PHOTO: Samuel Flomo, a Liberian heavy-duty driver
By Garmah Never Lomo, garmahlomo@gmail.com
The management of CHICO, a Chinese road construction company operating in Liberia has since refused to honor a mandate from the Civil Law Court at the Temple of Justice dated March 25 and April 20, 2021, respectively.
Since the two succeeding verdicts by Judge Yemi Quiqui Gbeisay of this court, mandating CHICO to shoulder the responsibility to flee Samuel Flomo aboard for proper medical care as recommended by JFK, the company’s had failed to adhere to the mandate of the court.
It can be recalled that Samuel Flomo, a heavy duty driver was assaulted, insulted and flogged by an executive of the company only identified as Mr. Lee, a situation that resulted into Flomo losing his spermicidal.
According to court documents, the victim was accused by his boss Mr. Lee in June 2020 for allegedly stealing fuel and the victim was badly flogged which affected his spermicidal, later it turnout to be untrue that Flomo did not steal the fuel as claimed by his boss.
The victim was than rush to the Tappata Hospital in Nimba for medical care, and was later referred to JFK Medical Center who recommended that he be taken aboard for proper medical attention within the course of a year otherwise something terrible might happen to him.
Predicated upon this, the victim’s family filed a lawsuit with the Civil Law Court against the construction company as a means of ensuring the company take responsibility for their actions.
Judge Gbeisay ruled on March 25, 2021 that the company take the victim aboard for urgent medical attention something the company consented to.
In that ruling CHICO was further mandated to immediately make payment of US$25, 725.00 through that court to facilitate Flomo’s medical and travel expenses to India.
April 8, 2021 was the deadline mentioned by the court for the company to make said payment, but it has since failed to meet up with this term and condition.
The family through their lawyers than filed a bill of information which was passed on with Judge Gbeisay issuing a Writ of Execution and the pervious writ and mandate dated March 25, 2021.
Judge Gbeisay instructed his sheriff on April 26, 2021 to seize and expose for sale the lands, goods and chattels of the company to raise the amount mentioned above for the victim travel.
The writ of execution also instructed the sheriff to have the management arrested and brought before the court, if no land, goods and chattels are found to amount to the US$25, 725.00.
But again, this is yet to take effect as the victim condition is worsening by the day.
At the moment, the victim is at home without undergoing treatment, as family members fear losing him.
The family is calling on human right Organizations, CSO groupings to take seize of the matter, in order to ensure their brother is flown aboard for urgent treatment as recommended by health authorities in the country.