By D Abraham Cooper
Grand Gedeh Correspondent, Verity News
A disturbing incident involving two of Liberia’s top security institutions has rocked the City of Zwedru in Grand Gedeh County.
The incident took place on Sunday night at Signature Bar and Restaurant, popularly known as OKORU, where Kettor S. Bundor, a 36-year-old Chief of Operations for the Police Support Unit of the Liberia National Police (LNP), was allegedly assaulted by personnel of the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) during his daughter’s birthday celebrations at the Signature Bar and Restaurant.
The PSU Chief of Operations told this Verity News that the AFL Personnel asked him Bundor to identify himself while they were arguing.
While in the process of trying to identify himself, the AFL personnel began to massively beat on him and they allegedly made away with his PSU ID card and twenty thousand (20,000) Liberian dollars which he had carried for his daughter’s birthday party.
According to Bundor, over ten army men reportedly acting on the orders of one Sergeant Major Mark, a known AFL officer, launched a violent attack on him.
The assault has triggered public outrage and concern over professionalism and discipline within Liberia’s security forces. “This is not how security personnel should conduct themselves. This is so unprofessional,” an eyewitness who spoke to this paper, but prefers anonymity, said.
A formal complaint has been filed with the police detachment in Zwedru, and the case is now under investigation. So far, there has been no official response from either the Armed Forces of Liberia or the Liberia National Police amid mounting calls for professionalism and high ethical standards across Liberia’s security apparatuses.
As the story develops, many are calling for transparency, justice, improved relations, and stronger coordination within Liberia’s security sector.
