Gerald C. Koinyeneh, [email protected]Senator Johnson’s support was pivotal to the election of President Weah in 2017 when his party backed the President during the crucial run-off election, delivering vote-rich Nimba. However, in the build-up to the 2023 presidential election, Senator Johnson said his party will field a presidential candidate and will not support the President because he has failed to live up to the agreement reached in 2017 and the promises made to the people of Nimba. “When I was with Mr. [Charles] Taylor, I loved him but I love Liberia the most. So, the Nimba people are very unhappy.”He accused the government of not undertaking major development projects in Nimba; noting that President Weah has refused to relocate the G.W. ‘So Many mischievous happenings’Further giving reasons for his party’s decision, the Nimba County Senator said under President Weah’s watch, several Liberians died under mysterious circumstances and the government has failed to conduct full-scale investigations.
