The Alternative National Congress (ANC) has alarmed as worrisome and frightening the frequency of mysterious deaths, unsolved murders, ritualistic killings and disappearances which has characterized the nearly five-year rule of the CDC-led government under President George Weah.
According to the political leader of the ANC, Alexander B Cummings, the many unsolved deaths have increased fear, insecurity and heightened panic amongst the general citizenry inciting that, “No responsible government would allow its people to live in a state of fear and rising crimes.”
Cumming said under President Weah’s administration, actions and inactions have shown that the government is irresponsible and do not care about the Liberian people recounting the mysterious deaths of Princess Cooper, 25, and Melvin Togba, 36, both of which occurred on March 24, 2022 and that have joined the long list of unsolved cases over the last few years.
“Citizens do die in every country; murders do occur but, governments have a sacred duty to solve it; that is to catch the murderers and punish them. Even this, we cannot trust President Weah and his administration to do,” the ANC assured.
They recalled the toll of weird deaths since the ascendency of the CDC-led government as John Hilary Tubman, son of former President William V.S Tubman; Baptist prelate William R. Tolbert III, son of former President William Tolbert; Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) official Matthew Innis linked to the missing L$16 billion; CBL driver Kollie Ballah; Immigration officer Maude Elliot; Head of the Internal Audit Agency Emmanuel Barten Nyesuah; Liberia Revenue Authority Auditors Gifty Asmah Lama, Albert Peters and George Fanbutu; Alexander Yeahnur of Rivergee; Eliza Robert of Maryland; Hawa of Grand Cape Mount County; Mulbah Kunyon also of Cape Mount; Afoa Williams of District 9 Montserrado County; Ma Nowai of the Johnsonville area; The St. Moses Funeral Parlor case- Siafa, Robert, Blamo, and Blama, and Little Odell Sherman, amongst several others.
The opposition political party said the Police authorities are said to be investigating the most recent murders as the public continues to wait without any ounce certainty adding that, that should not be business as usual.
Cummings averred that the growing number of unexplained deaths, mysterious murders and disappearances threaten Liberia’s peace and security and undermine prospects for its economic recovery because no serious investor will want to invest in a country with rising crimes and a government unwillingness or inability to provide a solution.
“Where there is no guaranteed security of individual citizens and a strong commitment to the rule of law, the economy will collapse further and recovery will be stalled. Economic conditions will worsen and the hardship on our people will continue,” Cumming stressed.
He reiterated that solving murders and stopping crimes are indispensible to job creation, economic recovery and development and noted, “We can no longer gamble the safety and security of our people. Our Constitution provides for the security of all persons and yet the government has failed to do so.”
“We call on this government to strengthen our security sector in order to prevent the occurrences of wanton killings, speed up investigations and bring to justice those culpable for these heinous crimes. We can no longer accept business as usual while our people die like flies,” the ANC political leader stated.