By Francis H. Murray
The High Court in Bo presided over by Justice A. T Ganda has convicted Bocakrie Sheku Mattia, Supervisor on Contract with Statistics Sierra Leone’s Bo office on a charge of soliciting an advantage, contrary to law.
Delivering his judgment on 25th February 2021, Justice Ganda ordered Mattia to pay a fine of fifty million Leones (Le 50,000,000) within one month effective from the date of the judgment or serve a five-year jail term.
The prosecution had alleged that Mattia between 1st and 3rd June 2020, in Bo Southern Sierra Leone while on a verification exercise for the World Bank supported Social Safety Net (SSN) program, meant to alleviate poverty among the poorest of Sierra Leoneans, solicited the sum of one hundred thousand Leones (equivalent of $ 10) from a potential beneficiary of the scheme.
The matter was prosecuted by Lawyer N.B.E Davies while the defendant was represented by Lawyer K.S. Coomber.
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