Liberia: 'Criminal Conspiracy' - Tyler, Sherman, Others Indicted for Bribery

Monrovia — Following weeks of legal wrangling between some accused in the Global Witness Report and the Special Presidential Task Force set up to probe the report, the Government of Liberia on Wednesday indicted the Speaker of the House of Representatives Alex Tyler and Grand Cape-Mount County Senator Varney Sherman for allegedly committing multiple criminal offences, bribery, economic sabotage, criminal conspiracy, solicitation and facilitation.

The writ of arrest issued Wednesday by the Criminal Court "C" before his honour Judge Emery Paye from the Clerk of the court Knowles Shain reads: You are hereby commanded to arrest the living bodies of Varney Sherman, E C B Jones, Christopher Onanuga, Alex Tyler and the Sable Mining Inc by and thru its authorized representative charged with the commission of the crimes, bribery, criminal facilitation, conspiracy, solicitation and economic sabotage."

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