{"id":34951,"date":"2023-04-18T16:58:35","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T16:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/court-summons-boakai"},"modified":"2023-04-18T18:56:18","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T18:56:18","slug":"court-summons-boakai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\/all-news\/court-summons-boakai","title":{"rendered":"Court summons Boakai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Liberia. <\/strong><\/span>A Liberian court has summoned the main opposition leader and former Liberian Vice President, Amb. Joseph Nyumah Boakai over a land case.<\/p>\n<p>Through a writ of summon, the Civil Law Court in Monrovia has ordered Mr. Boakai to appear before it on or before 27 April 2023 to answer a petition for the removal of cloud over a title deed filed against him.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Kennedy Peabody\u2019s writ of summons was triggered by a complaint filed against Mr. Boakai by Arnold Kandakai who resides in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Kandakai filed the complaint through his Attorney In-Fact Reginald Bright for a petition for the removal of clouds over the title deed.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Boakai is the main rival to incumbent President George Manneh Weah in the pending October 2023 presidential and legislative elections.<\/p>\n<p>The 78-year-old lost the 2017 presidential election to Mr. Weah during a run-off, and he is still seen as the major contender in this year\u2019s crucial elections.<\/p>\n<p>While it might appear to be a legal fight between two private citizens, this land case filed against Boakai just a few months before elections may draw more political interest than the way civil cases usually do.<\/p>\n<p>And this could be because of the man involved \u2013 a former vice president, and the current leader of the main opposition Unity Party (UP).<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, 17 April 2023, the Resident Judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit Kennedy Peabody warned that Mr. Boakai risked arrest if he failed to appear before the court as mandated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are hereby commanded to summon the above-named respondent in the above-entitled [cause] of an action to appear before the March Term, A.D. 2023 [of court], the same being the 20th Day of March A.D. 2023, at the hour of 10.00 Am,\u201d write noted.<\/p>\n<p>Further, the court warned that a default judgment will be rendered against Amb. Boakai if he fails to honor the mandate.<\/p>\n<p>The writ of summon was served on the Unity Party standard bearer on Thursday, 13 April 2023.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/liberia\">Liberia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Liberia. A Liberian court has summoned the main opposition leader and former Liberian Vice President, Amb. Joseph Nyumah Boakai over a land case. 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