MONROVIA, Liberia — The Industrial Courtroom of Liberia has dominated that M-Tosh Prints Media did not show its declare that the Nationwide Elections Fee of Liberia (NEC) owed it US$877,000 for alleged extra election supplies, dismissing the case for lack of proof.
In its judgment, the Courtroom held that M-Tosh didn’t meet the authorized burden of proof required in an Motion of Debt, concluding that the corporate’s proof failed to determine that the NEC was indebted within the quantity claimed.
M-Tosh filed the lawsuit in March 2025, alleging that past pre-packed election supplies ordered by the NEC, it imported 1,898 extra election supplies valued at US$877,000. The corporate claimed the supplies have been handed over to an NEC workers member at Roberts Worldwide Airport for storage on the NEC warehouse and have been later utilized by the Fee.
The NEC denied the allegations, arguing that the written contract between the events didn’t authorize the importation of extra supplies or their storage in NEC amenities with out prior approval from the previous Board of Commissioners.
In reviewing the matter, the Industrial Courtroom examined flight cargo manifests and different documentary proof regarding a chartered flight that arrived on July 18, 2019, transporting election supplies into Liberia. The Courtroom discovered that the NEC paid for the chartered flight and decided that M-Tosh did not fulfill what it termed the “odor take a look at,” the evidentiary customary relevant to events bearing the burden of proof underneath Sections 25.5(1) & (2) and 26.6(1) of the Liberian Code of Legal guidelines Revised.
In consequence, the Courtroom dominated that the NEC will not be chargeable for the claimed US$877,000.
In her December 31, 2025 ruling, Choose Eva Mappy Morgan famous that the NEC had beforehand paid M-Tosh US$94,000 for the usage of 200 election kits out of 415 kits deployed through the Grand Cape Mount County Senatorial Elections. The Courtroom additionally took judicial discover of M-Tosh’s admission throughout arguments that it had obtained US$589,060 for supplying 1,970 pre-packed election supplies for the Montserrado County and District #15 by-elections.
These admissions, the Courtroom stated, additional undermined the plaintiff’s declare and knowledgeable its remaining judgment dismissing the US$877,000 demand for lack of proof.
The ruling largely clears the NEC of legal responsibility arising from M-Tosh’s declare. Nonetheless, M-Tosh Prints Media has introduced plans to enchantment the choice to the Supreme Courtroom, whereas the NEC has additionally indicated it’s going to file a cross-appeal.
