MONROVIA – Delegates at the Bong County Assembly on Saturday, October 25, 2025, elected Duku Jallah as president of the Federation of Liberian Youth (FLY), even after the Ministry of Youth and Sports ordered a halt to the electoral process and named Amos Williams as interim president.
The Ministry’s suspension of the vote followed protests over the conduct and legality of the election, with officials raising concerns about adherence to FLY’s constitution and the proper sequencing of national and county-level processes. Nevertheless, the Bong County assembly proceeded with voting that the FLY Independent Election Committee (IEC) later certified as a legitimate result.
In a statement, the FLY IEC confirmed that Duku Jallah won the election and urged members and the public to accept the outcome as a valid expression of the delegates’ will. The IEC said its processes produced a clear winner despite the ministry’s directive to suspend activities. The IEC’s position appears to place the federation’s internal organs in direct tension with the youth ministry.
The result prompted an immediate and fierce reaction from the Vanguard Student Unification Party (SUP). In a press release issued on Saturday and signed by Secretary‑General Odecious Mulbah and Chairman Sylvester Wheeler, SUP strongly rejected Jallah’s claim to the presidency, calling it an act of “criminal impersonation” and asserting that he was neither elected nor recognized by FLY’s legitimate constitutional structures.
SUP’s statement warned that the FLY office was “forbidden” to Jallah and his supporters and urged comrades, students, clergy, journalists and international partners to defend what the party described as the integrity of the young federation. The release used combative language, saying SUP would take unspecified actions if Jallah attempted to operate as FLY president and promising to enforce discipline on those it labeled as rebellious militants.
The ministry-appointed interim president, Amos Williams, has yet to comment publicly on the Bong County vote. Officials at the Ministry of Youth and Sports have maintained that their halt order remains in effect while legal and procedural issues are clarified, and they have urged all parties to pursue redress through established constitutional and judicial channels.
SUP reiterated its warning in the statement, saying that on Monday, October 27, 2025, it would declare the premises of FLY off-limits to Jallah and his backers. The release framed the dispute as more than an internal leadership quarrel, describing it as a struggle for the authority and future of the country’s umbrella youth organization.
