By Lincoln G. Peters
Monrovia, January 23, 2026: The Supreme Courtroom has affirmed the ruling of the Debt Courtroom for Montserrado County, authorizing the enforcement of the closure of the headquarters of the Liberia Electrical energy Company (LEC), as a result of company’s refusal to honor its judgment quantity of over US$364,000 owed to ELTEL Community Liberia, a Swedish Firm.
The excessive courtroom choice adopted the lifting of the keep order issued by Chambers Justice, Affiliate Justice Jamesetta H. Wolokollie, on January 6, 2026, on the enforcement of the decrease courtroom’s judgment.
” You’re hereby mandated to renew jurisdiction and proceed in line with legislation, because the Justice has declined to problem the writ prayed for. The keep order of January 6, 2026, is hereby ordered lifted, ” Justice Wolokollie’s letter dated January 20, 2026, addressed to Decide James E. Jones famous.
The Debt Courtroom’s choice to shut the LEC’s headquarters resulted from an arbitration panel’s findings, declaring the Company answerable for US$364,929.40, as unpaid debt for electrical supplies provided by ELTEL Community.
The panel was established to help the courtroom in reconciling the 2016 settlement between ELTEL Community and LEC for the Swedish Firm, to produce the electrical energy firm with low-voltage (LV) supplies.
However the LEC challenged the courtroom’s choice to affirm the panel’s report, arguing that it’s not indebted to ELTEL Community Liberia. And, later, filed a writ of Prohibition earlier than Justice Wolokollie, which was denied.
It was based mostly on these claims and counterclaims that led to ELTEL Community, Legal professional-In- Truth, Hans Armstrong, a British nationwide, to file a debt motion earlier than the Debt Courtroom.
The panel’s choice adopted a four-month arbitration with the LEC and ELTEL Community, reviewing invoices, buy requests, and supply notes, amongst others.
Initially, Hans Armstrong sought US$434,459 as unpaid debt, however, after cautious consideration, the panel reached an settlement of US$309,929.40.
The cash in query resulted from a 2016 settlement between ELTEL Community and LEC for the Swedish Firm to produce the electrical energy firm with low-voltage (LV) supplies, which they did.
LV purposes are numerous and embody management rooms, distribution programs, lighting, communication programs, and safety programs. LV wiring is usually utilized in these purposes, as it’s designed for smaller currents and affords elevated security in comparison with common wiring.
The corporate, from 2019-2020, had repeatedly complained concerning the administration of LEC’s indebtedness. Nonetheless, LEC has intentionally refused to settle the excellent steadiness of US$434,459 regardless of a number of emails and official letters written to them.
