Criminal Court ‘C’ at the Temple of Justice has ruled that former Acting Chairperson of the Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA), Mr. Abdullah L. Kamara was unlawfully indicted by the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) in connection with a $3.58 million economic sabotage case.
In a decisive ruling delivered by Judge Joe S. Barkon, the court found that Mr. Kamara was improperly named as a corporate officer representing Tamma Corporation, despite no longer holding any executive position within the company.
“Tamma Corporation, as a distinct legal entity, currently has its own Chief Executive Officer and corporate officers authorized to act on its behalf,” Judge Barkon stated. “Therefore, the indictment of Mr. Kamara—who had relinquished his role as CEO over a year prior—is improper, unlawful, and untenable. It contradicts the provisions of the Association Law and the precedent set by the Supreme Court of Liberia.”
The judge emphasized that if the LACC had probable cause to investigate Mr. Kamara individually, it should have pursued separate charges rather than conflating his personal liability with that of the corporation.
“It is the candid decision of this court,” Barkon continued, “that the motion to drop is hereby granted, upheld, and sustained. Abdullah Kamara is ordered removed from this case, and the resistance filed by the state is denied and dismissed.”
The ruling followed a motion filed on July 17, 2025, by Kamara’s attorney, Cllr. Amara Sheriff, who argued that his client had been disjoined in the proceedings. The motion asserted that Kamara had ceased serving as CEO of Tamma Corporation more than a year prior to the alleged offense and was therefore wrongly labeled in the indictment.
According to the LACC’s indictment, on May 18, 2023, Co-Defendant Edwina Zackpa, then Chairperson of the LTA, authorized payments totaling US$4,500 and LRD 22,500,000 from the LTA’s operational account to Tamma Corporation. The payments were allegedly made under the guise of corporate social responsibility contributions, despite the absence of a written contract or defined scope of work.
The LACC claimed that the funds were disbursed to Mr. Kamara, purportedly acting as CEO of Tamma Corporation, without any evidence of services rendered. The commission further alleged that the funds remain unaccounted for.
Following the court’s ruling, the prosecution noted its exception and signaled its intent to pursue further legal remedies under the applicable statute.
