Former spokesman Jonathan Fonatati Kova is accused of burning boredom

Local police said that former Parliament Speaker Liberia was charged with premeditated burning due to a fire that destroyed the country’s parliament.

The huge fire broke out last December, one day after the plans of removing Jonathan Fonatati Kova from his role, as the speaker sparked protests in the capital, Monrovia.

Kofa was imprisoned in a confrontation with his political opponents, as dozens of legislators voted for his isolation in October due to the accusations of bad governance, corruption and conflicts of interests.

Koffa has Previously denied any contact To the outbreak of fire.

Police said on Friday that there are “reliable links” indicating that Kova was “strategically involved” in the accident. Five other legislators have also been detained regarding the case.

Police chief Gregory Coleman said that Kova had been charged with a series of crimes including intentional burning, criminal harm, endangering others, and attempted murder.

Coelman said that Kova used his office and employees “to coordinate sabotage efforts from early November 2023,” according to AFP news agency.

Kofa and many other legislators were called to the headquarters of the Liberian National Police on Friday as “people with interest” in the case, according to local media reports.

The Front Africa newspaper reported that the former spokesman and three members sitting in the House of Representatives to the Monrovia Central Prison on Saturday.

The fire was destroyed on December 18, 2024, the entire joint rooms in the Legislative Council of the nation of West Africa. No one was inside the building at that time.

The previous day, he watched tense protests against Kofa removal plans, with demonstrators, including an assistant to former President George Weh.

Several individuals, including Kova and actor Frank Sah Foucault, were brought in to interrogate them by the police.

It is claimed that Foucault, a prominent figure in the House of Representatives, has downloaded a video on Facebook in which he said: “If they want us to burn the rooms, we will burn it.”

A team of independent American investigators to help the investigation concluded that the fire was intentionally appointed.

The Liberia representatives Council was suffering from a struggle for long -term power.

Although Kofa’s attempt is less than the required majority of the two -thirds, the group of 47 of the legislators who voted in favor of this step appointed their speaker unilaterally.

Last month, KOFFA resigned from the position of spokesman after months of political stalemate.