{"id":27818,"date":"2024-01-29T17:16:03","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T17:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/acc-breakthrough-etu-finance-officer-confesses-to-diverting-le75167000-in-student-tuition-fees"},"modified":"2024-01-29T17:26:40","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T17:26:40","slug":"acc-breakthrough-etu-finance-officer-confesses-to-diverting-le75167000-in-student-tuition-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/acc-breakthrough-etu-finance-officer-confesses-to-diverting-le75167000-in-student-tuition-fees","title":{"rendered":"ACC Breakthrough: ETU Finance Officer Confesses to Diverting Le75,167,000 in Student Tuition Fees"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Sierra-Leone. <\/strong><\/span>The Commissioner of the Sierra Leone Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Francis Ben Kaifala, announced a major breakthrough in the ongoing investigation into financial misconduct at Eastern Technical University (ETU). The Assistant Finance Officer, Sheku Abdulai Kamara, had made a full confession to the effect indicted on 26 counts for the misappropriation of public funds.<\/b><\/p>\n

According to Commissioner Kaifala, Kamara had made full confession to the effect. kamara orchestrated a scheme that involved diverting Seventy-Five Million, One Hundred and Sixty-Seven Thousand (Old) Leones (Le75,167,000 received from Twenty-One (21) Students as tuition fees for the Eastern Technical University, for his personal use, without proper documentation in the university\u2019s accounts. The indictment encompasses a range of charges, reflecting the extensive nature of the financial misconduct.<\/p>\n

Kaifala emphasized, \u201cEastern Technical University (ETU) Financial Officer indicted on 26 Counts for Misappropriation of Public Funds. He ran a scheme whereby money collected from students were applied for his personal use and not reflected in University accounts. He had made full confession to the effect.\u201d<\/p>\n

Commissioner Kaifala emphasized the severity of the charges, stating that Sheku Abdulai Kamara had confessed to his involvement in the scheme. The confession is expected to play a crucial role in the legal proceedings against Kamara.<\/p>\n

The misappropriation of public funds at ETU has raised concerns about financial accountability within the educational institution. The ACC\u2019s swift action and thorough investigation underscore the commitment to combating corruption and ensuring transparency in Sierra Leone\u2019s public institutions.<\/p>\n

