MONROVIA: In the wake of the impounding of several vehicles belonging to the Gracious Ride Company, a private transport enterprise in Liberia, the Supreme Court has ordered the release of the vehicles and issued a writ of prohibition to any other further action on the seizure.
In a letter addressed to the Minister of Justice, Cllr. N. Oswald Tweh, and signed by Cllr. Sam Mamulu, Chief Clerk of the Supreme Court introduced the case as “Gracious Ride by and thru its manager, Francis T. Blamo of the City of Monrovia versus the Asset Recovery Task Force headed by Edwin Kla Martin also of the City of Monrovia”.
“By directive of His Honor yussif D. Kaba, Associate Justice presiding in Chambers, you are hereby cited to a conference with His honor on Monday, April 1, 2024, at the hour of 11:00 am, in connection with the above captioned case.
“Meanwhile, you are ordered to release all vehicles seized and stay all seizure pending the outcome of the conference”, the letter said.
The case arose from the action of the recently appointed Assets Recovery Committee on Wednesday of this week where it went ahead to impound several vehicles belonging to Gracious Ride reportedly for being assets of the government but being run as private business for profit. The action also covered other vehicles believed to be properties of the government that should have been returned to the government when individuals to whom the vehicles were assigned ceased to be in the employ of the government upon the inauguration of President Joseph Nyuma Boakai.
The former Inspector General of Police, Mr. Patrick Sudue was not also spared in the process as his vehicle which he claimed to have bought from the General Service Agency (GSA) in 2021 was impounded in the traffic and whisked to the premises of GSA. It was also reported that Sudue had instituted a lawsuit against the Assets Recovery Committee.
There has not been any response from the Assets Recovery Committee since the Supreme Court ordered the release of the vehicles and a writ of prohibition issued against any other further action of the Committee.
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