The former Minister of Transport and Aviation, Leonard Balogun Koroma must have been spinning between the deep blue sea and the devil, following the incredible and unthinkable fraud unearthed in the 100 buses deal.

Prior to the Transition Report, the purchase of the controversial 100 buses from China with an invisible garage and spare parts for an overpriced cost of $ 12Million amidst the country’s crippling economy was met with huge criticism from the public and civil societies who almost immediately called for an investigation on suspicion of corruption.

Though the government by then failed to investigate the blatant misused of tax payers’ money (s) since the buses were bought on loans that are to be reimbursed, the Minister and cronies continue to enjoy a filled day, until now that the Transition Report has exposed massive corruption that had been swept under the red carpet all this while.

Notwithstanding the much trumpeted spare parts and mobile garage that form huge junk of the manipulative cost, yet these buses have worn-out and secretly abandoned with no spare parts, thus undermining it relevance in cushioning the transportation constraints facing the populace.

It is no secret that, an element of corruption was unearthed in the entire deal the very day the buses arrived in town as it was less than the required 100 purported by the Minister. Had it not been discovered by the media, government would have hoodwinked Sierra Leoneans into believing that the buses were correct since he had no plans by then to divulge it.

Now that the day of reckoning has come and the shady aspect of this deal has been brought to the fore with the Transition Report, the citizenry are now calling on President Bio to fully implement the recommendations of the report with specific reference to the $12Million dubious buses deal that was done with an Executive Clearance.

However, many say, President Bio should set a precedent on corrupt officials who they believe are squarely responsible for the present economic doldrums that continues to see millions of Sierra Leoneans living in abject poverty, while these corrupt officials and families linger in unexplained wealth.