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Magistrate Santigie Bangura of Pademba Road Court No. 2 issued an arrest warrant on Monday, December 16, 2024, for Canadian national Sunanda Kikla following allegations of fraudulent activities amounting to over two hundred million Leones.
Kikla, who faces eight counts of conspiracy to defraud and obtaining money by false pretenses, failed to appear in court to respond to the charges. The prosecution, led by Deputy Superintendent of Police Sorie Conteh, applied for a bench warrant against both the accused and her sureties, a request granted by Magistrate Bangura.
According to police reports, between June 1 and November 20, 2024, in Freetown, Kikla allegedly conspired with unknown accomplices to defraud several individuals, including Hyson Attia Ngwoh, Louis Ayuk Onjong, and Munogo Sena Alaim. She reportedly collected sums totaling Le234,300 under the guise of facilitating travel to Dubai, India, Canada, and America, as well as falsely registering a business named “Awa and Sons Travel Logistics and Freight Forwarding” for one of the complainants.
The court heard that Kikla knowingly made false representations to obtain the funds and defrauded multiple individuals with fraudulent promises.
Magistrate Bangura adjourned the matter to January 9, 2024, pending further developments.
