By Fatima Kpaka
Favor Jajua, a trader, was on Monday, October 23, 2023, sent to prison by Magistrate Mark Ngegba of Court No1 for wearing an Operational Support Division (OSD) T-shirt without lawful Authority.
The accused made his first appearance in court and was charged with one count of unlawful possession of a police T-shirt contrary to section 33(1) of Cap 37 as amended by section 5 of Act No 6 of 1981.
According to the charge sheet, the accused Favor Jajua on Wednesday, October 11, 2023, at Congo Cross in Freetown was found in possession of one Sierra Leone police operational support division polo suspected to be unlawful obtained.
When the charges were read and explained to him, he pleaded guilty as he has no legal representation made on his behalf.
According to a brief fact of the matter, one chief Inspector Amidu Kamara, an OSD officer attached to OSD headquarters, arrested and brought in the accused to the Congo Pross Police Station as he was found wearing delta polo.
The prosecutor Inspector Mabel Tarawally informed the court that the matter is fact as charge and in the circumstance requested for an adjournment to come with the exhibit.
Magistrate Ngegba refused to admit the accused on bail and adjourned the matter to October 27, 2023.