Police Entangled In US$30.000 Theft Case

It seems that the Liberia National Police(LNP) is finding it very difficult to disentangle itself from a criminal case in which one Abraham Bah allegedly stole US$30,000 from Atef Youssou Adidibe of the Royal Diamond Company in Monrovia .

According to our investigation few months ago, Bah reportedly stole the amount from Adidibe who reported the case to the police for redress but the police arrested the culprit and later released him after he confessed to the crime and wrote a promissory not to restitute the amount.

Reliable information gathered by this paper say Bah has escaped to Guinea . Sources at the police headquarters said during the case, lot of scheming took place which led to the culprit writing a promissory note before his subsequent release.

The delay by the police to settle the case made the lawyers hired by the victim to write a second complaint this time against the police to the Minister of Justice Philip Banks which prompted the Justice Minister to write Gayflor Tarpeh who was acting as Director of Police at the time to furnish him with an update of the case.

The letter dated February 9, 2008, requested Tarpeh to with a matter of urgency, provide an update on the status of the case within 72 hours upon receipt of the letter.

It is almost three months now, the status of the case is yet to be known, as the Justice Minister is yet to provide relief to the complainant.

When this paper contacted the office of the Minister of Justice for comment on the issue, the Public Relations Officer at the Ministry said the minister was out of the country.

Efforts to contact Deputy Police Director Tarpeh failed up to press time. Investigation continues.