MONROVIA, April 18 -- Tension is reaching a boiling point in Monrovia as former ex-rebels threaten the arrest Montserrado County District 10 lawmaker Yekeh Kolubah but his supporters are prepared to aggressively resist any such move.

Report by Webster J. H. Clayeh, webster.clayeh@frontpageafricaonline.com

Several ex-combatants

from different defunct rebel groups and the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) urged

the lawmaker to submit himself for investigation within 72 hours for statements

made against President George Weah.

Speaking to

journalists at their National Headquarters on Benson Street, Monrovia on Tuesday,

the chairman of the ex-generals and former chief of staff of Liberia United for

Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD), Ofori...