Ex-President Koroma Will Return to Sierra Leone After Medical Treatment

Ex-President Koroma Will Return to Sierra Leone After Medical Treatment – Nigerian Foreign Affairs Minister

Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, has disclosed that former President of Sierra Leone, Ernest Bai Koroma, is expected to return to Sierra Leone within three months after completing medical treatment in Abuja.

Ambassador Tuggar made this revelation during a gathering with members of the Diplomatic Correspondents Association of Nigeria (DICAN) in Abuja.

Addressing concerns about Koroma’s presence in Nigeria, Ambassador Tuggar clarified that the former Sierra Leonean leader currently resides in Nigeria for medical reasons. He emphasized that Koroma’s stay in Nigeria was aimed at alleviating tensions in Sierra Leone.

“I believe he’s away for some medical treatment. He will return in a while, I think, three months, but this is where he’s residing. He’s safe and sound here,” stated Ambassador Tuggar.

He further explained the rationale behind maintaining discretion regarding Koroma’s presence, noting the importance of avoiding unnecessary attention that could potentially escalate tensions in Sierra Leone.

“We don’t want a situation where he’s residing here and we continue to speak about him and he’s attracting a lot of attention. And maybe he’s even been put in an awkward position where he has to start speaking and then that defeats the purpose of us diffusing the tension in Sierra Leone,” Ambassador Tuggar remarked.

He urged cooperation from the media in respecting the objective of maintaining stability in Sierra Leone by refraining from excessive coverage of Koroma’s presence in Nigeria.

Koroma who served Sierra Leone as President from 2007 to 2018 is facing a four-count charge relating to his purported involvement in the overthrow of the Sierra Leonean government of President Julius Maada Bio on November 26, 2023. The charges include treason, misprision of treason, and harboring.

On January 17, Koroma was granted permission to depart Sierra Leone to Nigeria for urgent medical treatment. The decision follows a successful bail review application submitted by his legal team, seeking a ninety-day allowance for his overseas medical attention.

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| 2024-11-11 23:55:33

A criminal is always the first one to raise alarm, Bio is a doctor of coup de'ta, a former junta, why he always pointed fingers at others when he already knows what he has done wrongly to the people of this country?
| 2024-09-06 18:16:18

Deceitful koroma's staying in Nigeria cannot stop justice back home. He is not important than other citizens facing investigations in connection with the alleged 26 November 2023 coup d'etat. Let him come and defend himself as F.M. Minah( a seating VP) did . If he refused to come Nigeria Govt will have to give answers for that.
| 2024-04-09 17:49:07

No one is above the law. Let him return to that country and face the law accordingly without fear or favor if he believes that he is innocent of the four - count charges.
| 2024-04-06 13:48:21

Madda Bio na dream you dae dream bo. You touch Earnest you touch all, enti u nr get beteh sense fly sef knw hot guss...
| 2024-04-05 11:49:11

Is it really for medical reasons or it is to prevent him from standing trial in a competent court of law now disguised in an effort to reduce tension in Sierra Leone the reason for his long Nigeria stay which has caused delay in trial depriving the people of Sierra Leone??? Issues like treason in any country cannot be solved without tension. This is logically a foreseeable consequence in such circumstances. Logically our government was just cooperating with the demands of ECOWAS sent by way of a letter. days before the court order.
| 2024-04-05 08:35:14

Den pipul ya get sense ya....tay d 3 month go reach, d tripartite go don conclude den findings ....use your head...
| 2024-04-05 08:02:19

In their own time history is repeat in the bad way of duplicate they youths, What are same Do come back home, of seeing the video of how you disgrace yourself old man for nothing Petty
| 2024-04-04 22:07:29

At get for ask the Angel way d distribute people den na country y e watch me pinnnn e sen me na Salone smh
| 2024-04-04 18:41:46

According to sources, Koroma has been charged with treason and now on the run using medical as a shield to escape the court sitting. Ooh ya, Silvia Blyden calling him as Oga Emeka 😁
| 2024-04-04 18:35:32

We are kindly awaiting for him to come and answer the treason charge against him in Sierra Leone
Senior | 2024-04-04 18:21:34

This is political and diplomatic window dressing. I can not envisage the likelihood of Ernest Bai Koroma returning to Sierra Leone. But let's wait and see.
Mohamed Kamara | 2024-04-04 18:20:58

It is the objective of Maada Bio and his PAOPA killer regime to arrest and kill all the stakeholders of the APC party members.. APC party grassroot members would be happy to hear that Maada Bio arrests and even identify some of the APC party members who collected some money from him , Maada Bio ( the APC party stakeholders ) with the hope of supporting him in his reign. but are now betraying him. Theses are the BAD politicians in this country, who must be identified, publicity named and Shamed.. These are some of the Evil people in this country..They are the Selfish and Hypocrite people in this country.. Please, Maada Bio help the people of Sierra Leone by Identifying and Naming those Economic exploiters of this county for their Selfish ends.
| 2024-04-04 17:30:00

Hmmm