These charged have been a part of 85 individuals arrested in reference to the tried coup in Sierra Leone on November 26.
Sierra Leone authorities have charged 12 individuals together with a member of former President Ernest Bai Koroma’s safety element, with treason in reference to a failed coup in November, the federal government stated on Tuesday.
The accused have been arraigned earlier than a Justice of the Peace in Freetown on Tuesday, the Ministry of Info and Communication stated in a press release, including that they included ex-police and correctional officers.
“Different accused individuals are anticipated to be charged within the coming days,” the ministry stated.
A type of charged was Amadu Koita, a former soldier and bodyguard of former president Ernest Bai Koroma, Koita was broadly adopted on social networks the place he criticised the federal government of present President Julius Maada Bio.
Koita was arrested on December 4, one in every of 85 individuals arrested in reference to the occasions of November 26 when gunmen attacked a army barracks, a jail and different areas in Freetown. They freed about 2,200 inmates and killed greater than 20 individuals in what the authorities deemed a coup try by members of the armed forces.
The violence sparked fears of one other coup in West Africa, the place Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Guinea have all skilled takeovers since 2020.
Neither Koita nor his authorized consultant have commented on the fees.
Koroma, who condemned the assaults in a press release shortly after they occurred, was summoned for questioning in December as a part of the police investigation.
