Former Sierra Leonean president returns home for ECOWAS summit following end of legal case

Former President Ernest Bai Koroma returns to Sierra Leone from political exile – courtesy of ECOWAS

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 19 July 2026: Ernest Bai Koroma, the former president of Sierra Leone this morning returned to Freetown, after spending over two years in political exile in Abuja, Nigeria, under the auspices of President Tinuba. His return has sparked questions as to whether he is now a free man to stay in his native home Sierra Leone permanently, after treason charges were brought by President Bio’s government, following allegations of …

Former Sierra Leonean president returns home for ECOWAS summit following end of legal case

FREETOWN, July 19 (Xinhua) -- Former Sierra Leonean President Ernest Bai Koroma returned to Sierra Leone on Sunday for the first time since leaving the country in January 2024, arriving to attend the 69th Ordinary Summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) at the invitation of the Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government. Koroma departed Abuja aboard a Nigerian pres