By: Emmanuel Smart Jipoh
Monrovia, August 8, 2025: Fobay Emery Johnson, a graduate of the College of Liberia and resident of Duport Paynesville, has been allegedly tied to armed theft after he broke into the favored Eco Financial institution, eleventh Avenue Sinkor workplace on Wednesday morning.
Sources stated Johnson had a sophisticated relationship along with his girlfriend, Angeline Sillah, in an upside-down relationship, and had gone to retaliate towards provocation. Angeline is alleged to be in one other love affair with a person recognized as Andrew Anderson, Chief Govt Officer of Rejoice Logistics.
Additional stories stated Johnson and Angeline’s relationship had damaged down over grievances and jealousy, as Johnson, the alleged Eco Financial institution assailant, is already married and has a household. Alove, as she is understood, didn’t wish to have interaction with a married man, one thing that led to her getting right into a relationship with Anderson.
Nonetheless, on Wednesday morning, August 6, 2025, Johnson, who has been broadly recognized as a analysis and administrative assistant on the College of Liberia, Faculty of Well being Sciences, advocating for genetic screening and prenatal/postnatal care in Liberia, broke into the financial institution to avenge his anger towards “Alove Sillah, his girlfriend, for breaking his coronary heart.
Sources instructed the New Daybreak that Johnson had gone to the financial institution to confront Alove out of anger when the incident occurred. They famous that the 2 lovebirds had been relationship for over 5 years and that Johnson had been sponsoring Alove whereas renting her condominium.
An nameless supply stated Johnson has been loyal to Alove, or Angeline, however has had his relationship and household.
Additional stories stated that, out of frustration over Angeline leaving him and posting one other man (Anderson), the alleged assailant, Johnson, obtained aggrieved and went to the financial institution, out of frustration, to confront Alove, his girlfriend, in an outburst to avenge her for allegedly dishonest on him with Anderson.
In line with witnesses on the financial institution, Johnson arrived at 10:45 am and snuck by way of the non-public banking sector to avenge his anger towards Angeline, who’s a teller on the financial institution.
Different sources who described Johnson as an assailant stated he broke by way of the again entrance of the financial institution, allegedly carrying a backpack with dozens of weapons, together with pepper spray, and attacked Sillah, who was engaged in a banking transaction.
Varney Karn, Safety Supervisor on the Financial institution, defined that the alleged assailant broke in at round 10:45, scaled the again entrance, and carried on the assault.
“This particular person was effectively dressed, and he got here round 10:45, entered the financial institution utilizing the again, intending to hold out a personal transaction, and as he made his approach by way of, he attacked the teller with pepper spray whereas making an attempt to make use of his arms towards her eyes, Karn stated.
He reiterated that upon the assault, an alarm was raised, drawing rapid consideration from the police, who swiftly intervened and apprehended the suspect.
“When he had attacked the teller, she raised the alarm, and the police got here instantly. That’s how he was arrested and brought away,” Karn stated.
He detailed that the theft assault was unsuccessful, with no money taken away and no property being destroyed.
“Nothing main occurred; the man solely slipped into the financial institution and had a bag with weapons, pepper spray, and different dangerous objects, however there was nothing destroyed, because the police intervened, and nothing was broken,” Kai added.
In the meantime, the Liberia Nationwide Police (LNP) has launched an investigation into the incident. Eco Financial institution confirmed the scenario whereas calling for calm amongst its prospects.
On the similar time, hypothesis making rounds within the public has had its say on the incident, with some questioning as to why Johnson may need blown up in anger to assault his girlfriend on the financial institution, whereas others have described him as a real felony who had gone to rob the financial institution. -Edited by Othello B. Garblah.
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