MONROVIA, LIBERIA-The Supreme Court of Liberia has denied Gracious Ride’s petition which questioned President Joseph Boakai’s Executive Order creating the assets recovery.
The Court, on Tuesday, February 18, 2025, ruled that Gracious Ride has no standing to assert the interest of third parties, where it has not been given the authority to do so.
The Court noted that Gracious Ride failed to sustain the burden of proof regarding Executive Order 126, which gave birth to the establishment of the Office of Asset Recovery.
Following the Court’s ruling, the Asset Recovery Head Cllr. Edwin Martin said:” The Court’s judgment has settled the nine-month legality and legitimacy over President Boakai’s order, and the constitutional existence of the task force in consonance with Article 5(c) of the 1086 Constitution of the Republic of Liberia.”
Cllr. Edwin Martin also revealed that the task force has taken siege of seventeen high-profile cases involving stolen assets from the government of Liberia, and will shortly invite individuals for investigation.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has closed for its October Term, thus delivering forty-two opinions and judgments affecting some judges and magistrates for ethical breaches.
Magistrate Melvin Bah of the Paynesville Magisterial Court and Judge Octavius Doe of the Probate Court of Sinoe County are some of the affected ones.
The Court’s February 18 closing also witnessed the admission ceremony of sixty-one Attorneys-At-Law who were admitted to the Supreme Court Bar, after successfully passing the Bar’s test.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court is expected to open the second Monday in March for its March Term, which is consistent with Chapter Two, Section Two-point-five of the Judiciary Law.
