By Danesius Marteh, archie2024@gmail.com
The Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) has announced a full scale investigation at the Liberia Football Association (LFA). The LACC’s probe followed a petition by the Vanguard Student Unification Party (SUP) at the University of Liberia on 4 April to grants and subsidies from FIFA and CAF, lack of full disclosure on budgetary support from the government, sponsorship and contract agreements and gate intakes.
SUP wrote a letter on 19 May to the LACC to inquire “the current status of the petition and subsequent investigation/review and steps taken by the LACC since reviewing the petition”.
In a response to SUP chairman Sylvester Wheeler, LACC chairperson Alexandra Zoe said the request was approved by the board of commissioners for a full scale investigation.
Several supporters of the LFA, including deputy secretary general Mohammed Sheriff and BBC news correspondent Moses Kollie Garzeawu, have termed the letter as faked but Vivian Akoto, special assistant to Cllr Zoe, confirmed to Prime FM on 21 May that the letter to SUP came from the LACC.
But Raji told a news conference on 21 May that the LFA hasn’t received any letter from the LACC and will be opened to any and all investigations.
The LACC was established in 2008 and reestablished in July 2022 “to investigate all acts of corruption discovered or reported to have occurred in the public, private and civil society sectors of Liberia with the aim of identifying the person(s) and extent of the loss of or damage to any public and or private property as a result of such act of corruption”.
