Sierra Leone’s former president Ernest Bai Koroma, charged for his alleged role in what authorities call an attempted coup, left the country and arrived in Nigeria on January 19, 2024.
Koroma landed in Abuja on Friday afternoon, welcomed by National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu and the president of the ECOWAS Commission Omar Alieu Touray.
Nigeria had previously offered to allow the ex-president to enter temporarily, which he accepted.
The 70-year-old, who led the West African nation from 2007 to 2018, received permission from judicial authorities on Wednesday to spend a maximum of 3 months in Nigeria for medical treatment.
Current president Julius Maada Bio called the court’s decision a “humanitarian gesture” during an address to the nation on Thursday evening.
Koroma who has effectively been under house arrest since December 9, was charged in early January with four offences including treason concerning the events in late November.
