Claim: The finance department of the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) looted
Source: Facebook (WeBlog232)
Verdict: Partly True
Researched by Iddrisa Bangura
A Facebook post by WeBlog232 on August 11, 2025, claimed the finance department of Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) had been broken into and looted.
According to the post, the office was looted a few days after the newly elected president and the executive body met with the Ad Hoc Transition Committee of the association.
“Information reaching this medium from the SLFA Secretariat reveals that just days ago, when newly elected President Babadi Kamara and his Executive met with the Transition Committee, the finance department of the SLFA was reportedly looted,” the post partly said.
Background
The SLFA recently concluded its presidential elections, where Babadi Kamara emerged victorious. The new executives subsequently formed an Ad Hoc Transition Committee on August 7, 2025, in accordance with Article 34(d) and Article 55 of the SLFA Statutes.
At a meeting with the committee, the newly elected president, in his remarks, stated that the Committee’s mandate was to review financial records, governance structure, staffing, projects, funding, and past operations.
“𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐋𝐅𝐀, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡-𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞,” 𝐊𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝. “𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥—𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬, 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬, 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚 𝐋𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞,” he stated.
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Fact-Check
A few hours after the claim was shared by WebBlog232, the SLFA published a press release, stating that a “reserve store containing audited financial documents at the SLFA Secretariat in Freetown was discovered to have been broken into.”
It added that three secretariat staff members, including the finance officer, who reportedly visited the premises during the weekend, have been invited by the police to aid ongoing investigations.
When FactSpace Sierra Leone contacted an official of the SLFA, he indicated that there had been no further development apart from what is on their press release. Thus, they cannot confirm whether anything is missing or if the store was indeed looted.
The evidence above shows that the finance department was broken into, but the claim that it was looted is unproven so far.
Verdict
Therefore, the claim by WeBlog232 is rated partly true.
Note: Idrissa Bangura is a member of the 2025 cohort of the FactSpace West Africa Volunteers project in Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Liberia and The Gambia.
