Liberia: Lofa Citizens Vow to Raise and Restitute US$1.4M on Behalf of Senator-elect Brownie Samukai and Others after Supreme Court Ruling
The Supreme Court affirmed the verdict of the lower court convicting the Lofa county senator and two others to two years imprisonment or restitution of US$1.4 million. “We are equally very disappointed and frustrated in the ruling handed down against Samukai. Lofa citizens’ anger at Supreme CourtThe target of most of the citizens’ anger was Liberia’s Supreme Court, which the group accused of being out to disgrace Samukai. Samukai, the former minister of defense had hoped to have been exonerated by the High Court after his conviction by the lower court in 2020. But the Defendants took appeal at the Supreme Court and they (serving now as appellants), justified that they acted in line with the Constitution and relevant laws.
Source: Front Page Africa February 16, 2021 09:31 UTC
