Expressing thanks and appreciation to the Liberian Muslim community on Wednesday, April 10 which climaxed the Islamic Holy month of Ramadan, the Chief Imam Ali Krayee has called for reconstitution of government Asset Recovery Taskforce terming the current composition a mockery to the genuine intend by President Joseph N. Boakai.
The Islamic cleric Imam Ali Krayee urged the government to reconstitute the Assets Recovery and Property Retrieval Taskforce by bringing on board eminent citizens with passion to retrieve the country’s stolen assets.
He termed the Assets Recovery Team as a mockery if the process does not start of the regime of former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
On Monday, April 8, 2024, Asset Recovery Team concedes to procedural errors ‘in part’ during Court proceedings between it and former Chief of Protocol, Finda Bondo over stopping of her fleet of “Glorious Ride” taxis.
The Assets Recovery and Property Retrieval Taskforce recently set up by President Joseph Nyuma Boakai under Executive Order #126, recently said its intelligence points to former Chief of Protocol Finda Bondo being owner of the fleet of “Glorious Ride” taxis is being tested in court.
The Supreme Court Justice in Chambers, Yussif D. Kaba on Monday April 1,2024 demanded that Glorious Ride company headed by Finda Bondo present title documents leading to the legitimate of the vehicles.
During proceedings Monday, April 8, 2024, Supreme Court Chambers Justice, Yussif D. Kaba declined to grant a request by the Gracious ride to prevent the Asset Recovery and Property Retrieval team from impounding all of its legitimate vehicles, after the Asset recovery team conceded procedural errors.
Justice Kaba’s decision was based on a communication dated April 8,2024 by the Asset Recovery and property Retrieval task force in which they yielded to the petition and that they were going to abide by the authority of the court and appropriate laws and was going to apply with due process and the rule of law.
According to the communication, Asset Recovery and property retrieval task force acknowledged that its action was not deliberate to disenfranchise the Gracious ride but was done to investigate the allegations of suspicion surrounding the acquisition of the petitioner’s petition vehicles.
Asset recovery and property retrieval task force further maintained that the investigation suspicious assets fall within the mandate of Executive order #126 which was announced by President Joseph Nyumah Boakai.
However, in his one-page decision, Justice Kaba also ordered the Asset Recovery and property retrieval task force to proceed in line with the law.
Copy of Justice Kaba’s ruling dated April 8,2024, and obtained by this news outlet, it reads” By directive of his Honor Yussif D. Kaba, Associate Justice presiding in Chambers has declined to issue the writ prayed for by the petitioner, reserving the rights and considering the attach communication from the respondent, you are hereby informed that the respondent to proceed in keeping with law.”
Before Justice Kaba’s order, a five day-ultimatums was given to Gracious ride which got expired on April 5,2024, to bring their legitimate documents for the vehicles.
It can be recalled on Wednesday, March 27,2024, the Glorious ride vehicles and several vehicles belonging to the former Police IG Patrick Sudue were impounded by the Asset Recovery and property Retrieval team headed by former Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission boss Cllr. Edwin Kla Martin and team.
Following the seizure of the vehicles, Justice Kaba ordered the release of all the vehicles seized and stay all seizure pending outcome of the conference on April 1,2024 which Gracious ride was given a five-day ultimatum to present their ownership documents.
On March 11, 2024, the Executive Director of CENTAL, Anderson Miamen said the President should direct the funds to the Asset Recovery Unit at the LACC.
He stressed that if the Taskforce must be maintained, it should or has to be led or headed by the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission and not exclusive of the Commission, as it is currently.
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