Agency Report
Sierra Leone’s government has revoked a pardon for a notorious witch doctor who was sentenced to death in 2016 for murdering and dismembering a DJ, after a public outcry.
President Julius Maada Bio’s office stated late Monday that it had revoked with immediate effect a pardon offered to Baimba Moi Foray, the witch doctor, on January 1.
The move followed broad outcry in the West African nation, where in 2015 the gruesome murder of DJ Clef — born Sydney David Buckle — became a cause celebre.
On the last night of his life, DJ Clef played a raucous set at the home of Foray, a so-called ju-ju man known for his high-society connections.
Clef was later found dead, with his organs and genitals missing, on the outskirts of the capital Freetown.
