The chance that Bolle Jos will actually be extradited to the Netherlands is quite high, thinks opposition leader Mohamed Kamarainba Mansaray. According to the pronounced politician from Sierra Leone, global media attention is embarrassing the government. “Of course they do not want to be known as a country that cooperates with drug criminals,” he tells Omroep Brabant.
Mansaray is the leader of the Alliance Democratic Party (ADP) opposition party in Sierra Leone and fights against the (corrupt) government in the country. Through well -entered domestic sources, the politician received information about Bolle Jos in recent months. He collaborated with journalists from AD and Follow the Money, who did the revelations about his place of residence on Friday.
The news that one of the most wanted criminals in Europe is hiding in Sierra Leone has also taken a bomb there. Where previously nobody in the West African country knew who Jos Leijdekkers was, according to Mansaray it is nowhere else about it.
“Everyone in Sierra Leone now knows that he is the most wanted man in Europe.”
“He was very young in the photos that the police have distributed for years. He clearly benefited from that, “he says.” Now that the Ministry of Information has responded, it is really a ‘big deal’. The BBC, Al Jazeera, all media have brought this news. And because of that everyone in Sierra Leone now knows that he is the most wanted man in Europe. “
According to Mansaray, the drug lord in Sierra Leone has been going on in recent years. He would go through life there as Omar Sheriff, a false name. Large quantities of cocaine and other drugs are shipped to Sierra Leone from South America. “He is the biggest cocaine producer there. He ensures that all drugs enter the country, “says Mohamed Mansaray. In exchange for money, the government would help him with that.
After his participation in the 2018 elections, the same government ensured that Mansaray ended up in prison. He is said to have raped a minor girl, a lie that he believed by the government to get rid of him. When he was released a few years later, he fled to America.
“Jos stayed inside the entire weekend.”
“If I was in Sierra Leone now, I would have been dead,” says Mansaray. He fears his life since the revelations. “Last night I dreamed that I had to go to prison. But I don’t keep my mouth shut. Young people die there by drugs. When Jos is stopped, a very large part of the drug problem will stop.”
According to the sources of the politician, Bolle Jos is still in Sierra Leone. But it would be hot under his feet. “He is still there and has not fled to my knowledge. But I think he is afraid, he stayed inside all weekend. “
According to the opposition leader, the Netherlands must now take action. “There are two options. Or they deliver it. Or they let him go to another country. You must put pressure on the government in Sierra Leone. Because they are undoubtedly afraid that they will be exposed in front of the rest of the world. ”