Liberia: Henry Costa Gets Bail, Released From South Beach Prison

The freedom or let's say temporary freedom of radio talk show host Henry Costa came late Monday evening at about 5pm, after lawyers were able to secure a bond of an undisclosed amount. Friends, well wishers and sympathizers of Costa flooded the grounds of the temple of justice early Monday morning hoping to see him a free man before midday but that was not to be so.

Lawyers were seen moving back and forth at the Monrovia City Court trying to secure a valid bail bond for the terroristic threat charges that has been brought upon Costa by the court in favor of the head of the National Security Agency, Fomba Sirleaf, who happens to be the son of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Many who assembled at the court in support of Costa expressed dismay that the head of the NSA would bring such charges against an ordinary citizen.

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