President Ernest Bai Koroma has expressed his seriousness about the commission of inquiry set up to investigate officials of the outgone government.

"I was serious about it, and now the time to give account is here. The State would protect anyone that has no case to answer. But if you have skeletons in your cupboard, we will open it," he said as he declared the Anti- Corruption Commission (ACC) office in Makeni opened.

President Koroma said the commission was a complementary tool in the efforts to eradicate corruption in Sierra Leone.

"Some people are talking about a witch-hunt. But the people have the right to know about monies sent to this country in their names. It is everybody's right to know and then we would be able to correct the system," he said and reminded the people of his manifesto which entailed the curbing of corruption in the nation.

Koroma said the commission of inquiry would be a signal, acting as a deterrent for current government functionaries so as to be aware of what they are doing knowing that the day of reckoning would one day come.

Koroma said he was launching the crusade because he knows what corruption has done to the country, noting that all sectors are affected and it was in the psyche of Sierra Leoneans, thinking that public officials who are not corrupt are unserious.

"It is going to be a difficult fight. But with the institutions we are setting up and the steps we are taking, we will ensure that we uproot this cancer. We have no choice. There's no two-way about it," he said.