Justice Minister’s recusal poses challenge to President Weah’s mandateThe recent recusal by Justice Minister and Attorney General Cllr. Dean’s recusal, a release signed by Information Minister Eugene Nagbe announced President Weah had given Minister Dean two weeks to come up with a preliminary report on the ExxonMobil Oil Block 13 bribery allegations. Global Witness claimed that the initial sale of oil Block 13 to Oranto Petroleum, over which Dean presided, was done under arrangements tainted with fraud. “But Global Witness’ evidence shows that the company was likely part-owned by former Lands, Mines and Energy Minister, Jonathan Mason and former Deputy Minister, Mulbah Willie. Mason and Willie are suspected of granting the oil block to a company in which they held interests while they were also ministers in 2005, which was illegal under Liberian law,” Global Witness said.

Source: Daily Observer April 05, 2018 02:29 UTC