The Magistrate Court No.1 in Kenema, presided over by His Worship Magistrate Hadiru Daboh, has on January 21, 2026 committed three defendants to the High Court of Sierra Leone to stand trial over separate criminal allegations ranging from murder to housebreaking and malicious damage.
The defendants are Ansu Goba alias “Gaza”, an 18-year-old Sierra Leonean pupil residing at Talia Torgboma Village in the Kenema Judicial District; Moseray Kamara, a 20-year-old unemployed Sierra Leonean of Kingsway Street, Kenema; and Samai Blango, a 20-year-old miner from Largo Town, Nongowa Chiefdom, Kenema Judicial District.
In the first matter, Ansu Goba was arraigned before the court on one count of murder. The prosecution, led by Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Sulaiman Kamara Esq, alleged that on October 27, 2025, at Mano-Kortuma Village, Nongowa Chiefdom, within the Kenema Judicial District in Sierra Leone’s Eastern Province, the accused allegedly murdered Kemoh Sesay Mannah.
No plea was taken from the accused during the committal proceedings, and the court noted that there was no legal representation for the defendant at the time. Magistrate Daboh ordered that Ansu Goba be remanded at the Sierra Leone Correctional Centre (SLCC) in Kenema pending trial, while the matter was formally committed to the High Court.
In a separate case, Moseray Kamara, also known as “Ice Boy,” was accused of allegedly breaking and entering the dwelling house of Samuel Lavallie and stealing the sum of Sixty-Eight Thousand New Leones (NLe 68,000). The alleged offence reportedly occurred on December 19, 2024, at Benduma-Meima Villages, Malegohun Chiefdom, in the Kenema Judicial District.
Meanwhile, Samai Blango was arraigned on two counts, including housebreaking contrary to Section 27(2) of the Larceny Act 1916, and malicious damage contrary to Section 51 of the Malicious Damage Act 1861.
According to the prosecution, led by Inspector Alphan Samuel Musa and in proceedings associated with Defence Counsel Banie E. Sesay Esq, the accused on December 12, 2025, at Largo Town in Kenema District, allegedly broke and entered the dwelling house of Fatmata Kabba with intent to commit a felony.
The prosecution further alleged that on the same date and at the same location, Samai Blango maliciously damaged one steel window valued at Three Thousand Five Hundred New Leones (NLe 3,500), property belonging to the said Fatmata Kabba.
As in the other matters, no plea was taken, and the court noted that the defendant had no legal representation at the time of committal. Samai Blango was subsequently remanded at the SLCC in Kenema, while his case was committed to the High Court for trial.
The committal of the three defendants now clears the way for the High Court of Sierra Leone to hear the matters and determine the outcomes in accordance with the law.
