The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), has on February 2, 2021, filed an indictment against Julian Clarke, Human Resource Manager Sierra Leone Civil Aviation Authority (SLCAA), and Sallieu Kargbo, Senior Finance Officer, SLCAA, on a total of nine counts of corruption offences bordering on Abuse of Office and Conspiracy to Commit a Corruption Offence, contrary to the Anti-Corruption Act No. 9 of 2019.
The ACC said in a statement on Thursday that, Julian Clarke is indicted on Seven counts of Abuse of Office, while both are jointly charged on one count of Deceiving a Principal and another count of Conspiracy to Commit a Corruption Offence.
According to the particulars of offence, between 1st January and 30th December, 2020, Julian Clarke and Sallieu Kargbo conspired and deceived the Government of Sierra Leone by authoring and signing a bundle of documents which were forwarded to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Turkish Embassy, containing false information and for the purposes of facilitating the issuance of Turkish Visas to certain individuals who were purported to be staff of the Sierra Leone Civil Aviation Authority, knowing very well they were not.
The indicted persons are expected to make their first appearance in the High Court of Sierra Leone, Holden at Freetown on 16th February, 2021.
By Sallieu S Kanu
04/02/2021. ISSUE NO: 7995