By Mabinty M. Kamara
The Sierra Leone Police has retired five senior police officers across the country. Politico understands that the retirees were all let go based on the stipulated retirement order, under section 7 (5) 173 of the laws of Sierra Leone of 1950 as amended by section 1 of the Pension Acts of 1973.
The five officers, all Assistant Inspector General, are Alfred Karrow Kamara, Amos Kargbo, Kalia Sesay, Ibrahim Koroma and the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Foday UK Daboh. They are all said to be within the range of retirement, which is two years to the maximum retirement age of 60.
Deputy Public and Media Relations Officer at the Sierra Leone Police, Samuel Saio Conteh, said the decision came directly from the Police Council.
“The order came from the Police Council, not from the Police administration itself. We have compulsory retirement and we have voluntary and solitary which is sixty years, but this one none of them are of the age of sixty years. But I cannot comment on the reason,” he said.
The decision comes just days after ten Police officers were sacked last week across the country.
The development also comes as President Bio announced plans to restructure the security sector.
“The objective is to make their leadership more decisive, more effective in crime prevention and deterrence, and to maintain peace and stability in the face of extreme acts of terrorist’s violence against the state,” the president said in a national address following widespread incidences of violence across the country last week.
The move also followed the sacking of Edward Soloku as Minister of Internal Affairs.
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