ACC EXPOSED AGAIN

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The conviction on Monday of the Executive Director of the Sierra Leone Maritime Administration (SLMA) Philip Lukulay spelt another disaster for the Anti Corruption Commissioner and his team. This time around out of a one hundred and ninety four (194) count indictment charges levied against Mr. Lukulay by the ACC only thirteen were found tenable.
Mr. Philip Lukulay was charged by the Anti-Corruption Commission on charges including indictment for wilfully failing to comply with rules and regulations relating to the management of public funds, misappropriation and conspiracy.
He was barely convicted of twelve (12) counts of misappropriation of public funds and one (1) count of failing to comply with a requirement under the Anti-Corruption Act 2008 by the High Court of Sierra Leone.
The Hon. Justice Browne-Marke fined the accused a total of One Hundred and Twenty Five Million Leones (Le125, 000,000) and ordered him to repay the misappropriated sum of One Hundred and Thirty Nine Million Four Hundred and Seventy Eight Thousand Leones (Le 139, 478,000) into court within four weeks.
The state was represented by Reginald Sydney Fynn Jr. and Miatta Samba Esq. whilst the accused was represented by Emmanuel E.C Shears Moses Esq. and Solomon Jamiru Esq.
It could be recalled that a fortnight ago the NRA boss Alieu Sesay who was charged by the same ACC on 57 counts. Mr Sesay walked triumphantly out of court with all charges waived.
This recent spate of rulings that do not favour the ACC has caused most Sierra Leoneans to wonder whether it is in fact necessary to have an Anti Corruption Commission especially when the Commissioner takes home a whooping Le48M monthly.

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