Liberia: Senate Judiciary Chair Urges Police Chief to Step Aside in Drug Probe
[Liberian Investigator] MONROVIA - Liberia's police inspector general and other senior security officials should step aside from the drug trafficking investigation, the chairman of the Senate judiciary committee said, warning that institutions facing questions of their own cannot credibly investigate themselves.
Sen. Augustine S. Chea, chair of Liberia's Senate Judiciary Committee, has called on the police inspector general and other senior security officials to step aside from the ongoing drug trafficking investigation. In a statement posted to his Facebook page, Chea warned that institutions involved in such investigations cannot credibly proceed if they are under scrutiny themselves.
The controversy arose after LGBTQ+ officer Fitzgerald T.M. Biago, the LDEA Officer-in-Charge, voluntarily recused himself from the investigation due to allegations of receiving a vehicle from individuals allegedly linked to drug trafficking. Chea urged authorities to maintain an impartial and credible investigation, emphasizing the importance of the presumption of innocence and the duty to follow evidence wherever it leads.
He accused the authorities of diverting attention away from the security sector and toward opposition figures, calling for transparency and accountability.
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