The West African Civil Society Forum Sierra Leone Chapter (WACSOF) has called for urgent action and justice for a Junior Secondary School (JSS 2) girl impregnated twice by a 65 Year-old man and left abandoned to raise the children alone.
In a press release dated 13th March 2026 stated among others things “Our attention has been drawn to an unfortunate incident which took place in Waterloo, Western Area Rural District of Sierra Leone, where a 13-year-old Junior Secondary School (JSS) II pupil from Moana Jonny Secondary School at Camp Junction, Waterloo (name withheld), has been impregnated twice by a 65-year-old Mohamed Abdul Leigh of No. 112 Waterloo-Masiaka Highway’.
According to the release the case, uncovered by The Informant’s investigation, has ignited outrage from child rights advocates, community leaders, and residents, who condemn the act as criminal sexual exploitation of a vulnerable minor from a poor neighborhood.
Mohamed Abdul Leigh allegedly coerced the girl into a relationship, exploiting her poverty.
The release stated that “Upon discovering the first pregnancy, Mohamed Abdul Leigh smuggled her to Bama village, later Malaisoko village in Port Loko District, where she delivered a baby boy.
To evade his legally married wife and community scrutiny in Waterloo, Leigh promised the teenage girl and her family a traditional marriage with kola nuts and vowed full responsibility for the girl and child”, adding that while she nursed the infant, Leigh impregnated her again, denying her any chance to continue her education. He built her a room and parlor house in the village, equipped it with a freezer and three solar panels for selling cool water and running a phone charging center but has since abandoned her and the two children, refusing further support.
The West African Civil Society Forum Sierra Leone Chapter is calling on the Ministry of Social Welfare and the police to provide the victim with medical, psychological, and educational support while prosecuting Leigh.
They also call on the government of Sierra Leone, through Hands Off Our Girls Campaign, to intervene for justice for the teenage girl. We are willing to help the authorities with the investigation and to aid with the evidence.
This tragedy highlights the vulnerability of Sierra Leone’s young girls and demands stronger enforcement of child protection laws, alongside systemic reforms to prevent future abuses.
”This is not just a crime against one child; it is a crime against society,” said Mr. William BM Sao Lamin, national chairperson of the West African Civil Society Forum Sierra Leone Chapter.