Afrigather Monrovia — Justice Minister Musa Dean has informed FrontPageAfrica that the letter circulating on social media and different information media shops suggesting that he reported the sanctioned and suspended Solicitor Common to the U.S. Ambassador was doctored.
He described the letter as “Full forgery and the making of Cephus”, including, “So, if he had this letter, dated January 15, 2022, what was he ready for to convey it to the fore?”
When requested whether or not the signature was additionally cast, Cllr. Dean mentioned, “I do not know. Most likely, the signature was traced or lifted. This isn’t my diction”.
He went on to say the e-mail tackle ([email protected]) that seems on the letter are additionally not his, giving My e mail addresses are: [email protected] and [email protected] as his working and solely e mail tackle.
The January 15, 2022 communication that solely surfaced within the media this week was purportedly written by Min. Dean to the U.S. Ambassador Michael McCarthy informing him that the Solicitor Common has been overlapping his capabilities.
The letter described Cllr. Cephus’ conduct as one which has the propensity to “impede the peace technique of our nation and the justice system. It’s harmful to have such a nasty apple in public service.”
However Cllr. Dean says the letter was doctored to make it seem that it was primarily based on his criticism that he, Cllr. Cephus was added to the listing of sanctioned officers.
Cllr. Cephus was amongst three key officers of the Weah-led authorities that have been sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Division on August 15.
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The Treasury Division famous that the controversial Solicitor Common developed shut relationships with suspects of prison investigations and acquired bribes from people in alternate for having their instances dropped. “Cephus has labored behind the scenes to determine preparations with topics of cash laundering investigations to stop investigations with the intention to personally profit financially. He shields cash launderers and helps clear them via the courtroom system and has intimidated different prosecutors in an try and quash investigations. Cephus has additionally utilized his place to hinder investigations and block the prosecution of corruption instances involving members of the federal government. Cephus has been accused of tampering with and purposefully withholding proof in instances involving members of opposition political events to make sure conviction.”
The Solicitor Common, in accordance with the Treasury Division, is being designated for being a international one who is a present authorities official who’s liable for or complicit in, or who has immediately or not directly engaged in, corruption, together with the misappropriation of state property, the expropriation of personal property for private acquire, corruption associated to authorities contracts or the extraction of pure assets, or bribery.
In the meantime, the suspended Solicitor Common has written President Weah complaining Cllr. Dean for ‘writing’ such a letter to the U.S. Ambassador.
He additionally referred to as on the President to prevail on the U.S. Authorities to grant him the chance to be accorded due course of and his “day in courtroom to face Minister Dean and the remainder of my accusers and to be confronted with the proof that they’ve procured in opposition to me.”
