On 30 September 2015, Ibrahim Kamara was arrested in Makeni, Sierra Leone for allegedly impersonating the Deputy Anti-Corruption Commissioner, Shollay Davies, and police Assistance Inspector General, Morray Lengor.
According to the ACC file, the accused, impersonating as Davies, called Mustapha Bonnie, the Security Coordinator, Officer of National Security, in Bombali requesting the telephone number of Sorie Ibrahim Koroma, security coordinator, Officer of National Security in Kono.
The file further revealed that after a few hours the conversation between the accused and Bonnie ended. The accused later called Bonnie again and requested for Bonnie to send him money through Airtel money.
On several dates in September 2015, the ACC alleged that the accused impersonating AIG Lengor, contacted Sorie Ibrahim Koroma.
In the first conversation between the accused and Koroma, the ACC said that the accused told Koroma that his driver had a break-down along Kono High Way and asked Koroma to assist him with money through Airtel money.
On several conversations, Koroma told the court that he received calls from the accused as AIG Lengor requesting for money stating that he sent the money each time as the AIG requested.
Frustrated with the numerous requests by the impersonating AIG, Koroma said he later called Bonnie to tell him about the issue.
Koroma said upon discussion with Bonnie, he later observed that it was a fraudulent deal and Bonnie confirmed the same telephone number used persistently has been calling him identifying himself as Davies and requesting for money through Airtel money.
The accused was later arrested while retrieving the last airtel money sent to him by Koroma in Makeni.
Meanwhile, the accused denied the allegation and said he was sent by one of his friends to help him retrieve the said money while the airtel money agent confirmed that the accused has been receiving money on several occasions on Koroma telephone number.
The accused was remanded at the Correctional Centre as the matter continues on 2 May 2018. SV/18/4/18
By Sylvia Villa
Thursday April 19, 2018.
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