The Chief Justice of Sierra Leone, Mr. Babatunde Edwards was yesterday asked by President Maada Bio to proceed immediately on leave.
The reason for the apparently impulsive action was not known, but the Chief Justice was immediately replaced in an acting capacity by the most senior judge of the Supreme Court, Justice Nicholas Brown – Marke.
Sierra Leone’s celebrated legal analyst , Lawyer Sorie Sengbe Marrah , looked at the legal implications.
