EPS Director Gaye Gives Nagbe 48 Hours To Withdraw Alleged Defamatory Statement
that Mr. Gaye kept a photograph in his bedroom depicting “a gun at former President Weah.”-Gaye’s Lawyer’s communication to Nagbe
PHOTO: (L-R) EPS chief Sam Gaye and Weah’s COS Eugene Nagbe
Lenn Eugene Nagbe, former Maritime Commissioner and now Chief of Office Staff of former President George Manneh Weah has run into trouble with the Director of the Executive Protection Service (EPS), Mr. Sam Gaye for making “defamatory and baseless accusations” on a local radio station against him.
According to a formal communication from legal firm representing the EPS chief, Mr. Nagbe made a comment on March 31, 2025, during an interview on OK FM with host Julius, alleging that Mr. Gaye kept a photograph in his bedroom depicting “a gun at former President Weah.”
In a formal communication issued by TOUN – YA Legal Consultancy and Arbitration Chambers, through Gaye’s legal Cllr. Kabineh M. Ja’neh, demanded a public retraction from Mr. Nagbe within 48 hours.
The EPS Director’s lawyer warned that if Weah’s chief of office staff does not retract the statement within the specified time, he will face possible legal consequences.
The letter referenced comments The lawyers described the statement as not only false but also damaging to Mr. Gaye’s national and international reputation.
Cllr Ja’neh, who is a former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia, stressed that the accusations have subjected Mr. Gaye to “inestimable public shun” and reputational harm.
“The law in our jurisdiction is that injury may be offered to a person’s reputation when an untrue allegation or defamatory utterance is made against said person which has the tendency to injure the person’s societal standing and public reputation,” the letter stated.
“In view of the foregoing, we are most respectfully demanding PUBLIC RETRACTION of these accusatory and defamatory utterances, within 48 hours as of the hour and date of receipt of this communication,” the letter warned.
Local media report said earlier this week that Mr. Nagbe had sought the legal assistance of a law firm in Monrovia claiming that he is being threatened by the EPS boss.