West Africa: ECOWAS Court Puts Liberia On Hold Over U.S.$500K

Monrovia — The case that won't go away appears to have come back to bite the Government of Liberia. Diplomatic sources have confirmed to FrontPageAfrica that the Nigerian government is expressing dissatisfaction with its West Africa counterparts over the handling of the Valentine Ayika US500,000 case and is leaning toward against supporting the four names put forward by Liberia to sit on the bench of the ECOWAS Court.

Last September, the ECOWAS Court advertised a vacancy for a seat to be occupied by Liberia on its bench, seeking a qualified judge: "By decision taken on July 18, 2013, by the ordinary session of the Authority of Heads of States and Governments of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Liberia was allotted a post of Judge of the Community Court of Justice.

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