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ADNews-Monrovia,Liberia: Vice President Jeremiah Kpan Koung remains one of the most influential figures in Liberia’s political landscape under President Joseph Nyuma Boakai’s administration. But as his national profile continues to grow, political disputes in his native Nimba County are raising questions about how he exercises political influence and how he might govern if he eventually seeks and wins the presidency.
Koung, who was elected Vice President alongside President Boakai in November 2023 and took office in January 2024, also serves as President of the Liberian Senate, giving him responsibilities in both the executive and legislative branches of government.
However, the present realities surrounding VP Koung prove that there is a higher possibility of him becoming the worst dictator Liberia has ever had.
Koung’s regime could result in a political witch hunt to silence opposition and critical voices, mass corruption, among others.
Currently, Koung demonstrates a high level of political inability, clearly showing what the country will turn into under his regime, as his home county, “Nimba,” that paved the way to this prestigious post is on the verge of political catastrophe.
Koung’s consequential involvement with Nimba County political affairs has increasingly brought him into disagreements with influential figures from the county.
Prominent members of Nimba , including former Mine and Energy Minister Wilmot J.M. Paye and one of the County Senators who is gradually creeping up as the County’s new political godfather, Senator Samuel G Korgar, have fallen out with the Koung Dynasty over political disagreement.
Questions have been raised about whether Koung’s expanding influence could eventually produce a political system in which loyalty becomes more important than dissent.
One of the most prominent disputes has been with Kogar.
The ongoing tension between the two politicians over political decisions within the Movement for Democracy and Reconstruction (MDR) and the selection of candidates for the Nimba District #5 representative by-election is far from being over.
Kogar has accused Koung of exercising excessive control over the party and sidelining elected leaders in important political decisions, which might have prompted the party to expel Kogar without due process in order to favor Koung’s political ambition .
The disagreement nevertheless exposed a deeper political question about who controls the political machinery of Nimba.
In August 2026, Kogar publicly described himself as the new “Godfather of Nimba,” a title historically associated with the late Prince Yormie Johnson, that could undermine Koung’s influence in the county and even his presidential ambition .
Meanwhile, the dispute involving former Minister of Mines and Energy Wilmot J.M. Paye has further intensified questions surrounding Koung’s political influence.
In June 2026, Paye publicly alleged that Koung opposed his continued service at the Ministry of Mines and Energy because he did not support Koung’s reported 2029 presidential ambitions.
Paye specifically alleged that Koung accused him of being aligned with the country’s Finance and Development Planning Minister Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan, who, by rumors, is eyeing the presidency too.
The controversy nevertheless became part of a wider debate over whether political loyalty is increasingly becoming a factor in relationships within the governing establishment.
The dispute between Kong and his kinsmen is a public warning signs of how he would proceed, targeting individuals with contrary views under his leadership, if he becomes president in 2029 or 2035.
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