FREETOWN: Sierra Leone’s Anti-Corruption Commission has reportedly raided the offices of the country’s football association, one week after ordering SLFA President Isha Johansen to step down.

According to the BBC, the stated that under Sierra Leone law Johansen and her secretary general Chris Kamara had to vacate their posts while they are being investigated. Both have denied wrongdoing.

Alhassan Kargbo, the Deputy Director of Public Education and Outreach at the ACC, was quoted as saying: “Staff at the SLFA offices have been warned not to have any business with Johansen and Kamara and not to allow them into the secretariat.”

The staff were allowed to continue their work but the ACC warned them that “anyone who goes against the orders will face the law (arrest).”

Kargbo also confirmed that later on Tuesday, after the raid, Kamara handed over the necessary computer and passwords to Abdul Rahman Swarray, who the ACC recognises as the acting secretary general.

Johansen acknowledged she had received the ultimatum but did not confirm whether she would step down.

World federation FIFA is monitoring the process and could suspend Sierra Leone from international football under statutes prohibiting political interference.

A four-man FIFA and is also expected shortly in Freetown in an investigation into match-fixing allegations which include a World Cup qualifier between Sierra Leone and South Africa.

Since 2014, eleven officials and four players have been suspended by Sierra Leone’s FA pending investigation, with all having denied wrongdoing.

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