Inspector Normal of the Liberia Nationwide Police, Colonel Gregory Coleman, faces contempt costs right here for failing to look for a convention listening to.
By Lincoln G. Peters
Monrovia, Liberia; October 24, 2025 – The Civil Regulation Courtroom “Annex” of the Sixth Judicial Circuit on the Temple of Justice has issued a Writ of Summons towards Colonel Gregory Coleman, Inspector Normal of the Liberia Nationwide Police, and all these performing beneath his authority for alleged contempt of court docket.
The summons, dated October 23, 2025, was issued by order of His Honor, Decide Peter W. Gbeneweleh, and signed by Clerk of Courtroom Alfred N. Morris. It mandates each respondents and all these performing beneath their authority to look earlier than the court docket on Monday, October 27, 2025, at 3:30 p.m., to indicate trigger why they shouldn’t be held in contempt.
In keeping with court docket paperwork, the contempt proceedings had been triggered by the respondents’ (IG Coloman’s) failure to look at a convention listening to scheduled for Wednesday, October 22, 2025, in regards to the enforcement of a Supreme Courtroom mandate in a long-standing case.
A letter from the Clerk of Courtroom, dated October 16, 2025, had earlier notified Inspector Normal Coleman of the scheduled convention, which was meant to debate implementation of the Supreme Courtroom’s ruling within the matter concerned:
The Intestate Property of the Late Batune Keita, by and thru Administrator Mohammed Tanja Keita, versus The Intestate Property of the Late Mamadee M. Kamara, represented by Administratrix Mateya M. Toure — Motion of Ejectment.
In its ruling, the Supreme Courtroom of Liberia upheld the decrease court docket’s determination ordering the appellants to be ousted, ejected, and evicted from the disputed property and the appellee, Mr. Mohammed Tanja Keita, to be positioned in possession in accordance with the metes and bounds of his deed.
The present contempt proceedings, court docket officers say, intention to make sure compliance with the Supreme Courtroom’s mandate following alleged delays by the accountable authorities in finishing up the enforcement order.
The court docket’s writ additionally directs Sheriff Captain Sieh Collins, Jr., to serve the summons on the events and instantly return proof of service.
Judicial observers notice that the case displays a broader push by Liberia’s judiciary to uphold the authority of court docket orders and guarantee accountability amongst each public officers and establishments. Enhancing by Jonathan Browne
