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LACC INVESTIGATES BILL TWEHWAY FOR ALLEGED LINK TO SEVERAL CORRUPTION REPORTS  

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Monrovia – The managing director of the National Port Authority, Bill Twehway according to a source informed Smart News Liberia that the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission is investigating Mr. Twehway for alleged corruption.

Report by Socrates S. Saywon, s.saywon@smartnewsliberia.com

NPA MD’s investigation to help with the investigation is due to his alleged link to several reports of an alleged corruption scandal at the Port of Buchanan and awarding of a contract to his brother. Peter Twehway.

The brother of Mr. Twehway, Peter Twehway owns a 50% share in Creative Developers Inc a company that entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to undertake cargo clearing at the National Port Authority.

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Peter Twehway

Peter Twehway, the brother to the NPA MD whose company was chosen by the NPA without a competitive bidding process clearly suggests the existence of a conflict of interest.

Buchanan Port Corruption Saga

It can be recalled, a few weeks back, fugitive Buchanan Port Manager, Charles MacArthur Gull, who alleged to have stolen over US$200,000, released sterling revelations saying that amount that was stolen from the port’s account was not US$200,000 but rather US$1.5 million, which he [Charles Gull] links the Managing Director of the National Port Authority (NPA), Mr. Bill Tweahway of been the main culprit.

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In a short dispatch from the United States, Mr. Gull indicated that the NPA Managing Director personally withdrew the US$1.5 Million under the title ‘Special Order’ and made away with the money without any written communication from the Port of Buchanan account department.

Mr. Gull’s dispatch further disclosed that his secret departure from the country was due to several threats received from his former boss, backed with some criminal gangs who have allegedly threatened him that if he made any attempt to expose MD Tweahway in his testimony to the LACC his life will be shortened by all means. He, however, promised to release additional information about those called big hands.

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Fugitive Buchanan Port Manager, Charles MacArthur Gull, who allegedly admitted to stealing over US$200,000

Immediately following his escape from the country Gull threatened to publicly expose, those he called “Big hands” in Weah’s CDC-led administration who are involved in the alleged corruption allegation linking him and his deputy.

It is widely reported on social media that Mr. Gull has escaped the country following a mandate from the court that state security should prevent him and others who have been accused of alleged corruption from leaving the country pending the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission investigation.

But Mr. Gull on his official social media page over-posted over the weekend disclosed that he will provide information concerning the entire episode regarding the alleged corruption at the Buchanan Port linking him and others.

Gull together with the Chief Statistician, Amara Kamara allegedly stole U$200,000.00 from the coffer of the Buchanan Port; both men were suspended by the government of Liberia through National Port Authority on Friday, July 16, 2021, for their alleged involvement in diverting monies intended for the government of Liberia into their personal accounts.

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Howbeit, a couple of days ago, Gull posted on his official Facebook page saying: “It’s about time I speak and make clear about the entire allegation. I had no option than accepting under duress, Fear of death, being in imminent danger” he noted.

According to him, he has all of the relevant documents and communication in his possession, and locking his office wouldn’t mean better for the National Port Authority.

“Locking my office not to get hold of any document was a failed attempt because every document I deemed essential, was kept on my iCloud and it will be published to the press and the Liberian people,” he said.

Regarding his official public response to the allegation that links him to corruption at the Buchanan Port, his page indicated, “I won’t be the sacrificial lamb”.

“I am safe now, I can talk, if it wasn’t about my integrity, I would have kept quiet “he emphasized.

Mr. Gull however said he will apologize to friends that his clarity will expose, but indicated that it’s about his name being rubbed in the dirt while the real culprits are the big guns.

Mr. Gull and the comptroller of the port of Buchanan were suspended and recommended to the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission for investigation following the embezzlement of over US$300,000.

According to preliminary investigation, before he left the country, admitted to stealing over US$200,000…

Socrates Smythe Saywon
Socrates Smythe Saywon is a Liberian journalist. You can contact me at 0777425285 or 0886946925, or reach out via email at saywonsocrates@smartnewsliberia.com or saywonsocrates3@gmail.com.

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