If you are one of those who think good men of God are extinct, then this will convince you that a few good men till exists. A Christian pastor in Sierra Leone who discovered a 709-carat-diamond worth over $5 million returned it to the government rather than keep it for himself.
The rough gem was presented to President Ernest Bai Koroma on Wednesday evening before being locked in the central bank’s vault in capital Freetown.
Pastor Emmanuel Momoh was alluvial mining in Kono district when he discovered the diamond — the biggest found in the country since the discovery of the 969-carat Star of Sierra Leone in 1972.
President Ernest Bai Koroma thanked Pastor Emmanuel Momoh for not smuggling the diamond out of the country.
Mineral-rich Sierra Leone is known for its diamond industry, partly responsible for the civil war that ravaged the country between 1991 and 2002.
