20/08/2026
🚨🇱🇷 “COLEMAN MUST RECUSE HIMSELF” — LPP DEMANDS INDEPENDENT CO***NE INVESTIGATION
MONROVIA, Liberia — The Liberian People’s Party (LPP) has called on President Joseph Nyuma Boakai to establish an independent commission of inquiry into Liberia’s ongoing co***ne crisis and require Police Inspector General Gregory O. W. Coleman to recuse himself from investigations related to the matter.
In a press release issued Wednesday, August 19, the LPP said reported public statements attributed to Coleman — suggesting that senior government officials may have had knowledge of or connections to the co***ne operation — raise serious questions that should be examined independently.
The party emphasized that its call for Coleman’s recusal does not amount to an accusation of criminal wrongdoing against him. Rather, the LPP said the move would help safeguard the credibility, impartiality and integrity of the investigation.
According to the party, Coleman could potentially become a material witness because of information he reportedly possesses regarding senior government officials.
The LPP wants an independent commission to establish what Coleman knew, when he obtained the information, what evidence supported it and what actions were taken afterward.
The party is also calling for scrutiny of any possible obstruction of justice, political interference, intelligence failures or institutional weaknesses surrounding the co***ne investigations.
Additionally, the LPP urged the government to ensure the protection of whistleblowers, witnesses, journalists and investigators from intimidation or retaliation.
It maintained that anyone against whom credible evidence establishes wrongdoing should face prosecution regardless of political affiliation, position or rank.
🇱🇷 What do you think: Should IG Coleman recuse himself to allow an independent investigation?