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| The House of Representatives had earlier declared Kpaan and Broh as "non governmental materials" |
As she promised, legal counsel for Superintendent Grace Kpaan, Cllr. Pearl Brown-Bull, yesterday filed a petition before the full bench of the Supreme Court, praying for an injunction (command, ruling) against the search and arrest order that a warrant the House of Representatives had issued following a melee that broke out at the Monrovia Central Prison on Thursday evening.
Unimpeachable reports gathered by the Daily Observer have it that the Supreme Court yesterday placed a stay order on the arrest of controversial Acting Monrovia City Mayor Mary Broh and embattled Montserrado County Superintendent Grace Kpaan, courtesy of Cllr. Bull’s intervention.
Anonymous sources at the Supreme Court said a conference between both parties has since been called by the High Court. The parties were due to converge on the Supreme Court at 10 a.m. today.
The controversial decision to hold the Superintendent in contempt had opened a can of worms following the House’s attempts to imprison Ms Kpaan under what some regarded as a series of questionable conditions; that situation set in motion a chain of events that saw Grace spirited away by none other than the indefatigable (untiring, don’t try me) Mayor Mary Broh---placing the powerful City Hall on Graces’ side and right smack in the middle of the brouhaha (confusion, brawl, free for all).
Last Friday the House of Representatives declared the pair “wanted fugitives” in single-minded and relentless quest to see that national assembly’s mandate enforced. They duo (pair, twosome) have also been slapped with indefinite suspensions by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
CENTRAL PRISON
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| Mayor Broh and her squad made off with Supt. Kpaan at the Central Prison on Thursday |
It all started when members of the House of Representatives on Thursday instructed Sergeant-at-Arms Gen. Martine Johnson, to effect the incarceration of a prisoner belonging to that legislative body. However, a standoff ensued (developed, followed) at the Monrovia Central Prison that Thursday evening (at about 6 p.m.).
A squad of women and men, including some influential personalities headed by Acting Monrovia City Mayor Broh, prevented the incarceration of Ms. Kpaan, claiming that the hour for imprisonment for the day was past---and ungodly.
The action by Broh and her squad of women and men [fleeing with ‘prisoner’ Kpaan] has been described by the House as an obstruction of justice. Some say the House’s ‘obstruction’ claim could be regarded as the right move at the wrong time and under the wrong circumstances, being a situation that should not have developed in the first place.
In a unanimous vote 49-0 and 1 abstention, members of the House of Representatives convening a special and emergency session on Friday decided to declare culprit Kpaan and the leader of her posse, Mary Broh, ‘WANTED fugitives.’
That meant that any security officer or citizen who saw those suspended officials, could arrest them based on the mandate from plenary last week. The House also moved to have the ‘WANTED’ officials jailed for 30 days.
Now all that has changed since the ‘stay order’ from the Supreme Court was issued. The case continues!
A squad of women and men, including some influential personalities headed by Acting Monrovia City Mayor Broh, prevented the incarceration of Ms. Kpaan, claiming that the hour for imprisonment for the day was past---and ungodly.
The action by Broh and her squad of women and men [fleeing with ‘prisoner’ Kpaan] has been described by the House as an obstruction of justice. Some say the House’s ‘obstruction’ claim could be regarded as the right move at the wrong time and under the wrong circumstances, being a situation that should not have developed in the first place.
In a unanimous vote 49-0 and 1 abstention, members of the House of Representatives convening a special and emergency session on Friday decided to declare culprit Kpaan and the leader of her posse, Mary Broh, ‘WANTED fugitives.’
That meant that any security officer or citizen who saw those suspended officials, could arrest them based on the mandate from plenary last week. The House also moved to have the ‘WANTED’ officials jailed for 30 days.
Now all that has changed since the ‘stay order’ from the Supreme Court was issued. The case continues!
Keith Morris contributed to this report
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