance had not been affected by the subsequent exchange of correspondence.
They warned that once the seven-day period expires, they would proceed with the steps set out in the earlier letter without further notice.
The latest exchange is part of a wider dispute over Tarawally’s membership of the SLPP and his eligibility to present himself as an aspirant for the party’s flagbearership.
The dispute began publicly on 17 September, when SLPP National Chairman Jimmy Batilo Songa directed Tarawally to stop using the SLPP logo, presenting himself as a party member or holding himself out as a flagbearer aspirant. Songa cited a response from the Citizens Democratic Party (CDP) dated 3 September, which reportedly stated that Tarawally remained a member of the CDP.
Tarawally rejected that position, saying he resigned from the CDP in 2018 and subsequently returned to the SLPP. He has maintained that he is a fully paid-up SLPP member, a Grand Chief Patron and a national delegate. He has also cited his participation as an accredited delegate at the SLPP’s 2025 National Delegates Conference as evidence of his membership.
On 19 September, Mambu issued the public notice referred to in the lawyers’ latest letter, directing SLPP officials, members, supporters and other stakeholders not to conduct official business with Tarawally under the party’s name, authority, logo or structures without authorisation from the party leadership.
Tarawally’s lawyers subsequently demanded withdrawal and retraction of the notice, arguing that it was beyond the authority of the official who issued it and that their client had not been subjected to the party’s disciplinary process.
The SLPP’s legal representatives, Gevao & Associates, have maintained the party’s position. In a response dated 23 September, the firm said the party continued to stand by its position concerning Tarawally’s eligibility to present himself as an intended SLPP flagbearer candidate and said it was prepared to defend the matter in court.
