The ‘monkey can’t leave its black hands’ cliché has caught up with the Independent National Commission on Human Right (INCHR), Mohammed Fahnbulleh as the Monrovia City Court has summoned him on charges of menacing and disorderly conduct.
The City Court Judge, Jomah Jallah’s mandate served on Commissioner Fahnbulleh yesterday read, ”You are hereby commanded to summon Mohammed Fahnbulleh and cause him to appear before the Monrovia City Magisterial Court, Temple of Justice on Wednesday November 2, at 10: AM to answer to the charges of menacing and disorderly conduct, based upon the oath and complaint of the Republic of Liberia by J. Kennedy Korlubah in which it is substantially alleged.”
Judge Jallah’s decision yesterday was stemmed from the president of the INCHR Workers Union, J. Kennedy Korlubah’s complaint filed on October 30, stating that defendant Fahnbulleh with the intent to place him in fear, purposely makes threatening remarks against him among which is the latest that says, ‘I will give you a befitting burial.’
The writ continue, “The remarks made by the defendant created fear in him and the defendant further ruined insults on him publicly to cause him serious public inconvenience and annoyance and therefore, the defendant is hereby ordered to appear before the court on the above date and time to answer to the allegations.”
The court maintained that the alleged act of defendant Fahnbulleh being unlawful, illegal and an intentional which violates Section 14.25 and 17.3 of the New Penal Law of Liberia.
However, in an interview with this paper yesterday, complainant korlubah explained that during his inauguration program, Mohammed Fahnbulleh sexually harassed a female staff who wrote the union and complained the action.
He furthered that the union forwarded its case to the board and everyone present at the occasion was questioned one after the other by the board.
According to him, Fahnbulleh met with him and told him not to say the truth when he is asked by the board but should rather speak on his behalf but he added that he refused to accept such thing and spoke the truth to the board.
Complainant Korlubah stated that Fahnbulleh is always making fearful remarks that any staff including a commissioner that will stand in his way will be given a befitting burial and he meant every word from his mouth.
“Last night by 8:45 PM on my way home, Fahnbulleh came with a vehicle and blocked my way with it for 30 minutes, and at the same time. He was threatening me that he would deal with me; so people started coming around and told him to leave but rather he told them to leave him alone because it is their office matter which does not concern anyone of them,” he said.
Kolubah explained that a lady dressed in all over black came out of Fahnbulleh’s vehicle asking him to open his vehicle door but he refused because it was very risky for him and not even knowing their plans towards him.
“My life is in danger by threats from Mr. Fahnbulleh therefore I prayed for a writ of arrest yesterday morning but when the officers came at the office to arrest him, he immediately called Judge Jallah who invited him to appear in court by 3pm yesterday and the writ of arrest was changed to a writ of summon,” the plaintiff stated.
With all the bad blood between the workers’ union and the commissioners, on October 27, the Union’s president received a three months suspension letter under the signature of the Board’s chairperson, Dempster Brown.
According to the letter which this paper obtained, Kennedy’s crime was making live appearance on the state-owned radio on September 27 as well as his attitude exhibited on October 17 during a called meeting at the INCHR compound.
The BoC said though a committee investigated and submitted its finding and recommendations but they were contrary to the weight of the evidence and sufficient basis for the board to conduct its own inquiry; though it had not but Kennedy’s suspension takes effect today November 1, 2022 to February 1, 2023 without pay and emoluments and according to the mandate, he is to stay off the premises of the INCHR.
