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Six military personnel have been sentenced to lengthy jail terms after being found guilty of subversive activities aimed at unseating President Julius Maada Bio.
The verdicts were handed down by a Court Martial during its 26th sitting on February 12, 2025, following the trial of the accused.
The six individuals were arraigned on October 17, 2024, for eight counts of mutiny, failure to suppress mutiny, and desertion, to which they all pleaded “not guilty.”
The accused military personnel, led by Major Patrick Abu Ordende Sesay, were found guilty of their involvement in a plot to destabilize the government. The sentences were as follows:
- Major Patrick Abu Ordende Sesay (1st Accused) – Found guilty on all five counts and sentenced to a maximum jail term of 75 years.
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Major Juana Kabbah (2nd Accused) – Found guilty on all four counts and sentenced to a maximum jail term of 60 years.
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Major Foday Sumana Kamara (3rd Accused) – Found guilty on all four counts and sentenced to a maximum jail term of 60 years.
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Major Ibrahim Abu Bakarr Bangura (4th Accused) – Found guilty on all four counts and sentenced to a maximum jail term of 50 years.
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Lieutenant Zainab Amara Suwu (5th Accused) – Found guilty on all four counts and sentenced to a maximum jail term of 50 years.
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Corporal Mohamed Koroma (6th Accused) – Found guilty on all five counts and sentenced to a maximum jail term of 75 years.
The case, titled The State vs Major Patrick Abu Ordende Sesay alias PAO and 5 Others, was vigorously prosecuted by 15 lawyers, including JAK Sesay, PA Williams from the Law Officers’ Department, and Colonel MBS Kamara from the Directorate of Defence Legal of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF). The prosecution presented 16 witnesses and 47 exhibits to prove their case.
The accused were represented by a team of defense lawyers, including I Bangura, S Elleamoh, OV Garber, E Sanders, C Kamara, A Yankay-Kargbo, and JK Kobba. Each accused person testified in their defense, attempting to disprove the prosecution’s case.
The trial was presided over by Judge Advocate Mark Ngegba, Court Martial President Colonel SMO George, and a panel of board members including Lieutenant-Colonel PS Brima, Major MN Sillah, Major S Falama, Major I Samura, and Warrant Officer (Class 1) I Fofanah.
In a related case, the Court Martial is set to review evidence in the case of The State vs Major Bai Sesay and 6 Others on Thursday, February 13, 2025. This case is linked to the bloody coup in which 18 security personnel and two civilians were brutally killed.
Further episodes of this trial will delve into the evidence presented by both the prosecution and the defense to provide a comprehensive view of the proceedings
But you just mentioned 300 years in prison
You’re an idiot
Maada bio is just putting people into problems this so call military judges and the so call judge advocates ngobeh will say the truth one day. All the people that are following him to put his nation into tribal conflicts will pay for it. All he is trying to do is to make the Army a mende army which will never possible. 80% of the people he is trying to put into problems in different ways are Limba ,temne, Loko and fulla. As long as you are from the northern or western part of Sierra leone you are a big target to the paopa mende government.
My brother it’s really sad for an educated person to be saying such when there are realities and clear evidences to prove their bad deeds. Why can’t they wait for election day? Anytin way nor kill u go mek u strong👌
This sierra Leone government has turn to tribalism… nowadays all the soldiers are mende …..the last time I applied for military job but I was disqualified because am not a mende so so tribalism this country e sorry
Probably your qualifications disqualified you
All those judges and panel who has join the paopa government to kill and judge wrongly just to punish innocent people’s because of political affiliation will see the out come , we are going to follow you and members of your close family they will pay the price. The so call judge advocate they will pick you from your car to the funeral home, I promise you . And others a day will come Hou will say the truth . You can run but you cannot hide. Maada will denied you one day .Sierra leone is a small country all those that has involve in different killing will pay for it .leema and associates, pademba road attack, August 10th , makeni generator, tombo attack, and the so call hungry lion ,that day you will know that you are just a cats that is feed with bone
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I don’t thinked u ar living in sierra Leone , how could you be in supports of people try to creates coahs in the country ? If u really know what we went through during the 11yrs senceless rebel war, you wonts be in supports of such people….
Any body talked nonsence agaist the government for these measures you are an idiot! How could you be in supports of people who were trying to disterbilised the country ? And you ar on media talking rubbish against the government …Let me here any say any rubbish here …
You guys forget to know that in those days you attempt to over trolls a sitting government they will put you under gun point and kill you but now it’s life in prison it’s not about Temne Limba or any other tribe but the truth is that last year November all those that was involved in that failed crow there was no Mende names that was mentioned only Temne Limba and the other so what did you expect if Temne is involved in failed crow did you expect Mende men to run jail come on