The first Vice President of the Sierra Leone Football Association. Brima Mazola Kamara, has taken over as the acting President with immediate effect after a meeting held in Makeni recently.
Kamara said he will try his best to take them to elections then when the new executive comes they will take over and start to run their affairs for the next four years.
The Association has appointed Deputy Secretary General, Abdulrahman Swaray as the acting Secretary General.
According to the Public Relation Officer of the Football Association, Ibrahim Kamara, the Executive Committee of the SLFA would like to inform football members and the general public that it has resolved in a duly constituted executive Committee meeting to set aside the immediate effect both the President Isha Johansen and the General Secretary Christopher Kamara who have been indicted by the Anti Corruption Commission for alleged corruption related charges and are due to appear in the High Court of Sierra Leone on the 30th of October, 2017. It was on these grounds they have asked them to step aside and the Vice President one takes over as acting President.
He said that the executive committee want to assure both Isha Johansen and Christopher Kamara that the Executive is fully behind them in ensuring they are proven innocent at the conclusion of the matter, so as to welcome them back to continue their contribution towards the development of football in Sierra Leone.
According to the Chair of the Western Area Football Association, Foday Turay, they have been willing to work with whosoever heads the Association.
Thursday October 26, 2017.