A former police chief from Sierra Leone has been detained and turned over by Liberian authorities after that nation accused him of plotting a coup against President Julius Maada Bio’s administration.
Mohammed Y Toure was detained “at the request of the Sierra Leonean authorities on the allegation of helping plan subversive activities intended to unseat [Mr Bio’s] government,” Liberian Information Minister Ledgerhood Rennie said in a statement on Tuesday.
According to him, preliminary investigations led Liberia to decide to comply with Sierra Leone’s request and deliver the former police commander to that country.
He continued by saying that Sierra Leone had assured him that all of his rights, including the right to a swift and fair trial, would be upheld.
A former police chief from Sierra Leone has been detained and turned over by Liberian authorities after that nation accused him of plotting a coup against President Julius Maada Bio’s administration.
Mohammed Y Toure was detained “at the request of the Sierra Leonean authorities on the allegation of helping plan subversive activities intended to unseat [Mr Bio’s] government,” Liberian Information Minister Ledgerhood Rennie said in a statement on Tuesday.
According to him, preliminary investigations led Liberia to decide to comply with Sierra Leone’s request and deliver the former police commander to that country.
He continued by saying that Sierra Leone had assured him that all of his rights, including the right to a swift and fair trial, would be upheld.
Last week, the police said they had arrested several people including unnamed senior military officers, for “working to undermine the peace and tranquillity of the state”