MONROA Fulani lady, Zainab Bah, has been formally charged and despatched to courtroom following a violent confrontation with officers of the Liberia Nationwide Police and an influence theft inspection group from the Liberia Electrical energy Company (LEC).
She now faces prosecution for alleged disorderly conduct, easy assault, and obstructing regulation enforcement.
The costs stem from a July 22, 2025, altercation on Newport Avenue in central Monrovia when the LECโs Anti-Energy Theft Taskforce, accompanied by armed law enforcement officials, inspected a blue two-story constructing reverse the Liberia Nationwide Fireplace Service Headquarters.
Based on the police cost sheet, the group found that each LEC meters serving the constructing had been tampered with-evidence of unlawful bypassing.
As the one individual current on the time of the raid, Bah was recognized by authorities as a key suspect. Police say she refused a lawful order to report for questioning at LECโs Energy Theft Division workplace in Paynesville.
โWhen invited to report back to the Energy Theft Workplace, the principal defendant, Zainab Bah refused, resisted and did not yield to the policeโs lawful instruction,โ reads the cost sheet.
Based on the report, as officers tried to de-escalate the scenario, Bah allegedly turned aggressive, grabbing a picket chair and hanging Junior Ezekiel, the LEC technician who found the ability theft.
The police additionally allege that Bah โintentionallyโฆ threw a pot of soupโ at each technician Ezekiel and Patrolman Prince Chebo. The soup reportedly missed its targets and as an alternative splashed on two unidentified youngsters standing close by.
In an extra effort to withstand arrest, the cost sheet notes that Bah grabbed a younger male youngster from one other lady and held him tightly to her chest โas a human protectโฆ to forestall a public servant from lawfully effecting an arrest.โ
Because the officers continued efforts to take away her from the scene, Bah allegedly bit Patrolwoman Alice Tokpa on the hand, inflicting seen harm.
Regardless of being restrained in handcuffs, Bah continued to withstand, in accordance with the report. Whereas being faraway from the constructing, officers reportedly โyanked or pulled off her scarf/hijabโ through the wrestle.
Police say the headscarf was later returned and allowed to be worn once more.
A Particular Investigation Group (SIT) reviewed a viral Fb video of the incident and corroborated the officersโ account. The video, cited within the police report, reveals Bah โangrily selecting up a bench and throwing it,โ in addition to throwing a pot of soup towards the officers.
It additionally captures her utilizing the kid as a protect and being bodily restrained.
The Monrovia Metropolis Court docket, underneath the authority of Stipendiary Justice of the Peace L. Ben Barco, issued a proper writ of arrest following statements from LEC technician Junior Ezekiel and officers Alice Tokpa and Prince Chebo.
In its last suggestion, the police cleared Patrolman Prince Chebo of wrongdoing however handed Patrolwoman Tokpa a one-month suspension with out pay for โremoving of defendant Zainab Bahโs hijabโโa transfer the police admitted violated skilled protocol.
Alphonso Toweh
Has been within the career for over twenty years. He has labored for a lot of worldwide media shopsย ย together with: West Africa Journal, Africa Week Journal, African Observer andย ย did occasional reporting for CNN, BBC World Service, Sunday Occasions, NPR, Radio Deutchewells, Radio Netherlands. He’s the present correspondent for Reutersย
ย He holds firstย ย MA with honors in Worldwideย ย Relations and aย ย candidate for second grasp in Worldwide Peace research and Battleย ย Decision from the College of Liberia.ย
