Liberia: Supreme Court Hears Kolubah’s Appeal Against Expulsion Today; Five Other Cases on Docket

Monrovia – The full bench of the Supreme Court of Liberia is scheduled to hear arguments today, Thursday, October 22, 2026, in former Montserrado County District #10 Representative Yekeh Y. Kolubah’s appeal against his expulsion from the House of Representatives. The case is one of six on the Court’s 5th Day’s Session assignment for the October Term.

Chief Justice Yamie Quiqui Gbeisay, Sr. and Associate Justices Jamesetta H. Wolokolie, Yussif D. Kaba, Ceaineh D. Clinton Johnson and Boakai N. Kanneh were listed to sit for the 11:00 a.m. session. The assignment was signed by the Clerk of the Supreme Court, Cllr. Sam Mamulu.

Kolubah vs. the House

Kolubah’s case, listed as an appeal from a ruling on a Bill of Information, names the House of Representatives, Speaker Richard Nagbe Koon, Deputy Speaker Thomas Fallah, the Chief Clerk and the Sergeant-at-Arms as appellees.

The dispute dates to April. The expulsion process began on April 9, 2026, when Kolubah was accused of gross misconduct, violating his oath of office, repeatedly breaching House rules and damaging the Legislature’s reputation. The House said he violated its rules and undermined Liberia’s national interest through comments on the Liberia-Guinea border dispute.

Justice Kaba, then presiding in Chambers, granted Kolubah’s petition for a writ of prohibition on April 16, 2026, summoning the House leadership to a conference on April 20 and ordering a stay of all further proceedings. The House went ahead anyway. The expulsion was supported by 49 lawmakers who signed a resolution from the Committee on Rules, Order and Administration, but the House Clerk’s Office said it had not received any Supreme Court communication to stop the proceedings.

On May 20, Justice Kaba ruled against Kolubah. He held that the House was not properly served with the writ and stay order, noting that under House procedure only the Sergeant-at-Arms is authorized to accept court documents, and that because the House was not lawfully served it could not be held in contempt. Court records showed the Supreme Court’s Marshal had served the papers on a receptionist and a computer operator in the offices of the Speaker and the Chief Clerk. Kolubah’s lawyer, Cllr. Jonathan Massaquoi, said they had appealed to the full bench.

It is not Kolubah’s first clash with his colleagues in court. In 2021, he twice took the House to the Supreme Court over suspensions, and then-Justice Joseph Nagbe reversed one of those suspensions.

Srimex vs. Eco Fuel

Also on the docket is a Bill of Information filed by Srimex Oil and Gas Company, through its Chairman Musa Hassan Bility and CEO Wadei H. Powell, against Civil Law Court Judge Nelson B. Chineh, Eco Fuel Trading of Geneva, Switzerland, and Srimex Eco Fuel FZE, Inc.

The two companies have fought in court for years. In November 2018, Srimex sued the National Port Authority, LPRC and Eco Fuel at the Civil Law Court seeking a declaratory judgment, and obtained an injunction barring Eco Fuel from the Petroleum Storage Terminal. Eco Fuel claimed it invested about US$25 million to build the terminal, which it accused Srimex of hijacking, and argued Srimex had transferred its NPA lease to Eco Fuel through a novation agreement. Eco Fuel separately filed a debt action against Srimex at the Commercial Court in 2018 over unpaid oil products.

Land and labor cases

The Intestate Estate of Daniel Webster Urey, through administrators Edwin M. Urey and Evan Urey, has filed a Bill of Information against the Intestate Estate of Karboyah of Tartee Town, Careysburg District. The Supreme Court earlier upheld a trial court ruling in favor of the Karboyah Estate, relying on a survey showing the estate’s deed predates the Ureys’ and that the Urey claim of 1,337.4 acres far exceeded what their deeds specified.

Edwin Urey, the Careysburg City Mayor, has accused the courts of bias and said the land has belonged to his family for over a century.

ABC Children’s Aid Liberia, Inc. returns to court in a Bill of Information and Appeal in an ejectment action against Augustine Moore, Aruna Bangura, James F. Kolangbanyan and others of Gbengbah’s Town on the RIA Highway. The Court previously ordered the eviction of more than 100 occupants who built about 70 homes on the organization’s 72.76 acres, purchased in 2005 and 2006 from the administrators of the town.

In a labor matter, Ministry of Labor Hearing Officer H. Nyeswa Davis, Sr. and Kou Dolo are seeking to dismiss an appeal by the management of RLJ Kendeja Resort and Villas, through Managing Director Raderick John Peck. The hotel has previously faced accusations of bad labor practices, with more than 300 staff made redundant after management moved from an American to a Ghanaian team.

The sixth case is a Bill of Information by Samuel B. Borley against Circuit Judge J. Boima Kontoe and the family of the late David C. Wilson, represented by Rachael Nyemah.