Monrovia-Ambassador Plenipotentiary and Particular Envoy for Commerce and Funding, Edward Koffa Nyanti, has confirmed that his brother, Suspect John Nyanti, was undoubtedly concerned within the hearth assault on the Capitol Constructing, dismissing mounting bribery and manipulation claims made in opposition to the federal government.
Particular Envoy Nyanti admitted that he turned his brother over to the Liberia Nationwide Police from Ghana on June 6, 2025.
His assertion instantly contradicts allegations made earlier by the Nyanti household on the CDC headquarters, the place they accused the federal government of forcibly returning John from Ghana and trying to make use of him as a false witness in alternate for cash and relocation guarantees. The revelation was made just lately throughout a reside Phone name on an area Discuss Present.
Not too long ago, Mr. Johnson, one of many suspects within the arson assault on the Capitol Constructing accused the Liberia Nationwide Police of forcing him to lie on former Speaker Fonati Koffa and different lawmakers who’re on trial for his or her alleged involvement within the hearth assault on the Capitol Constructing.
However the Inspector Normal of the Liberia Nationwide Police (LNP), Col. Gregory Coleman has since denied the allegations that state prosecutors tried to bribe John Nyanti, one of many key suspects within the Capitol Constructing arson case, to testify in opposition to former Speaker J. Fonati Koffa and different co-defendants.
He made these feedback on the Ministry of Info Cultural Affairs and Tourism common Press Briefing.