Liberia: Ministry of Internal Affairs Secures Release of 11 Men Held in Traditional Leaders in Bong County after Going on a Preaching ExpeditionMonrovia – The Ministry of Internal Affairs says it has secured the release of 11 men who were held in the custody by traditional leaders in Gbartala, Bong County. The eleven men who had traveled from Monrovia to Gbartala on a preaching expedition are members of a religious group called Saint Assembly. Meanwhile, the traditional leaders denied ever taking the men into the Poro Bush, terming it as total falsehood. The traditional leaders said the men were only detained in a nearby town with the plan of turning them over to the local authority for violating the Culture. Meanwhile, the Ministry is warning local and traditional leaders against taking the law into their own hands, rather seek legal remedy to such situation.

Source: Front Page Africa October 08, 2021 08:48 UTC