By Politico Staff Writer
The trial of Dr. Samura Kamara, presidential candidate of the opposition APC has been postponed to the 27th of March 2023. The trial was due to resume on the 17th but judicial sources told Politico that the postponement has been caused by the fact that the US embassy needs time to process visas for lawyers on both sides and court officials to visit the Sierra Leone Chancery Building site in New York which is at the center of the case.
On the 23rd February 2023, Justice Adrian Fisher dismissed No Case submissions in respect of the five accused persons standing trial in what is now known as the Chancery Building case. The judge announced that the court would move to New York to inspect the building in relation to the evidence before the court.
The five accused persons are facing a 48 count indictments ranging from misappropriation of public funds, conspiracy to commit a corruption offence, abuse of office and other corruption related offences.
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