Liberia, Jan. 9 -- MOST LIBERIANS AT HOME and abroad were somewhat shocked on Monday, January 6, following the police and other security agencies' handling of the Council of Patriots' peaceful protest that degenerated into a brief riot sparked by direct show of force from the security. These Liberians were also bamboozled by the last dramatic event that climaxed the entire protest episode of the day.

SHOW HOST and harsh critic of President George Manneh Weah, Mr. Henry Pedro Costa, along with other folks, including Representative Yekeh Kolubah, Senator Abraham Darius Dillon and others, led hundreds of Liberians out on Capitol Hill to peacefully demonstrate their disagreements with the President's handling of the nation's governance.

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