Defense Witness Testifies In Case Of Treason

By Fatmata Mohamed Bangura
Madam Kadiatu Bundu Caulker, the first defense witness for the second accused Sergeant Ibrahim Bundu Kamara, alias Amerikin, has testified before Judge Advocate Mark Ngegba and members of the board of the ongoing Court Martial trial.
Madam Bundu was led in evidence by defense counsel 1. A. Kamara Esq. She first informed the court that she is a business woman who stays at Goderich, and added that she recognised the second accused as her nephew and recalled that on Sunday 26th November 2023 that around 5:00 am whiles she was about to take her ablution for prayers, her phone rang.
She added that upon picking the call, she got an information about happenings that were going on at Wilberforce.
She testified that she immediately called the second accused, Ibrahim Bundu Kamara to check on him to know if he was safe as he was attached at the Wilberforce Barracks.
The Witness furthered that she then called the second accused several times but could not get him.
She added that in the evening at around 7:00 pm after prayers, the witness called the accused’s younger sister, Fatmata Bundu Kamara to know if they had heard about the fighting.
Madam Caulker said that after she had spoken to her, she went through the family WhatsApp group and saw a picture of the accused person in handcuffs with injuries in his face.
She furthered that on the following day the wife of the accused, Isha Kamara, called her and gave her information that the accused had been taken to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Headquarters but that he was seriously ill.
After the completion of her testimony, the witness was cross examined by State Prosecutor J. A. K. Sesay Esq.
The matter was adjourned for 5th July 2024.