Monrovia, Sept. 12 -- The Secretary General of the opposition Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC), Jefferson Tamba Koijee, has leveled serious allegations against the management of the Liberia Petroleum Refining Company (LPRC), accusing it of engaging in secret petroleum importation deals that bypass legal procurement processes.

Speaking at a press conference in Monrovia, Koijee claimed that LPRC, under the leadership of Managing Director Amos Tweh, has imported petroleum products without conducting an international tender, a move he described as a "direct assault on the Liberian people."

"Fellow Liberians, what is unfolding at the Liberia Petroleum Refining Company is nothing short of a carefully orchestrated fraud against the Liberi...