By Stephen G. Fellajuah
Monrovia, Liberia; August 22, 2025 – In a disturbing flip of occasions, Nimba County Senator Samuel G. Kogar narrowly escaped what he describes as “an assassination try” involving conventional religious powers.
The would-be attacker, a Guinean nationwide recognized as Diasielay, was arrested Monday evening after allegedly infiltrating the Senator’s Ganta residence with the intent to kill, not with weapons, however with a easy contact.
Talking on Thursday, August 21, 2025, on OK FM’s Morning Rush, Senator Kogar recounted unsettling days main as much as the arrest.
“The guy, since final Saturday, had been passing across the group. However every time he requested for me, I’ve been indoors; they’d inform him ‘The bossman shouldn’t be right here,’ and he would depart. However he had a bag deposited within the bush,” Kogar defined.
The senator stated suspicions grew when a resident allegedly noticed Diasielay exterior his compound, oddly urgent his ft into the sand. When questioned, the person gave no clear clarification and was advised to go away. As an alternative, he boldly entered the compound and confronted the senator instantly.
“I requested him what he got here for, he stated he got here to the proprietor of the home. I requested him, ‘Who’s the individual?’ He replied, ‘I do know the individual.’ I requested him to call the individual. Then he took a pink seed from his pocket, which appeared like an apple, and stated, ‘Right here is the person’s identify,’” Kogar recounted.
A search of the suspect’s belongings revealed a troubling assortment of things, together with animal heads, an assortment of objects, and a marble present in his pockets. In keeping with Senator Kogar, an area herbalist later interpreted the marble as a religious software believed to “take human picture and spirit away.”
Probably the most chilling revelation, nevertheless, got here throughout police interrogation.
“Throughout police questioning, the suspect allegedly admitted he was on a mission to kill me, not by pressure, however by contact,” Kogar alleged.
“He revealed that he solely supposed to the touch me, and the mission would have been completed.”
Diasielay, who reportedly has no formal identification or identified report, was initially detained by the Liberia Nationwide Police (LNP) Nimba Detachment. He has since been transferred to the Ministry of Inner Affairs’ Bureau of Customs and Cultural Affairs in Sanniquellie, Nimba County, the place conventional authorities, together with Chief Herbalist Leroy Gborley are additional investigating him.
The Senator additional alleged that the suspect confessed to being despatched by three folks, two males and a girl, to hold out the religious assassination. The investigation stays lively as officers work to hint people behind the alleged plot and the motive.
