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LIBERIA DETAINS EX-APEX BANK CHIEF AND HIS DEPUTY

Law enforcers in Liberia have made arrests in the capital, Monrovia, over the lingering issue of missing bank notes that rocked the West African nation last year.

Charles Sirleaf, son of former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was one of those arrested. The other detainee being Milton Weeks, the former central bank governor. Sirleaf was the deputy governor under Weeks.

Reports emerged in 2018, months after President Weah took over from Ms. Sirleaf that there had been an unlawful and unregulated printing of about $104m (£78m) worth of local banknotes.

The Justice Minister, Musa Dean has confirmed that the arrests were in connection with a forensic audit report which had named the detained persons as being complicit in the illegal printing of the banknotes.

Serious protest have been in place calling for the right punishment for these set of people. The minister has agreed to charge the suspects to court in the next 48hours as stipulated by the constitution of the land.