Monrovia – The Civil Regulation Court docket on the Temple of Justice on Monday ordered the quick launch of Hussein Fadiga from the Monrovia Central Jail, simply hours after he was detained in reference to a US$1.6 million libel judgment in favor of former Liberia Drug Enforcement Company (LDEA) Director Abraham Okay. Kromah.
By Selma Lomax & Willie N. Tokpah
The discharge was ordered by Assigned Circuit Choose George W. Smith of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Civil Regulation Court docket. “You might be hereby commanded to launch out of your authorized custody the dwelling physique of the above-named defendant, (Hussein Fadiga), who was positioned in your custody on Monday, June 23, 2025,” the courtroom directive acknowledged.
Earlier that day, Fadiga had been arrested after weeks of evading courtroom summons. On June 6, the courtroom dominated that he and his brother, Hassan Fadiga, have been accountable for libel in opposition to Kromah and ordered them to pay US$1.5 million usually damages and US$100,000 in punitive damages.
“You might be commanded to obtain into your authorized custody the dwelling physique of the defendant Hussein Fadiga to be held till such time that the stated defendant can have happy the judgment of the courtroom. And it’s hereby so ordered,” Choose Smith beforehand instructed the courtroom sheriff.
Regardless of that order, the Civil Regulation Court docket launched Fadiga the identical day, with courtroom officers confirming that the discharge was executed in response to authorized protocols. The directive was signed by Clerk of Court docket Randolph B. Sneh and executed by the Superintendent of the Monrovia Central Jail.
The swift launch drew scrutiny, significantly in mild of the courtroom’s prior condemnation of the Fadigas’ conduct as “reckless, lawless, rude and ill-mannered.”
The libel case stems from a February 2025 criticism filed by Kromah, who accused the Fadiga brothers of falsely alleging on the Spoon Discuss Present that he was linked to a infamous drug vendor generally known as “Japan.”
Kromah testified that the brothers accused him of eradicating surveillance cameras from the vendor’s house, stealing US$200,000, and visiting the inmate secretly on the Monrovia Central Jail.
“The Defendants on this case have had a number of disagreements with me concerning the strategy they delivered to the LDEA,” Kromah advised the courtroom. “As a result of I discounted and stated to them that their type of management was not acceptable… they selected to go on the rampage to supply falsehood and maligned my character.”
He additionally acknowledged: “There was an altercation which was purely skilled… I rescinded an motion taken by [Hassan] concerning an project on the RIA. We nearly went right into a bodily battle on the LDEA Headquarters. From these occurrences, he went on the rampage which culminated into the barrage of assault on my individual.”
The courtroom granted a default judgment after each defendants failed to seem, and allegations of contempt have been filed when courtroom officers reported being threatened throughout makes an attempt to serve summons.
Shortly after his launch, Hussein Fadiga accused Kromah of issuing demise threats and making an attempt to intimidate him inside and out of doors the courthouse. In a press release posted on social media late Monday, Fadiga alleged that Kromah reacted angrily to his launch and confronted him on the Civil Regulation Court docket.
“Dependable data suggests he spent your complete day making an attempt to affect proceedings to make sure I might be jailed,” Fadiga wrote. “When that effort failed, he turned visibly enraged and verbally assaulted me within the presence of courtroom officers.”
Fadiga claimed that Kromah advised him he “wouldn’t survive on this city.” He added that courtroom workers suggested him to stay indoors till Kromah had departed.
Based on Fadiga, the confrontation continued after he left the courtroom premises. He alleged that Kromah adopted his car by way of the streets of Monrovia to a restaurant the place Fadiga was scheduled to satisfy his lawyer.
“In a disturbing escalation,” Fadiga acknowledged, “he tried to instigate a bodily altercation and reached for his firearm after realizing the state of affairs was not unfolding in his favor.”
Fadiga confirmed that his authorized crew has reported the incident to the Liberia Nationwide Police and different related authorities. As of press time, there had been no public response from Kromah or affirmation from police concerning an investigation.
