
The Special Presidential Task-Force commissioned by the Liberian leader, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to probe those named in the Global Witness’ Stable Mining bribery scandal today disclosed that it has expanded over US$90,000.00 in its bid to gather evidences from witnesses both in Liberia and abroad in order to ably prosecute those being accused.
Addressing the Ministry of Information regular press conference today, July 5, 2016, the Chairman of the Task-Force and also Minister of the Ministry of State without portfolio, Cllr. Jonathan Fonati Koffa said efforts are being applied to gather sufficient evidences, and that very soon additional names of those linked to the scandal will be released.
Presence at the news conference was members of the Task-Force including Cllr. Augustine Toe of the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) and the Chief Prosecutor to the Task-Force who is also representing the Ministry of Justice, Cllr. Darku Mulbah were all at the conference adding their voices to the efforts being applied by the Task-Force to bring to justice those accused.