Former Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA) Chairman Abdullah L. Kamara has been cleared of corruption prices introduced in opposition to him by the Liberia Anti-Corruption Fee.
By Lincoln G. Peters
Monrovia, September 5, 2025: Felony Court docket “C” Choose Joe S. Barkon, in a ruling on Thursday, September 4, disconnected and legally cleared the previous LTA-Chairperson and Chief Govt Officer of Tamma Cooperation, Mr. Kamara, of legal prices introduced in opposition to him by the LACC, following an audit carried out by the Common Auditing Fee (GAC).
Kamara’s authorized troubles stem from a sweeping Common Auditing Fee (GAC) report and subsequent Grand Jury indictment, which alleged over US$3.5 million in questionable disbursements to TAMMA Company and different entities.
The Liberia Anti-Corruption Fee indicted Mr. Kamara for the crimes of financial sabotage, fraud on Inside Income, misuse of public cash and information, theft/Unlawful disbursement and expenditure of Public Cash. Moreover, primarily based on the indictment, Mr. Kamara and the LACC tussled in legal Court docket “C” on theft of Property, Misapplication of Entrusted Property, Felony Facilitation, Felony Solicitation, and Felony Conspiracy.
However, the suspended Appearing Chairman of the Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA), Mr. Abdullai L. Kamara, filed a proper movement earlier than Felony Court docket “C” requesting to be dropped from the high-profile corruption case, arguing he was wrongly recognized because the Chief Govt Officer (CEO) of TAMMA Company.
In his Movement to Drop Misjoined Occasion, Kamara’s authorized staff contends that he relinquished the CEO position greater than a yr in the past, and that present courtroom paperwork erroneously checklist him as TAMMA’s government head. A board decision dated Might 10, 2024, formally named Mr. Fabian Lavelanet as the corporate’s CEO.
The movement invokes Part 5.56 of Liberia’s Civil Process Legislation, which allows the courtroom to take away a misjoined occasion at any stage of proceedings if the inclusion was made in error.
Kamara’s attorneys additional argue that throughout the Liberia Anti-Corruption Fee (LACC) investigation, each Kamara and Lavelanet clarified the management transition. Lavelanet, now TAMMA’s Govt Officer, reportedly made a voluntary assertion confirming his position. Regardless of these clarifications, the Non-public Prosecutor allegedly continued to seek advice from Kamara as TAMMA’s CEO, prompting the movement.
After listening to from each events, the Resident Choose of Felony Court docket “C” dominated that the suspended former Appearing Chairperson of the Liberia Telecommunications Authority could be disconnected from the corruption trial.
Choose Joe S. Barkon dominated that Abdullah Kamara shouldn’t have been held or named as the company officer to symbolize the Tamma Company in an ongoing financial sabotage case involving over US$3 million.
In line with the ruling of the Felony Court docket “C” Choose, Tamma Company, as a dishonorable enterprise enterprise, has its Chief Govt Officer, together with its company officers, assent to the appropriate of the company.
The courtroom argues that the indictment of Kamara, a former Chief Govt Officer of Tamma Company, is improper, illegal, and untenable, opposite to the provisions of the Affiliation Legislation cited above and the opinion of the Supreme Court docket of Liberia.
Following the ruling, the Court docket in its official courtroom order to Mr. Kamara by way of its Chief Clerk, Knowles W. Shain, dated Thursday, September 4, 2025, declared that Mr. Kamara has been dropped from all legal indictments introduced in opposition to him by the federal government of Liberia.
” A cautious perusal of the Case file within the Case referenced above reveals that the costs levied in opposition to Abdullah L. Kamara have been dropped on August 1, 2025, primarily based on a Movement to drop a misjoined occasion, thereby discharging him from additional answering to the stated prices and subsequently restoring his Constitutional and Statutory Rights. In essence, Abdullah L. Kamara has no pending legal motion earlier than the First Judicial Circuit, Felony Court docket “C”, Montserrado County, Republic of Liberia. The Court docket ordered.
Primarily based upon the audit report and subsequent indictment, on Monday, June 16, 2025, President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., with quick impact, suspended Mr. Abdullah L. Kamara from his place as Appearing Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the Liberia Telecommunication Authority (LTA).
In line with the Govt Mansion, in a press launch, the choice follows a report from the Common Auditing Fee (GAC) highlighting severe allegations of corruption and monetary mismanagement.
The Govt Mansion added that the GAC report linked Mr. Kamara to grave monetary irregularities and misconduct throughout his tenure as Chief Govt Officer of TAMMA Company, significantly in relation to transactions involving public funds.
In his letter of suspension, the President stated, in line with the Authorities’s dedication to transparency and accountability, Mr. Kamara is suspended with out pay pending the end result of a full and unbiased investigation by the Liberia Anti-Corruption Fee (LACC).
President Boakai has additional directed Mr. Kamara to cooperate totally with the LACC and the Ministry of Justice, and to make himself accessible to assist the continued investigation. This motion aligns with the Administration’s dedication to upholding integrity in public service and making certain that these entrusted with public obligations are held to the best requirements of accountability. -Edited by Othello B. Garblah.
