Monrovia – The Chairman of the opposition Congress for Democratic Change (CDC), Cllr. Jangar Kowo has been launched from police custody following his arrest by the Liberia Nationwide Police (LNP) on Saturday for allegedly obstructing police features.
By Webster Clayeh
Kowo was detained throughout a protest calling for the discharge of former Home Speaker Cllr. J. Fonati Koffa and a number of other different lawmakers at the moment held on the Monrovia Central Jail.
Footage from the scene exhibits Kowo being manhandled, handcuffed, and forcibly positioned right into a police pickup earlier than being transported to the Monrovia Central Jail. Nonetheless, sources informed FrontPage Africa that he was launched shortly afterward and was seen heading to the CDC headquarters.
The protest erupted shortly after the Monrovia Metropolis Courtroom ordered the incarceration of former Speaker Koffa and three sitting lawmakers in reference to the December 2024 fireplace that broken a piece of the Capitol Constructing. Whereas full particulars of the fees stay unclear, the case has intensified political tensions, with CDC partisans decrying the arrests as politically motivated.
Kowo’s transient detention has additional fueled the political drama, drawing concern from civil society organizations over the implications for due course of and the perceived politicization of Liberia’s justice system.
Though CDC officers haven’t issued a proper assertion, get together insiders confirmed that an emergency assembly was convened in response to the escalating disaster.
It is a creating story. FrontPage Africa will proceed to offer well timed updates as new particulars emerge.
