Evidence has surfaced that contradicts one of John Idriss Lahai's claims. And, as I've already stated, it's a clear sign that not everything he writes is true. He is doing the right thing, but depending entirely on rumor may jeopardize his kindness to Sierra Leone.
Brima Ronnie Kargbo, a youthful and charismatic Sierra Leonean who works for NATCOM as the Director of Administration and Human Resource Management Director, was featured in a publication by John Idriss Lahai. In an exact paraphrase of his "nemakui" English writing skills, Lahai claimed:
"Brima Ronnie Kargbo indeed started his Bachelor's degree studies at Njala University. It is also true that he abandoned the course halfway and moved to the UK (this was during the latter part of the civil war: 1996/1997-ish). As such, what is not true, and for which Njala University should investigate (to verify my claim) and, thereafter, sue Brima Ronnie Kargbo for forgery of their certificate (a crime of intellectual property right), is the fact that Ronnie submitted that, between October 1992 and July 1998, he studied and graduated with a BSc in Agricultural Science (General).
To cut a long tale short, John Idriss Lahai said that Mr. Kargbo didn't have his merit certificate and had to falsify his academic certifications in order to get a job at NATCOM.
Lecturers at the institution, people who attended the university and graduated with the accused, and documents with pictorial evidence have all been utilized to refute John Idriss Lahai's claims.
In my previous articles against John Idriss Lahai, I stated that he must be cautious with his results, or else he will recklessly damage people's hard-earned reputations, which will be impossible to rebuild in this type of culture.
Note that I am not endorsing anyone with undeserved academic credentials. And I'm pleased to see John Idriss Lahai exposing it, but it must be done in the proper and traditional manner.
I entered Njala with Briama in 1993 but he never graduated with us in 1999( two years extra as a result of the rebel attack in the Makonde campus and the AFRC take over). To clear your self from this public disgrace, post your original certificate or go to the government bookshop and get the Gazette of the 1999 graduates from USL. The attestation you are backing on is still not convincing.
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