Alpha Kanu Again

For fear of being implicated…

Presidential Adviser Betrays ACC

By Theophilus Sahr Gbenda

Alhaji Dr. Alpha Kanu, also known as Alpha Khan, former Minister of Information and Communication now Special Adviser to His Excellency President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma and Ambassador at Large, has caused the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) to be in great risk of losing a major case in the High Court of the Republic of Sierra Leone.

The ACC filed an eight count corruption charges against one Mohamed Sesay alias Assassin, for which Alpha Khan was listed as principal witness. Rather conspicuously, Alpha Khan absented himself throughout the preliminary court sittings which eventually left the presiding Judge Justice Miatta Samba to drop three of the main charges determining the outcome of the matter.

Delivering her ruling on a no case submission by counsel for the defence, Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai Esq., Justice Miatta Samba said “For counts 4, 7 and 8 to have been established, the ACC should have brought Honourable Alpha Kanu to testify that he did not sign the documents purportedly signed by him”.    

Whether the ACC will appeal the initial ruling of Justice Miatta Samba remains to be seen, but what is clear is that Alhaji Alpha Kanu’s refusal to testify in the matter has left many with thoughts that he fears being implicated should he testify.

This accordingly, is an embarrassing situation for the ACC.