Liberia: 'Account for Allison's Blood'

30 March 2015
The NEWS (Monrovia)

"NO! Mr. Minister of Justice, this matter is not considered closed. As dutiful citizens of this Republic, we intend to demand answers to questions you have provoked. As our public servant, you are under a duty to provide credible answers. If you are not careful, this matter will define your tenure as Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Republic of Liberia," these were the words of a renowned human rights advocate and lawyer Atty. Samuel Kofi Woods, II, Legal Consultant, Liberia Law Society.

He said the "Liberian government will account for every drop of the dead man's blood" because it has provoked more questions to several raised in a recent autopsy report read by Cllr. Benedict Sannoh, Minister of Justice, who was formerly a human rights lawyer during the perilous era of convicted ex-Liberian president Charles Taylor.

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