Monrovia, Jan. 16 -- File photo: Members of the Council of Patriots in a press conference in Monrovia

The Council of Patriots has condemned what it terms "continual harassments, intimidation and threats" on the lives of members of the COP particularly its Chairman, Henry Pedro Costa and another member, Representative Yekeh Kolubah.

COP Chairman Costa left Liberia via neighboring Sierra Leone in the wake of an ongoing investigation by the Liberia Immigration Service (LIS) for using an alleged forged laissez passer to enter Liberia from Ghana.

In a statement issued in Monrovia Wednesday, January 15, COP says its Chairman was forced to leave the country on Sunday, Jan. 12, due to several threats made on his life by strange men, pro-govern...