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Ady Macauley, a lawyer, former Head of the Sierra Leone Anti-Corruption Commission (APC) and member of the All People’s Congress (APC) party, has refused tweets making rounds on social media alleging that, five members of the opposition party have been arrested after showing up at a registration center in Freetown, on allegations of their involvement in the Augusts 10 2022, insurrection. It was posted on 3rd September 2022
Fact-Checkers Comments
When the Truth Team of the Salone Fact-Checker contacted Ady Macauley, he refused the post making roundso n social media and stated that someone wants to smear his reputation. He retweeted: “The above tweet is fake, and it was an unknown person that cloned in order to smear my reputation.
By AbdulAziz Samura
Ady Macauley, a lawyer, former Head of the Sierra Leone Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), and member of the All-People’s Congress (APC) party, has refuted tweets making rounds on social media alleging that, five members of the opposition party have been arrested after showing up at a registration center in Freetown, on allegations of their involvement in the August 10, 2022, insurrection.It was posted on 3rd September ,2022.
The cloned tweeter account of Ady Macauley received multiple reshared on various social media platforms.
He retweets: “The above tweet is fake, and it was an unknown person that cloned into my Twitter account, edit it and supper impose whatever they wished in order to smear my reputation.”
He went on, “I took a snapshot of the fake news, and I indicated on it, please ignore this post, it is fake, and it does not come from me.”
The Director of External Relations at Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL) , Albert Massaquoi noted that since the registration process started on 3 September 2022, to date, “no arrest has been made whatsoever by the commission, especially in relation to something that has to do with the August 10, 2022, riot.”