By Pewu Y. Sumo
Monrovia, Liberia: — The opposition Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) has accused the Managing Director of the Liberia Petroleum Refining Company (LPRC), Hon. Amos Tweh, of attempting to bribe jurors in the recently concluded economic sabotage case involving former Finance and Development Planning Minister Samuel D. Tweah Jr. and four other officials of the CDC government.
Speaking today at the party’s temporary headquarters in Sinkor, the Assistant Secretary for Press and Propaganda of the CDC Youth League, Mamesie Kabah, alleged that Tweh attempted to influence the outcome of the high-profile US$6.2 million corruption case. According to the CDC Youth League official, the Unity Party stalwart allegedly attempted to offer a bribe of US$275,000 to the jurors presiding over the case at Criminal Court “C.”
The Allegations
Kabah claims the alleged bribe was intended to secure a conviction specifically against former Finance Minister Tweah, who served under the previous CDC administration. However, the CDC official further stated that the jurors “rejected the offer face down,” upholding their integrity in the face of political pressure.
“The objective was clear: to create a public spectacle, damage reputations, and convince Liberians that allegations alone were equivalent to guilt,” Kabah stated.
She further revealed what she referenced as “reliable information that the Boakai government has ordered its surrogates to harm ‘such patriots’ who served as jurors, as a lesson to future jurors to convict former CDC officials.”
Kabah continued, stating that the government has therefore moved to issue new indictments against the former Finance Minister, who was acquitted on May 8, 2026, of all financial wrongdoing in the concluded economic sabotage case.
The CDC statement comes a day after the Judiciary responded to allegations of jury tampering in the US$6.2 million corruption case involving former CDC officials.
In a statement released on May 13, 2026, the Judiciary described reports of jury tampering or investigations being ordered by the Chief Justice as “categorically false, misleading, and reckless.”
As of press time, neither the Government of Liberia nor the LPRC has responded to the allegations of juror bribery.
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