The indictment of Sheku Abdulai Kamara is a significant step in holding individuals accountable for financial irregularities, sending a strong message against corruption. As the legal process unfolds, stakeholders will be closely monitoring the case\u2019s progress, seeking justice for the misappropriated public funds and reinforcing the importance of integrity in educational institutions.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Sierra-Leone<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Sierra-Leone. The Commissioner of the Sierra Leone Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Francis Ben Kaifala, announced a major breakthrough in the ongoing investigation into financial misconduct at Eastern Technical University (ETU). The Assistant Finance Officer, Sheku Abdulai Kamara, had made a full confession to the effect indicted on 26 counts for the misappropriation of public […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":27817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[291,293,292],"class_list":["post-27818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-culture-and-art","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-sierra-leone","tag-sierra-leone"],"yoast_head":"\nACC Breakthrough: ETU Finance Officer Confesses to Diverting Le75,167,000 in Student Tuition Fees - Sierra Leone<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Commissioner of the Sierra Leone Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Francis Ben Kaifala, announced a major breakth ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/acc-breakthrough-etu-finance-officer-confesses-to-diverting-le75167000-in-student-tuition-fees\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ACC Breakthrough: ETU Finance Officer Confesses to Diverting Le75,167,000 in Student Tuition Fees\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Commissioner of the Sierra Leone Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Francis Ben Kaifala, announced a major breakth ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/acc-breakthrough-etu-finance-officer-confesses-to-diverting-le75167000-in-student-tuition-fees\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sierra Leone\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-01-29T17:16:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-01-29T17:26:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2024\/01\/sm_1706536409.681096.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"628\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/acc-breakthrough-etu-finance-officer-confesses-to-diverting-le75167000-in-student-tuition-fees#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/acc-breakthrough-etu-finance-officer-confesses-to-diverting-le75167000-in-student-tuition-fees\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"ACC Breakthrough: ETU Finance Officer Confesses to Diverting Le75,167,000 in Student Tuition Fees\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-29T17:16:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-29T17:26:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/acc-breakthrough-etu-finance-officer-confesses-to-diverting-le75167000-in-student-tuition-fees\"},\"wordCount\":319,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/acc-breakthrough-etu-finance-officer-confesses-to-diverting-le75167000-in-student-tuition-fees#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2024\/01\/sm_1706536409.681096.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Sierra-Leone\",\"Sierra-Leone\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"culture and art\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/acc-breakthrough-etu-finance-officer-confesses-to-diverting-le75167000-in-student-tuition-fees#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/acc-breakthrough-etu-finance-officer-confesses-to-diverting-le75167000-in-student-tuition-fees\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/acc-breakthrough-etu-finance-officer-confesses-to-diverting-le75167000-in-student-tuition-fees\",\"name\":\"ACC Breakthrough: ETU Finance Officer Confesses to Diverting Le75,167,000 in Student Tuition Fees - Sierra Leone\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/acc-breakthrough-etu-finance-officer-confesses-to-diverting-le75167000-in-student-tuition-fees#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/acc-breakthrough-etu-finance-officer-confesses-to-diverting-le75167000-in-student-tuition-fees#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2024\/01\/sm_1706536409.681096.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-29T17:16:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-29T17:26:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The Commissioner of the Sierra Leone Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Francis Ben Kaifala, announced a major breakth ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/acc-breakthrough-etu-finance-officer-confesses-to-diverting-le75167000-in-student-tuition-fees#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/acc-breakthrough-etu-finance-officer-confesses-to-diverting-le75167000-in-student-tuition-fees\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/acc-breakthrough-etu-finance-officer-confesses-to-diverting-le75167000-in-student-tuition-fees#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2024\/01\/sm_1706536409.681096.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2024\/01\/sm_1706536409.681096.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":628,\"caption\":\"ACC Breakthrough: ETU Finance Officer Confesses to Diverting Le75,167,000 in Student Tuition Fees\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/acc-breakthrough-etu-finance-officer-confesses-to-diverting-le75167000-in-student-tuition-fees#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"ACC Breakthrough: ETU Finance Officer Confesses to Diverting Le75,167,000 in Student Tuition Fees\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/\",\"name\":\"Sierra Leone\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"ACC Breakthrough: ETU Finance Officer Confesses to Diverting Le75,167,000 in Student Tuition Fees - Sierra Leone","description":"The Commissioner of the Sierra Leone Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Francis Ben Kaifala, announced a major breakth ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/acc-breakthrough-etu-finance-officer-confesses-to-diverting-le75167000-in-student-tuition-fees","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"ACC Breakthrough: ETU Finance Officer Confesses to Diverting Le75,167,000 in Student Tuition Fees","og_description":"The Commissioner of the Sierra Leone Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Francis Ben Kaifala, announced a major breakth ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/acc-breakthrough-etu-finance-officer-confesses-to-diverting-le75167000-in-student-tuition-fees","og_site_name":"Sierra Leone","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2024-01-29T17:16:03+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-01-29T17:26:40+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":628,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2024\/01\/sm_1706536409.681096.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/acc-breakthrough-etu-finance-officer-confesses-to-diverting-le75167000-in-student-tuition-fees#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/acc-breakthrough-etu-finance-officer-confesses-to-diverting-le75167000-in-student-tuition-fees"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"ACC Breakthrough: ETU Finance Officer Confesses to Diverting Le75,167,000 in Student Tuition Fees","datePublished":"2024-01-29T17:16:03+00:00","dateModified":"2024-01-29T17:26:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/acc-breakthrough-etu-finance-officer-confesses-to-diverting-le75167000-in-student-tuition-fees"},"wordCount":319,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/acc-breakthrough-etu-finance-officer-confesses-to-diverting-le75167000-in-student-tuition-fees#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2024\/01\/sm_1706536409.681096.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Sierra-Leone","Sierra-Leone"],"articleSection":["all news","culture and art"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/acc-breakthrough-etu-finance-officer-confesses-to-diverting-le75167000-in-student-tuition-fees#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/acc-breakthrough-etu-finance-officer-confesses-to-diverting-le75167000-in-student-tuition-fees","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/acc-breakthrough-etu-finance-officer-confesses-to-diverting-le75167000-in-student-tuition-fees","name":"ACC Breakthrough: ETU Finance Officer Confesses to Diverting Le75,167,000 in Student Tuition Fees - Sierra Leone","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/acc-breakthrough-etu-finance-officer-confesses-to-diverting-le75167000-in-student-tuition-fees#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/acc-breakthrough-etu-finance-officer-confesses-to-diverting-le75167000-in-student-tuition-fees#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2024\/01\/sm_1706536409.681096.jpg","datePublished":"2024-01-29T17:16:03+00:00","dateModified":"2024-01-29T17:26:40+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The Commissioner of the Sierra Leone Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Francis Ben Kaifala, announced a major breakth ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/acc-breakthrough-etu-finance-officer-confesses-to-diverting-le75167000-in-student-tuition-fees#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/acc-breakthrough-etu-finance-officer-confesses-to-diverting-le75167000-in-student-tuition-fees"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/acc-breakthrough-etu-finance-officer-confesses-to-diverting-le75167000-in-student-tuition-fees#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2024\/01\/sm_1706536409.681096.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2024\/01\/sm_1706536409.681096.jpg","width":1200,"height":628,"caption":"ACC Breakthrough: ETU Finance Officer Confesses to Diverting Le75,167,000 in Student Tuition Fees"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/acc-breakthrough-etu-finance-officer-confesses-to-diverting-le75167000-in-student-tuition-fees#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"ACC Breakthrough: ETU Finance Officer Confesses to Diverting Le75,167,000 in Student Tuition Fees"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/","name":"Sierra Leone","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}