Koijee Presses NPP Chairman Over VP Office Job

MONROVIA, Liberia: Former Monrovia City Mayor Jefferson Tamba Koijee has intensified his criticism of National Patriotic Party (NPP) Chairman George Sylvester Mulbah, challenging him to publicly clarify whether he is employed in the Office of Vice President Jeremiah Kpan Koung.

In a strongly worded statement, Koijee said Mulbah has issued several responses since he first raised questions about the NPP chairman’s alleged employment but has failed to directly address what he described as the central issue.

“Are you employed in the Office of Vice President Jeremiah Kpan Koung? Yes or no?” Koijee asked.

Koijee argued that if Mulbah is employed by the Vice President while simultaneously serving as National Chairman of the NPP, party members are entitled to question whether the arrangement creates competing political interests.

He also sought to link the controversy to former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor, the NPP’s political leader, questioning Mulbah’s political allegiance amid internal disagreements within the party.

“Personal attacks and seven statements cannot answer that question. Insults are not evidence. Noise is not a defense,” Koijee said.

There was no independent confirmation in the statement that Mulbah is employed by the Office of the Vice President, and Koijee did not provide employment records to substantiate the allegation.

The former mayor also raised questions about the ownership of a property he said had previously been publicly associated with him.

Koijee referenced a September 18, 2018 social media post that he attributed to Mo Ali, then Managing Director of the Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation, which allegedly claimed that Koijee had purchased a house valued at US$250,000.

According to Koijee, Mulbah is now advancing a claim connecting the same property to Vice President Koung.

“So I ask the Liberian people: Whose property is it?” Koijee said.

“If it was officially mine when Mo Ali needed it for political propaganda in 2018, how has it suddenly become somebody else’s property in 2026?” he added.

Koijee did not provide property deeds or other ownership documents in the statement to establish who legally owns the property.

He accused his political opponents of presenting contradictory accounts of the property’s ownership and challenged Mulbah to provide evidence supporting his position.

Koijee also accused Vice President Koung of attempting to claim the property, though he provided no documentary evidence in the statement to support that claim.

“If Vice President Koung wants to forcibly claim the property associated with me, he is welcome to grossly abuse the law as usual,” Koijee alleged. “But political power does not manufacture ownership. Authority does not replace title.”

The former mayor broadened his criticism to the Boakai administration, accusing it of violating constitutional safeguards, interfering with tenure protections and disregarding judicial authority.

He used particularly strong language in attacking the administration, describing it as a “cocaine regime.” Koijee did not provide evidence in the statement to substantiate that characterization.

Koijee vowed to continue publicly challenging actions he believes violate Liberia’s Constitution and undermine the independence of state institutions.

“I will not whisper it. I will say it in the open,” he said.

He challenged Mulbah to provide evidence disproving the employment allegation and clarify his position regarding the disputed property.

“Produce the facts. Disprove the employment allegation. Explain the property contradiction. Let the Liberian people judge for themselves,” Koijee said.

Neither Mulbah nor the Office of Vice President Koung was quoted responding to the latest allegations in Koijee’s statement.