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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Sundus Abdi

London council seizes social housing flat rented by Sierra Leone first lady

Fatima Maada Bio speaks at a podium with a microphone
Fatima Jabbe-Bio had been listed on the tenancy with Southwark council since 2007. Photograph: Ahmed Jallanzo/EPA

A social housing flat rented by Sierra Leone’s first lady has been seized by a London council.

Southwark council confirmed it had repossessed the two-bedroom home in Walworth previously occupied by Fatima Jabbe-Bio, whose tenancy was reported by the Times last year.

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