By K. Ericson Sayee
MONROVIA, April 23 (LINA) – Montserrado County District #2 Representative Sekou Kanneh has denied former lawmaker Yekeh Y. Kolubah’s latest claims that his removal was caused by President Joseph N. Boakai, Sr., alleging that Rep. Konneh informed him that lawmakers pushing for his removal attended a meeting at the Executive Mansion alongside the Chief Justice of Liberia, Yamie Quiqui Gbeisay.
On Monday, April 20, 2026, during a press conference at his Capitol Building office, Rep. Kanneh counteracted Kolubah’s assertion that lawmakers met Pres. Boakai along with the Chief Justice were told to deny receiving a writ from the Supreme Court of Liberia. He said the statement from the deposed lawmaker was untrue.
He challenged his former colleague to substantiate his claim, branding Kolubah as someone who has always made spurious claims, which he, at most times, cannot prove.
The lawmaker distanced himself from the alleged phone conversation with the former Montserrado District #10 legislator, saying that the claim has no substance because he will not be a signatory to the document for his expulsion and at the same time calling him to furnish him with information.
“Hon. Kolubah is someone who has always made these kinds of claims that he cannot prove. He claimed that I called him. If I went into a meeting with the president along with the Chief Justice and I am one of those who signed the paper to have him expelled, then I will call him and tell him?,” the Montserrado District #3 lawmaker asked.
He added: “But indeed the burden of proof rests on the accuser. He needs to provide the call log. I thought not to dignify him, but because of the integrity of the judiciary and my own little integrity I have, I thought to make the clarity that at no time I called him”.
From January 19 to March 8, according to him, he was out of the country and has not met the Chief Justice, debunking that since the removal process, he has not spoken with Kolubah, nor has he been in a meeting with the President and the Chief Justice of Liberia.
He noted: “At no time that I spoke with him, at no time that I went in a meeting with the Chief Justice. I have been out of this place since the 19th of January and came back on the 8th of March for personal reasons”.
The Liberian lawmaker maintains that he will not accept to sign the resolution to oust Kolubah, and at the same time, he will be feeding him with information. According to him, this alone exposes the hidden agenda behind his untrue claim, and even before his expulsion, he never really had a close proximity with the former lawmaker.
His clarification comes after the latest press conference held by former Representative Kolubah alleging that he received a call from Hon. Kanneh, and was informed that the Chief Justice of Liberia guided the body to deny receiving the writ from the Supreme Court so that they can remove him.