By Hassan Osman Kargbo.

The Anti-Corruption Commission ACC has exonerated Jacob T. Sessie and four others. According to a press release from the ACC, five others persons were investigated in the matter- Jacob T. Sessie, Deputy Director of Budget; John Ellie Principal Accountants; Philip Yomba Senior- Senior Accountant; Starlyn Kemoh- Accountant; Josepha Johnson- Accountant all of the Ministry of Finance and the Accountants General’s Department respectively had been referred to their respective institutions for strong administrative disciplinary actions for their respective role in facilitating the crime or alleged benefits from it.

It continued that they thanked the Ministry of Finance for the referral and their full cooperation throughout the investigation. ACC wished to reassure the general public furthered that it would not relent in ensuring that public funds and public revenue were protected and where necessary recovered in full as prescribed by law with attendants’ strong consequences for the corrupt.

The release admitted that ACC wished to inform the general public that pursuant to section 7 (1) (b) of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act (as amended 2022), 2019 had entered into a non- prosecution agreement with Emmanuel Smart, Accountant Officers at the Sierra Leone Roads Authority after recovering the total sum of Four Million, Six Hundred and Fifty-four Thousand, Six Hundred and Fifty-eight (New) Leones (Le 4,654,658) from them in cash.