Event Summary
On 11 October 2025, Admire Bio-Jalloh, President Bio’s niece, has threatened the safety and life of renowned journalist and presenter of the Morning Devotion programme on Truth Media after he mentioned the Sierra Leone Police Press Release in April 2024 informing the public of an investigation on allegations of Kush against Admire. Admire then took to social media hurling insults at Lamrana, and her husband can be heard in the background threatening to beat up the journalist. His employer, Truth Media, Sierra Leone Association of Journalist (SLAJ), and Media Reform Coordinating Group (MRCG) have all come out to condemn the actions of Admire and husband, with a formal complained being made by Lamrana against them.
In a Morning Devotion programme on Truth Media on 10th October 2025, Amadu Lamrana Bah questioned the impartiality of the Sierra Leone Police (SLP), after they put out a wanted notice for Natasha Beckley, with allegations that her property is under investigation on illegal drugs allegation. He compared the handling of Natahsa’s notice, who is a member of the opposition All Peoples Congress Party (APC), to Admire’s situation last year, where the SLP put out a notice to inform the public of their search at Admire’s residence, after allegation of her being the kingpin for the Kush trade emerged.
Sierra Leone Association of Journalist (SLAJ), Media Reform Coordinating Group (MRCG), and his employer Truth Media have all come out to condemn the utterances and threats by Admire and husband, on Lamrana’s life and safety. According to them, these threats and insults are not only disrespectful and dangerous but also a direct attack on press freedom and freedom of expression: fundamental rights guaranteed under the 1991 Constitution of Sierra Leone.