2024

ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION OF SIERRA LEONE

An independent institution established for the prevention, investigation, prosecution and punishment of corruption, corrupt practices and to provide for other related matters. 

Contact us on: +23278832131 or info@anticorruption.gov.sl
Address:  Integrity House, Tower Hill, Freetown Sierra Leone, West Africa.

ACC INDICTS SHEKU ABDULAI KAMARA, ASSISTANT FINANCE OFFICER, EASTERN TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY ON 26 COUNTS OF CORRUPTION OFFENCES, FOR THE MISAPPROPRIATION OF TUITION FEES OF 21 STUDENTS AMOUNTING TO 75 MILLION (OLD) LEONES

PRESS RELEASE

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) wishes to inform the general public that it has filed an indictment against SHEKU ABDULAI KAMARA, ASSISTANT FINANCE OFFICER of the Eastern Technical University in Kenema on TWENTY-SIX (26) Counts of Misappropriation of Public Revenue, Contrary to Section 36 (1) of the Anti-Corruption Act, No. 12 of 2008 as amended by the Anti-Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2019.

According to the particulars of the various offences, SHEKU ABDULAI KAMARA, on diverse dates, between January 2021 and December 2023, at Kenema, in the Eastern Region of the Republic of Sierra Leone, misappropriated public funds amounting to Seventy-Five Million, One Hundred and Sixty-Seven Thousand (Old) Leones (Le75,167,000) received from Twenty-One (21) Students as tuition fees for the Eastern Technical University. 

SHEKU ABDULAI KAMARA is expected to appear in the High Court of Sierra Leone Holden at Kenema on the 30th January, 2024.

The Commission wishes to reassure the general public of its continued resolve to curbing public sector corruption and all levels of corruption in Sierra Leone.

For further enquiries on this and other ACC matters, please contact Sylvanus Blake, the Public Relations Officer on +232-78-832131 or via email info@anticorruption.gov.sl.

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PATRICK SANDI

DIRECTOR, PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH