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Two siblings have reportedly taken their sister to the High Court in Freetown, seeking her removal as administrator of their late mother’s estate and asking the court to appoint a neutral party to take over its management.
William Campbell and Sarian Campbell, first and second plaintiffs respectively, have filed an originating summons against their sister, Harriet Watson-Nee Campbell, before the High Court. The matter was heard by Justice Mohamed Bawoh at the Main Law Court Building in Freetown on Wednesday, February 25, 2026.
The plaintiffs are asking the court to remove the defendant as administrator of the estate of their late mother, Georgiana Campbell. They are further requesting that their step brother, Muminu Ogunbola Zubairu, be appointed as a neutral administrator to take over the estate.
According to the originating summons, the plaintiffs want letters dated June 24, 2021, which were obtained by the defendant and which made her administrator of the estate, to be struck out.
They argue that the letters were obtained without their consent and authority as beneficiaries of the estate. The plaintiffs are also asking the court to strike out the title deed or any other document obtained by the defendant in respect of the property forming part of the estate.
During the hearing, Lawyer Ibrahim Brisco Kamara, representing the plaintiffs, told the court that both the plaintiffs and the defendant are biological siblings.
He submitted that since the letters of administration were granted to the defendant, she had failed to ensure that other beneficiaries benefit from the estate. He further argued that the defendant had failed to give an account of the property as required by law.
Counsel for the plaintiffs said their concerns were heightened by a letter dated January 3, 2025, written by the defendant and addressed to the plaintiffs. The letter was titled “trespass and unlawful interference on property of Mrs. Harriet Watson no.19 Kick Land Street Gloucester Village.”
He told the court that in the letter, the defendant described herself as the owner of the property in question. He said it was against that backdrop that the plaintiffs filed the application seeking her removal and the appointment of their step brother as administrator.
Lawyer E.B. Kamara, representing the defendant, applied for an adjournment to enable him to confer with his client. The court granted the request.
The land in dispute is situated at Gloucester Village in the Western Area Rural Mountain. The matter has been adjourned to March 4, 2026, for further hearing.
