Treason Trial: Amadu Koita's Phone Tenderd in Court-Martial

Treason Trial: Amadu Koita’s Phone Tenderd in Court-Martial

Amadu Koita Makalo, the first accused in the ongoing treason trial for the November 26th, 2023, failed coup, had his cell phone tendered as evidence at the court martial in connection to the related offense.

A Samsung galaxy-S23 ultra phone was on Thursday 11th April 2024, and photos from the phone were displayed in court showing Koita and others, who are said to be on the run, performing a ritual with a herbalist.

Photos from the phone also showed them slaughtering a white sheep at the place of the herbalist. This happened after a witness, Detective Mohamed Jusu from the cyber unit was called to tender the said phone.

Furthermore, a WhatsApp conversation of the 6th accused, Corporal Edward Koroma alias Smallie was also displayed in the court martial after his phone had been tendered. Photos on his WhatsApp showed men doing rituals alongside a certain herbalist.

A photo of a white sheep was also captured. His WhatsApp conversation with a person not identified in court at the session indicated that he sent photos of the gate of the general armory of the Joint Logistics Unit (JLU) situated at Murray town.

Photos of a container and vehicles stationed at the JLU were also sent, accompanied by voice messages.

The twelfth Prosecution witness, Corporal David Saidu, military personnel attached to the Joint Provost Unit at Cockerill military headquarters, also tendered military fatigues and other items to the court at the same session.

The other items include a wallet that contained the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) document of one Mohamed Woodie among other documents that were also tendered in court.

According to Corporal Saidu, the items were retrieved from Woodie when he was arrested at a place known as Cane Stick, Murray Town community.

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| 2024-04-15 14:44:06

It is interesting that the rules of court procedure in Sierra Leone does not allow for a period of discovery, where evidence and witnesses are made known (to the defense) PRIOR to the start of the trial proper. Instead what we see, is the drip drip introduction of evidence and witnesses DURING the trial. We always seem to do things DIFFERENTLY.
| 2024-04-13 07:34:55

Hmmm
| 2024-04-12 22:26:42

There are those sets of people who are too far from the truth.
| 2024-04-12 20:56:47

Mohamed kamara your roto rata postage can't help your so called Ernest Bai Koroma . When is own trial comes up then without any fact then you can make a positive comments but for now you are commenting foolishly
Mathew Sawyer | 2024-04-12 20:50:48

ICC can not imprison someone withaot sufficient proofs. No genocide had ever been committed in Sierra Leone. We would want to see which right will ACC get to disadvantage a sovereign state and it's leader. Stop spreading this faked rumors.
Ma | 2024-04-12 20:38:16

ICC will only imprison someone with sufficient evidence.
Mohamed Kamara | 2024-04-12 18:18:25

You are determined to implicate Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma whom you have already called the Financial supporter and Master planner. Please Note that nobody has ever called Ernest"s Name in your Made up plan Coup. All of you put together cannot fighting Ernest Bai Koroma will Not succeed because you are all Evil people. You do not Love this country. It will not take long for you people to understand that it is a Sin to target Innocent people. I now accept that you are all not Religious and so you are EVIL like your leader Maada Bio who has killed more than a thousand innocent people in this country. Maada Bio will have to end up in the ICC prison. You people have allowed Maada Bio to destroy your political party. the ( SLPP) and the nation.. Honestly speaking,it will take the SLPP more than a decade to come back to power. "... The evil that Men do lives after them..." So Maada Bio's evil in this country will live after him, sure.
Syl | 2024-04-12 17:39:37

When we reach to the trial of Earnest Bai Koroma his own evidences will come clearly to the public domain that he was the financial and master planner of this coup on Nov.26. At that time now , the whole world will now know who is Earnest Bai Koroma.