Liberia: Leaked Letter from Judicial Inquiry Committee Vindicates Commercial Court Judge Eva Mappy in MOTC Case
Liberia: Leaked Letter from Judicial Inquiry Committee Vindicates Commercial Court Judge Eva Mappy in MOTC Case
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Monrovia – A leaked letter seen by this paper has put a new twist to the protracted saga involving Mr. Amos T.K Brosius and Judge Eva Mappy Morgan, Chief Judge of the Commercial Court at the Temple of Justice in Monrovia.
The letter, which authentication has been duly established, was written by Associate Justice Yusuf D. Kaba, who is also chair of the Judiciary Inquiry Commission.
Addressed to Chief Justice Francis Korkpor, the letter informs the Chief Justice about the outcome of the Judiciary Inquiry Committee’s investigation into the complaint filed by Mr. Brosius.
Judge Roland Dahn
Nearly three months after the Judiciary Inquiry Commission (JIC) suspended the ‘unethical conduct’ accusation against Judge Roland Dahn of the 8th Judicial Circuit Court in Nimba County, the commission is expected by today, Thursday, May 6, to resume the hearing.
Thursday’s hearing was necessitated by the fact that British national, Hans Armstrong, has been privileged to obtain Counselor Amara Sheriff as his legal representative, one major reason for procrastination in the hearing of the case.
Armstrong has contended that he cannot proceed with the Investigation on grounds that lawyers who defended him in his US$5 million case that involved Senate Secretary Nanborlor Singbeh refused to represent him against Judge Dahn.
Judge Roland Dahn
Amid challenges faced by the Judiciary Inquiry Commission (JIC) to obtain lawyers to defend British national Hans Armstrong in the accusation filed against Judge Roland Dahn for an alleged unethical conduct, a senior Supreme Court lawyer, Counselor Amara Sheriff, has unveiled himself to represent the British investor.
It has taken several months to get a lawyer; for lawyers are afraid to avail themselves for what would be a reprisal afterwards.
Before Cllr. Sheriff could agree to take up the investigation of Judge Dahn, the Resident Circuit Judge of the 8th Judicial Circuit Court in Nimba County, the JIC, sometime in February this year through a written communication assured Armstrong that they were going to provide him with legal representation. However, it appeared that they were finding it difficult to live up to their commitment.
Credible information reaching the
Daily Observer Newspaper has it that the Judicial Inquiry Commission (JIC) will on today, April 6, release its investigative findings into allegations that Judge Eva Mappy Morgan of the Commercial Court authorized the illegal withdrawal of over US$3 million from the account of Ducor Petroleum Inc, while the matter was still pending undecided.
Wednesday’s scheduled release of the report comes after the matter has been pending before the JIC for a period of eight months, beginning August 2020, when both Judge Morgan and her accuser, Amos Brosius of Ducor Petroleum Inc, testified during the Investigation.
This latest development also comes barely a week after the US State Department on Human Rights released its 2020 reports, where it highlighted serious lapses of the JIC.
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