Monrovia-Suspended Chairman of the Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA), Abdullai L. Kamara, has been formally arrested and dedicated to the Monrovia Central Jail, following a recent indictment issued by the Prison Courtroom “C” on the Temple of Justice.
By Willie N. Tokpah
The indictment, obtained by FrontPageAfrica, comes on the Liberia Anti-Corruption Fee’s (LACC) request and is a part of an ongoing legal prosecution into alleged monetary crimes.
Mr. Kamara now faces a number of felony fees, together with, Financial Sabotage, Theft of Property, Misuse of Public Cash, Unlawful Disbursement and Expenditure of Public Funds, Misapplication of Entrusted Property, Prison Facilitation, Prison Conspiracy and Prison Solicitation.
The writ of arrest, signed on August 8, by Courtroom Clerk Knowles W. Shain, was executed by Main Austine Seinavula of the Montserrado County Sheriff’s Workplace.
It ordered the fast arrest of Kamara and his look earlier than the court docket in its August Time period.
Indictment Refiled After Preliminary Dismissal
The fees stem from Kamara’s tenure at Tamma Company, which was central to an earlier corruption probe.
On the time, Kamara argued efficiently that he couldn’t be held liable, having severed ties with the corporate and relinquished all managerial management earlier than the alleged misconduct.
Nevertheless, the LACC refiled a brand new indictment naming Kamara individually, dissociating the costs from Tamma Company and as a substitute specializing in direct acts allegedly dedicated by him throughout his time as CEO.
The refiling underscores the LACC’s new prosecutorial technique, one which targets private accountability moderately than company legal responsibility.
Kamara is anticipated to make his preliminary court docket look this week.
In the meantime, authorized observers are watching carefully, because the case might check the power of Liberia’s reinvigorated anti-corruption efforts for transparency and accountability in public service.
The Courtroom has not but set a date for the preliminary listening to, and Kamara’s authorized group has not responded to a request for remark.
Kamara was seen being escorted from the courtyard in a white pickup, to the Monrovia Central Jail, flowing his look at Prison Courtroom ‘C’ Tuesday.
