*A quick quide on how $1,000,000 donated by the Chinese Government 🇨🇳 for the renovation of the Sierra Leone 🇸🇱 Permanent Mission to the UN in New York found its way into ETIC SARL Ltd’s account*
🟡 The Chinese Government promised to give Sierra Leone $2,000,000 to help with the refurbishment of the Sierra Leone Permanent Mission Chancery Building in New York.
🟡 The Chinese said the money will be paid in two tranches of $1,000,000 each.
🟡 The Chinese asked the then Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alie Kaba, to give the details of the account they should pay the money into.
🟡Alie Kaba instructed Paul Minah, the then DG of Foreign Affairs and now Deputy Ambassador to Turkey 🇹🇷, to provide the Chinese with the account details of ETIC SARL, a private company with no connection to government.
🟡 Paul Minah Complied as instructed by his then boss, Alie Kaba, and gave the Chinese ETIC SARL account in Freetown.
🟡 The Chinese paid $1,000,000 into ETIC SARL’s account and Alie Kaba never told the SL UN chancery that the money 💰 has been paid until the Chinese Permanent Rep to the UN informed Dr. Francis KaiKai, the then SL Rep to the UN about the transfer almost 6 months after the transfer.
🟡 Government asked Alie Kaba to have the $1,000,000 donor funds housed in ETIC SARL’s account to be paid into the CRF.
🟡 when the Money was eventually transferred only $871,300 was transferred into the CRF with an outstanding amount of amount of $128,700.
🟡 Africanist Press blew the whistle on this dubious transaction. ACC two years later recovered the $128,700 of donor funds which ETIC SARL Ltd had held on to.
🟡 information coming out of the cross-Examination of ACC prosecution witness, Joseph Noah, is that:
▪️the shareholders of ETIC SARL Ltd are Musa Kamara, Fatoumata Kaba & Abdouramane Kaba.
▪️Alie Kaba admitted during his interview by the ACC that he directed Paul Minah to have the Chinese pay the $1,000,000 into A private Company’s account.
▪️ Alie Kaba also admitted during his interview at the ACC that the shareholders of ETIC SARL Ltd Abdouramane Kaba and Musa Kamara are his relatives
*Court Reporter* 😎
