By Politico staff writer A schoolboy is to appear in court today over the killing of his teacher in Freetown. Usual reliable sources say after weeks of investigations, Aroun Conteh has finally been charged with murder of 68-year-old Gilis Edwin Ola Johnson. Mr. Johnson’s body was found in a pool of blood in the afternoon of Saturday 11th March 2023 at his Victoria Street,
By Politico staff writer Politico can authoritatively reveal that the CID in the coming days will charge a schoolboy with murder over the death of his teacher in Freetown. Usually, reliable sources say after weeks of painstaking investigations, a decision has now been reached to charge Aroun Conteh with the murder of 68-year-old Gilis Edwin Ola Johnson. Mr. Johnson’s body was
By Saio Marrah The second prosecution witness in the preliminary investigation into the alleged murder of a teacher from Providence Secondary School has told a magistrate in Freetown that while he didn’t see the accused schoolboy kill his 68-year-old teacher, he saw him enter the late man’s house. Ibrahim Mansaray told Magistrate Mark Ngegba that the accused Aroun Conteh was
By Alpha Abu 68-year-old school teacher whose brutal killing some three weeks ago shocked the entire nation was yesterday laid to rest at the Ascension Town Cemetery in Freetown, a funeral that attracted teeming groups of mourners dressed mostly in black. The funeral cortege of the late Gilis Edwin Ola Johnson from the Portuguese Town Church on Campbell Street where a service