{"id":25552,"date":"2025-11-01T07:54:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T06:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=25552"},"modified":"2025-11-01T07:54:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T06:54:07","slug":"false-two-girls-who-reportedly-got-married-have-not-been-sentenced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/false-two-girls-who-reportedly-got-married-have-not-been-sentenced\/","title":{"rendered":"False! Two girls who reportedly got married have not been sentenced"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Claim: <\/strong>A viral Facebook post by Queen Kadish alleged that two girls who married each other in Sierra Leone have been sentenced to five years and three years in prison, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Verdict: <\/strong>False! The Sierra Leone Police Media Team, through ACP Brima Kamara, confirmed to DUBAWA that \u201cthe claim is not true.\u201d There is no credible evidence or official report to support the allegation that the two women were sentenced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Facebook user named Queen Kadish Love posted<\/a> a report claiming that the Sierra Leone Police had set an example by arresting and ensuring the imprisonment of two girls who married each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The post alleged that one of them was sentenced to five years and the other to three years and some months. It further claimed that \u201cSierra Leoneans are happy with what the police did.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The post has since attracted several reactions and shares, sparking heated debate online over LGBTQ+ rights, the role of the police, and the law in Sierra Leone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verification<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

DUBAWA contacted Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Brima Kamara, the head of the Sierra Leone Police’s Media Team, for clarification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his response, ACP Kamara described the claim as \u201cNot true.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He further noted that the Sierra Leone Police does not have the authority to sentence individuals, as sentencing is the function of the courts under the country\u2019s judicial system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A review of official police and media reports, including the Sierra Leone Police Facebook Page<\/a>, the Sierra Leone Judiciary Facebook Page<\/a>, and credible local news platforms, showed no record of such an arrest or conviction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conclusion<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The claim that two girls who married each other in Sierra Leone have been sentenced to prison is false. The Sierra Leone Police, through ACP Brima Kamara, has denied the report, stating it is \u201cnot true.\u201d There is also no judicial or official record of such sentencing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Claim: A viral Facebook post by Queen Kadish alleged that two girls who married each other in Sierra Leone have been sentenced to five years and three years in prison, respectively. Verdict: False! The Sierra Leone Police Media Team, through ACP Brima Kamara, confirmed to DUBAWA that \u201cthe claim is not true.\u201d There is no credible evidence or official report to support the allegation that the two women were sentenced. Full Text A Facebook user named Queen Kadish Love posted a report claiming that the Sierra Leone Police had set an example by arresting and ensuring the imprisonment of two girls who married each other. The post alleged that one of them was sentenced to five years and the other to three years and some months. It further claimed that \u201cSierra Leoneans are happy with what the police did.\u201d The post has since attracted several reactions and shares, sparking heated debate online over LGBTQ+ rights, the role of the police, and the law in Sierra Leone. Verification DUBAWA contacted Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Brima Kamara, the head of the Sierra Leone Police’s Media Team, for clarification. In his response, ACP Kamara described the claim as \u201cNot true.\u201d He further noted that the Sierra Leone Police does not have the authority to sentence individuals, as sentencing is the function of the courts under the country\u2019s judicial system. A review of official police and media reports, including the Sierra Leone Police Facebook Page, the Sierra Leone Judiciary Facebook Page, and credible local news platforms, showed no record of such an arrest or conviction. Conclusion The claim that two girls who married each other in Sierra Leone have been sentenced to prison is false. The Sierra Leone Police, through ACP Brima Kamara, has denied the report, stating it is \u201cnot true.\u201d There is also no judicial or official record of such sentencing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"hannibal_claim_source":"","hannibal_source_label":"","hannibal_card_color":"blue","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"default","_twitter_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type":"default","_pinterest_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"default","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_bluesky_share_type":"","_mastodon_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[1571,3812,3815,1268],"tags":[],"verdict":[],"ppma_author":[4454],"class_list":["post-25552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fact-check","category-headline","category-homepage","category-sierra-leone"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8R6dE-6E8","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":4454,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"patrick-samura","display_name":"Patrick Samura","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"","first_name":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-01-at-7.52.07-AM.png?fit=254%2C320&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25552"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25554,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25552\/revisions\/25554"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25552"},{"taxonomy":"verdict","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verdict?post=25552"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=25552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}