The High Court of Sierra Leone, holden in Bo city, has on February 25, 2021 convicted Bockarie Sheku Mattia, supervisor on Contract with Statistics Sierra Leone’s Bo office, on one count of Soliciting an Advantage, contrary to Section 28(2) of the Anti-corruption Act, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) said in a statement on Friday.
The Presiding Judge of High Court, Hon. Justice A.T Ganda, ordered the convict to pay a fine of Le50 million (Fifty Million Leones) within a period of One Month or serve a five- year prison term.
According to the particulars of offence, between 1st and 3rd June, 2020, in Bo, southern Sierra Leone, Bockarie Sheku Mattia, while on a verification exercise for the World Bank supported Social Safety Net (SSN) program meant to alleviate poverty from the poorest of Sierra Leoneans, solicited the sum of Le100,000 (One Hundred Thousand Leones) from a potential beneficiary of the scheme.
The State was represented by N.B.E Davies Esq., while the defendant was represented by K.S. Coomber Esq.
The Commission reassures the general public of its relentless commitment to controlling corruption at all levels in Sierra Leone.
By Salieu S. Kanu
01/03/2021. ISSUE NO: 8011