The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has in a press statement issued on Wednesday, February 2021 announced that it has indicted two persons, Foday Sulaiman Bangura and Abubakar Sankoh, on charges bordering on examinations malpractice.
In the release, the ACC informed the public that on 25th January, 2021, it filed indictments against Foday Sulaiman Bangura, a private security guard of the Lion Rock Security Agency, and of 16 Maguidi Street, Makeni; and Abu Bakarr Sankoh, of an unknown address, on two counts of Conspiracy to Commit a Corruption Offence, contrary to Section 128 (1), and Engaging in Academic Malpractice, contrary to Section 128 (3), of the Anti-Corruption Act No. 12 of 2008 (as Amended by the Anti-Corruption Act No. 9 of 2019).
The ACC is alleging that on November 27, 2020, both of the accused at Makeni, conspired with other unknown persons to impersonate the said Abubakar Sankoh, a candidate in the November/December 2020 private West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) conducted by the West African Examinations Council Sierra Leone (WAEC SL) and write the Business Management paper for the said Abubakarr Sankoh. Similarly, the ACC claims that on November 28, 2020, Foday S. Bangura at Makeni, engaged in academic malpractice by impersonating the said Abu Bakarr Sankoh, and writing the Business Management paper for the said Abu Bakarr Sankoh during the November/December 2020 private WASSCE conducted by WAEC SL.
Meanwhile, the indictees made their first appearance at the High Court sitting in Makeni on Wednesday February 3, 2021.
By Hasbin Shaw
04/02/2021. ISSUE NO: 7995