{"id":2202,"date":"2022-02-23T09:33:02","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T09:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/?p=2202"},"modified":"2022-02-23T09:33:02","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T09:33:02","slug":"liberia-president-pardons-ex-minister-over-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/2202\/liberia-president-pardons-ex-minister-over-corruption\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberia president pardons ex-minister over corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-reactid=\".1185ukn2wb4.1.0.1.1.1.1:$post-6214f19f000e9e34d25a7642.0.6.0.0:$post_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qiraatafrican.com\/en\/?s=Liberia\">Liberia<\/a>&#8216;s President George Weah has pardoned ex-defence minister, Brownie Samukai, who was sentenced to a prison term by the Supreme Court for corruption.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1185ukn2wb4.1.0.1.1.1.1:$post-6214f19f000e9e34d25a7642.0.6.0.0:$post_2\">He never entered jail, and the pardon means that he may be able to take his seat as a senator and works towards repaying the government.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1185ukn2wb4.1.0.1.1.1.1:$post-6214f19f000e9e34d25a7642.0.6.0.0:$post_3\">Samukai and two others who worked under him were convicted of failing to account for more than $1m deducted routinely from soldiers&#8217; salaries for savings while he was minister under former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1185ukn2wb4.1.0.1.1.1.1:$post-6214f19f000e9e34d25a7642.0.6.0.0:$post_4\">Throughout his trial Samukai maintained the money had been spent on other official matters on the orders of the former president.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1185ukn2wb4.1.0.1.1.1.1:$post-6214f19f000e9e34d25a7642.0.6.0.0:$post_5\">A senior minister in Mr Weah&#8217;s office told a press conference that the government will pay the money Samukai owes the former soldiers, and he will then pay back the government.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1185ukn2wb4.1.0.1.1.1.1:$post-6214f19f000e9e34d25a7642.0.6.0.0:$post_6\">Samukai was elected senator for Lofa County in the far north in 2020, but didn&#8217;t take his seat<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".1185ukn2wb4.1.0.1.1.1.1:$post-6214f19f000e9e34d25a7642.0.6.0.0:$post_7\">The court had ruled that he should remain in jail until he paid back the money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liberia&#8216;s President George Weah has pardoned ex-defence minister, Brownie Samukai, who was sentenced to a prison term by the Supreme Court for corruption. He never entered jail, and the pardon means that he may be able to take his seat as a senator and works towards repaying the government. 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