-LIBERIANS ON JUDGE WESSEH’S DUBIOUS LAND SALE

Following a publication by this Paper, in which a Liberian resident in the United States has accused Judge Tweh Wesseh of dubious land sale, Liberians responding to the development are asking for the prompt intervention of the Chief Justice of the Republic of Liberia into the matter to save the integrity of the judiciary.

Mr. Jackson Bropleh told this Paper that Judge Tweh Wesseh has received from him one Thousand Five Hundred United Sates Dollars (US$1,500) for a parcel of land situated in Johnsonville, Lower Montserrado County, but has surprisingly sold the land to another person and has not refunded his money.

“Judge Tweh himself delivered the warranty deed of the land to me during one of his visits to the United States where I live currently,” Mr. Bropleh told this Paper.

This Paper has a copy of the deed and other related legal documents in its possession.

When contacted via text messages for his reaction to Bropleh’s claims, the Judge did not deny nor confirm the claims, but said in his text message, “if Jackson Bropleh is mad, I am not crazy and if he thinks I have offended him, let him go to court because you cannot help him,” warning that this Paper should not contact him again on the matter.

While Mr. Bropleh, Judge Tweh Wesseh’s childhood friend and kinsman from PicnicCess, Grand Kru County, is contemplating filing a formal complaint to the Ethics and Grievance office of the Supreme Court, Liberians both home and abroad say as was in the case of other corrupt judges like the late Cllr. Marcus Jones and others, the Chief Justice of the Republic of Liberia should take charge of the matter and take a punitive action against Judge Wesseh if found guilty of the allegations to serve as a precedence to others.

A lawyer, who spoke to our editor-in-chief but begged for anonymity, said Judge Tweh Wesseh risks losing not only his job, but will also lose public trust if Bropleh’s claims are proven beyond reasonable doubts.