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Koroma Returns to Freetown After Treason Charges Dropped

9/7/2026

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Ernest Bai Koroma returned to Freetown after treason charges were dropped.
He arrived with former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo and Foreign Minister Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu.
Sierra Leone Foreign Minister Mohamed Rahman Swarray and APC officials welcomed him at the airport.
Vice President Mohamed Jukdeh Jalloh said the return aims to promote peace before the 2028 election.

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Ernest Bai Koroma returned to Freetown after treason charges were dropped.
He arrived with former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo and Foreign Minister Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu.
Sierra Leone Foreign Minister Mohamed Rahman Swarray and APC officials welcomed him at the airport.
Vice President Mohamed Jukdeh Jalloh said the return aims to promote peace before the 2028 election.