The Director for Livestock , Agriculture and Fisheries program at the Central Agriculture Research Institute CARI in Bong County, Dr. Nykoi D. Jomah is reportedly arrested and charged with: Menacing, Terroristic threats and Disorderly Conduct, but terms his arrest as Political witch hunt by the sanction and Suspended Minister of state Nathaniel McGill.
Jomah who was arrested on Tuesday August 30, 2022 by the Gbanga Magisterial Court said, his entire political witch hunt started back in 2019 when Borlaug Higher Education for Agriculture Research and Development BHEARD from Michigan State University seized $500,000.00 US funds meant for the Institution.
Speaking via phone New Democrat Newspaper day after his arrest on early Wednesday morning from Bong County, Dr. Jomah confirmed writing a Communication to BHEARD informing them to conduct a proper assessment before sending in the funds in order to avoid its misapplication and Confirmed sharing the information with Prophet Key platform.
“McGill was so angry because BHEARD held back the funds which the plan to steal which I Prevented to avoid the bad Image of CARI and McGill is currently in Bong County.
Since the President of Liberia appointed Dr. Victor Sumo as Director General/ Officer in Charge OIC late 2021 following the resignation of the former OIC Paulette Findley due to series of protests, the sanction and suspended Minister of State for Presidential Affairs Nathaniel McGill has been fighting to root me out of CARI for preventing them to steal the donor money”, Dr. Jomah asserted.
Meanwhile, Jomah claims, the Institution has held on his salary for 35 months and his monthly salary in USD is 2,750 monthly in the total of $75,000 plus with three Millions Liberia Dollars for his Communication written to BHEARD in 2019.
However, CARI Director General Dr. Victor Sumo confirmed seeking means to have Jomah removed from CARI as his ultimate goal.
Speaking to New Democrat Newspaper via phone from CARI, Bong County early Wednesday morning, DG Sumo said , Dr. Jomah is not an employee of CARI but occupying the Institution properties illegally which include his home and office.
According to him, he started the negotiation to have Jomah evacuated since he resumed the office but refused to compromise.
“I issued a law sue in the court since the beginning of August this year when I realized that he was taking cutlasses at his home for self defense and I was informed by some of my staffs that he has gun to kill me even though I didn’t see him with gun;, the Central Agriculture Research Institute Director General Dr. Victor Sumo stated on the phone from Bong County.
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