Deputy Presidential Press Secretary Smith Toby told an Executive Mansion Press briefing on Tuesday that the President has no interest in getting involved with such act as claimed by the document. Mr. Wonplue denied entry into the United States early this month for his alleged involvement with passport fraud and corruption reportedly linked several officials of the Liberian government including President George Manneh Weah of being in the know of the passport fraud. Recently, US Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo, in a statement Thursday announced the public designation due to Wonplo’s involvement in significant corruption. But Toby argued that Mr. Wonplue would have still been enjoying the confidence of President Weah, if The President was interested in such a ‘dubious act.’“If the President had interest in that, he was never going to dismiss him,” he said. “He was dismissed after an investigation was conducted that linked him to selling of diplomat passports to certain group of people secretly,” Toby averred.

Source: Front Page Africa September 24, 2020 07:07 UTC