On the Friday, January 17 edition of BBC Focus on Africa, Costa said: “I will be returning to my home country in May. While in Sierra Leone, the government there said that it does not take dictation from another government, but was protecting its democracy and the human rights of Costa, noting that he (Costa) was not arrested and detained, as was speculated, but was being under humane treatment. Circumstances surrounding the surreptitious departure of Costa from the country would make anyone to be concerned about his return. So they gave me the forged document just to have me detained because we staged two mass protests against bad governance and corruption that this government is carrying on,” Costa said. Responding to a question about being supported by the “Congau” group for “Not willing to see the natives rule Liberia,” Costa said: “I am a Kpelle man myself.

Source: Daily Observer January 20, 2020 02:26 UTC