Monrovia – Indicted Director of Passport of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Andrew Wonploe, escorted by several relatives, walked out of court on Tuesday, July 14 on the grounds of the Temple of Justice with smiles after charges were dropped against him. Tuesday’s ruling by the court came after Wonploe’s lawyer had filed a motion asking the court to dismiss the indictment and charges brought against him by state prosecutors in 2019. Reading the final ruling at the Criminal Court “C” Tuesday, Judge Yarmie Gbeisay stated that Defendant Wonploe was indicted by the Grand Jury of Montserrado County during its August 2019 sitting. The indictment added that the scam resulted to the Government of Liberia sustaining the loss of US$25,000. Acquitted passport Director Wonploe told FrontPageAfrica outside the court that he was of the strongest conviction that charges against him was going to be dropped because there was no evidence for the state to pursue the case against him.

Source: Front Page Africa July 16, 2020 11:37 UTC