Sacked Sierra Leone Vice
President, Samuel Sam-Sumana is asking for $210 million (Over two trillion
leones) in compensation/damages and legal cost, plus his reinstatement.
From our reliable source, we understands that the case
which suffered a setback last Tuesday at the ECOWAS Court in Abuja has been
perfected and completed.
The lawyers had gone to the
court to challenge “violations of the human rights of His Excellency Alhaji Samuel
Sam-Sumana on account of his unlawful removal from the office of Vice President
of the Republic of Sierra Leone,” according
to a statement.
They argue that Sam-Sumana’s
sacking was unlawful and injurious and “deprived him of his right to the protection of the law; his right
to due process,…his right to participate in government and governance”.
want the ECOWAS Court to
declare his removal from office as illegal and to “order Sierra Leone to
take the necessary steps in remediation of the several rights
violations”.
Samuel Sam-Sumana was expelled from the ruling
All People’s Congress party in March 2015 in what was a prelude to his sacking
as Vice President. He was accused of lying about his faith and education
qualification as well as anti-party activities.
He went to the country’s
Supreme Court which ruled that the action of the president was within the law.
He has been living out of Sierra Leone for exactly one year.
Source: Sierraloaded
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