Former president Koroma has been granted bail and an order to go Nigeria on medical ground

A high court in Sierra Leone has granted the country’s former president, Ernest Bai Koroma, an order to travel to Nigeria on medical grounds. It comes amid fevered speculation that the government and ECOWAS reached a deal last week to allow the 70-year-old to relocate to that country following treason charges against him. The ECOWAS Commission President, Dr Omar Alieu Touray visited the country for the second time since the November failed coup attempt. Koroma didn’t appear in court today something for which his lead lawyer, Joseph Kamara, apologised before tabling the medical report and the court order. Kamara wouldn’t say when his client would leave. Attorney General and Minister of Justice wouldn’t comment on today’s outcome. The case was adjourned to 6 March.

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