The Petroleum Regulatory Agency (PRA) Commissioner Mr. Baluwa Koroma has said at the usual press briefing organized by the Ministry of Information and Civic Education at the Conference Hall of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on Thursday December 5th, 2023 that the recent shortage of fuel in recent days is caused by late arrival of vessels and that his institution statistics shows that Sierra Leone consumes 1.4 million liters of fuel a day.
He said PRA has contributed hundreds of millions of leones to the Consolidated Revenue Fund and hopes to realize one trillion Leones (old notes) by end of 2023.
In another development, the Minister of Information and Civic Education Mr. Chernor Bah at the same meeting, informed that Amadu Koita who was among the wanted persons for the alleged foiled coup attempt on Sunday November 26th 2023 has been arrested at a domicile sheltered by a female police officer, Sergeant Alimatu Hassan Bangura with Police No.14120 on Monday December 4th 2023. The officer was attached to the Interpol Section at the C.I.D and was also arrested for harbouring the fugitive.
The Minister said at the same domicile where Koita was arrested, another police officer attached to the New England Police Station, Inspector John M.K. Kamara was equally arrested at Tree Planting community in Freetown. He disclosed that the number of the suspects arrested so far is 67 in all and presently helping the CID in their investigations.
He said 23 attackers have been questioned and their statements sent to the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Attorney General’s Office. The head of the National Commission for Peace and National Cohesion Madam Sally Hawa Samai on her part condemned the alleged attempted coup which took place at a time when the mediation process committee was ongoing. She urged the general public not to politicize the issue as both SLPP and APC have published a press release distancing themselves from the coup. She said there is no indication for now that the attempted coup has a political backing.