A magistrate court in Freetown, Sierra Leone, issued an arrest warrant for Canadian national Sunanda Kikla on Monday, December 16, 2024, due to her alleged involvement in fraudulent activities within the country.
The accused was scheduled to appear before Magistrate Santigie Bangura at the Pademba Road Court No. 2 in Freetown. Kikla is accused of fraudulently obtaining over two hundred million Leones from multiple complainants by falsely claiming that she would facilitate their travel to Dubai, India, and Canada.
Kikla is also alleged to have knowingly registered a company under false pretenses for one of the complainants, Ngwoh.
Eight counts of conspiracy to defraud and obtaining money by false pretenses were brought against Kikla. However, the accused was not present in court to respond to the charges.
According to a police report, the accused, Sunanda Kikla, conspired with other unknown individuals between June 1 and November 20, 2024, in Freetown to commit the crime of obtaining money by false pretenses.
Kikla is also accused of obtaining the sum of two hundred and thirty-four million, three hundred thousand Leones (234,300,000) from Hyson Attia Ngowh, Louis Ayuk Onjong, and Munogo Sena Alaim by falsely claiming that she would facilitate their travel to Dubai, India, Canada, and America.
Furthermore, the accused falsely claimed that she would register the business company of Hyson Attia Ngowh under the name "Awa and Sons Travel Logistics and Freight Forwarding."
The prosecutor, Deputy Superintendent of Police Sorie Conteh, applied for a bench warrant against the absent accused and sureties.
Magistrate Bangura granted the application and issued a bench warrant against the absent accused. The matter was adjourned until January 9, 2025.
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