Monrovia - Chief Justice Francis Korkpor entered the Supreme Court Tuesday, January 30 with his four Justices claiming that he has been receiving text messages containing death threats against him and his family. We are two citizens of Nimba County on this bench and each of us on this bench has one vote,” he said. Chief Justice Korkpor termed the report as untrue and claimed he only know one of the parties in the case (Garrison Yealue) as a lawmaker of Nimba County and not the other party - Gunpue Kargon. Yealue’s complaint was dismissed by NEC board on the basis that he did not prove his case. The first hearing of the Nimba County District #4 appeal by the Supreme was set for last Wednesday, January 25, 2018 but the hearing was ordered postponed by the Supreme Court and reschedule for Tuesday, January 30, 2018.

Source: Front Page Africa January 31, 2018 03:42 UTC