Sierra Leone’s former President Ernest Bai Koroma who was allegedly implicated in a failed coup in his country, has been negotiated out of his country by Ecowas.
On 4th January, the former President would be airlifted by Ecowas from Freetown to Nigeria’s Federal Capital Abuja.
The deal was reached on 23rd of December last year during an Ecowas delegation visit to Freetown by Senegalese President Macky Sall, Ghana’s leader, Nana Akufo Addo, and the President of the Ecowas Commission, Omar Alieu Touray.
A letter confirming the arrangement, and signed by the Ecowas Commission President, indicated that the Julius Maada Bio government agrees to the continual payment of the ex-President’s retirement benefits, a refund of his medical expenses, and to secure his properties at various locations in Sierra Leone.
