MONROVIA – The National Youth League of the opposition Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) has expelled two of its senior officials and launched scathing accusations against several government officials and the ruling Unity Party, citing what it calls a “coordinated conspiracy” to rig the Nimba County senatorial by-election in favor of the Movement for Democracy and Reconstruction (MDR) candidate, Representative Samuel G. Kogar.
In a press statement released Thursday, April 17, the Youth League announced the immediate suspension of its Secretary General, Martin Fahn, and Deputy Secretary for Administration, Armstrong Marziah. The pair were accused of betraying the party’s revolutionary cause by endorsing Kogar, whom the CDC described as a “handpicked puppet of a corrupt regime.”
The League framed the endorsements as acts of ideological treachery and warned that “no traitor will be tolerated,” emphasizing that the suspensions were part of a broader purge to protect the integrity of the CDC’s revolutionary principles.
Beyond internal disciplinary actions, the Youth League turned its attention to the Unity Party-led government, accusing several top appointees of violating Section 5.1 of the Code of Conduct, which bars appointed officials from engaging in political activities. Those named include Amos Tweh of the Liberia Petroleum Refining Company, Mo Ali of the Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation, Cornelia Kruah of the Ministry of State, and Jeror Cole Bangalu of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, among others.
“These individuals, entrusted with national resources, have used their public offices to campaign for Kogar,” the statement read. “Their acts constitute not only criminal misconduct, but also constitutional sabotage.”
The CDC Youth League further alleged that the Unity Party has pumped 400 million Liberian dollars into Nimba County to influence the by-election through vote buying and intimidation. The statement accused Vice President Jeremiah Koung of holding secret meetings with electoral officials at his private farm in Ganta to orchestrate electoral fraud.
In response, the League vowed to deploy what it called a “revolutionary defense of democracy,” promising to station legal observers, vote defenders, and mobilizers across Nimba County to protect the election process.
“This is not just an election. This is a revolutionary stand for dignity, justice, and truth,” the statement declared, calling on the people of Nimba to reject bribes and vote their conscience.
