By Lincoln G. Peters
TEMPLE OF JUSTICE, Monrovia, July 21, 2026 — Former Finance and Development Planning Minister Samuel D. Tweah Jr. has accused Vice President Jeremiah Kpan Koung of instructing Criminal Court “C” Judge Ousman F. Feika to overturn his acquittal in the government’s high-profile economic sabotage case.
Tweah made the allegation Monday in a statement posted on his official Facebook page, ahead of the court’s scheduled release today of findings from an investigation into alleged jury tampering and juror misconduct.
“Vice President Jeremiah Koung has instructed Judge Ousmane Feika to overturn a verdict of acquittal on a bogus and spurious allegation of ‘jury misconduct,’ though the judge finds no evidence linking me or my lawyers to any misconduct,” Tweah alleged.
He provided no documentary evidence to substantiate the accusation. The Vice President’s Office and the Ministry of Justice have not publicly responded to the allegation.
Criminal Court “C” has scheduled a hearing for 2 p.m. today, Tuesday, July 21, to release the report and findings of its investigation into alleged jury tampering and misconduct in the trial involving Tweah and several other former officials of the George Weah administration.
According to a notice of assignment issued on July 17 by Judge Feika, the court instructed its sheriff to notify all parties and their lawyers to appear before the First Judicial Circuit, Criminal Assizes “C,” at the Temple of Justice.
The notice states that the hearing is specifically intended to disclose the findings of the investigation. All defendants and their legal representatives have been ordered to attend.
Tweah alleged that the government had been divided for more than a month over whether to challenge the jury’s acquittal. He claimed some officials and Supreme Court justices viewed such action as an unprecedented interference that could undermine the judiciary.
He further alleged that Koung told concerned officials that winning elections was more important to the government than protecting the rule of law.
“My intelligence informs me that the final decision was handed to Judge Feika last Thursday after a lengthy government discussion on the pros and cons and after a national security assessment,” Tweah claimed.
“Let’s see whether Judge Feika obeys the tyrannical order or protects the judiciary and the rule of law in his ruling,” he added.
Tweah maintained that the jury’s verdict had already cleared him of the charges and insisted that Judge Feika should issue him a certificate confirming his acquittal.
“Judge Feika has only one option, and that is to issue my certificate of freedom,” Tweah said. “If he refuses, I will submit to no bogus political trial in violation of my constitutional rights.”
“They wanted to make me a criminal; they can now have me as a freedom fighter,” he declared.
The Government of Liberia, through the Ministry of Justice and the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission, indicted Tweah alongside former Acting Justice Minister Cllr. Nyanti Tuan, former Financial Intelligence Agency Director General Stanley S. Ford, former FIA Comptroller D. Moses P. Cooper and former National Security Advisor Jefferson Karmoh.
The defendants were charged with economic sabotage, theft of property, money laundering, criminal facilitation and criminal conspiracy. The economic sabotage counts included allegations of fraud against Liberia’s internal revenue, misuse of public money or property, and illegal disbursement of public funds.
The jury-misconduct investigation followed allegations that emerged during the trial and raised questions about the integrity of the deliberation process.
Supreme Court Chambers Justice Yussif D. Kaba previously ordered a fresh investigation into the allegations, prompting Criminal Court “C” to conduct the probe whose findings are expected today.
