Sets Record Straight On The Controversial Indictment
By Garmah Never, garmahlomo@gmail.com
Monrovia-Liberia- Amidst conflicting accounts from some of the indictees, the Assistant Minister for Litigation, Cllr. Wesseh A. Wesseh has set the record straight over the controversial indictment of Senate Secretary Nanborlor Singbe, former National Investment Commission (NIC) Director George Winser and others.
The Senate Secretary Singbe, Wisner and several other Defendants were recently indicted by the ground jurors of Montserrado County for multiple crimes ranging from theft of property, criminal conspiracy, Forgery among others.
Responding to Liberia Anti-corruption Commission’s recent letter issued that it has withdrawn the case involving Senate Secretary Nanborlor Singbe and former NIC boss George Winser along other defendants is false and misleading.
Assistant Minister Wesseh told a news conference earlier this week that the indictment of those Defendants stand firm and in fact several arrest have been made so those who passing around that matter has been withdrawn by the LACC is far from the truth.
This is because they (Ministry of Justice) as prosecutors acted within the confines of the law, he said.
LACC in their letter quoted part Xi section 11.4(a) which gives the commission the power to prosecute cases directly “if the Ministry of Justice for whatever reasons does not take action to prosecute a case of corruption forwarded to it by the commission within three calendar months of receipt of the request to prosecute.
The Assistant Justice Minister added that this act of the LACC is misquoted and issue of withdrawing the case is mute because they at the Ministry, acted within the 60 days.
According to him, believed that someone is misinterpreting the law to undermine the Ministry efforts in prosecuting the matter.
Justice Ministry Assistant Minister also cautioned George Winser the former NIC boss to stop parading with press statement and posting on Facebook that he is not part of the case. He one hundred percent part of the case.
He described the action of Liberia’s Solicitor General Syrenius Cephas as pre-judicial and besides he (SG Cephas) has been rescued from the Matter.
SG Cephas on the contrary has been on the local radio in recent time saying that the matter involving Senate Secretary Nanborlor Singbe and others has been withdrawn by the LACC something which Ministry Wesseh clarified that the Defendants have been indicted and some even arrested with the appropriate bail bonds filed.