Monrovia, July 3 -- The Special Grand Jury for Montserrado County has issued a multi-count indictment against several individuals, including former Speaker J. Fonati Koffa and Montserrado County District Number 16 Representative Dixon W. Seboe, for their alleged roles in the December 2024 arson attack on the Capitol Building, seat of Liberia's national legislature.

By Willie Tokpah

The indictment, handed down during the May Term A.D. OF Court by the Grand Jury follows a recent decision by the Supreme Court of Liberia to deny the Government's motion for judicial review of a bond filed on behalf of Koffa and others.

The High Court's refusal effectively upheld their temporary release but cleared the way for prosecution to proceed based ...