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Commissioner Linked to Black Money Deal Claims She Was under ‘Evil Spell Courtesy: Liberia Observer May 27, 2009  MONROVIA,
A 30-year-old woman identified as Baby Girl Kromah has formally been
charged by police in Monrovia for allegedly duping former Acting
Executive Director of Liberia Independent National Human Rights Commission (INHRC), Madam Ellen Whyte, of US$25,000 in November last year. According to police charge sheet, a copy of which is in possession of the Daily Observer, the crime committed by the defendant violates chapter 15 sub chapter “D”, section 15.51 of the revised Penal Code of Liberia. Speaking to reporters on Monday at the Temple of Justice in Monrovia, the former INHRC Acting Executive Director explained that in November of last year while serving as Director of the Commission, an amount of US$13,200 allotted by Central Government was given to her for the purchase of a vehicle and office materials aimed at enhancing the work of the Commission. She explained that while on her way to Togo for the purchase of the items, she came across one Musa who informed her that he had just returned from Ivory Coast and left his bag containing a lap top computer and other valuable items with defendant Baby Girl Kromah. The former INHRC boss also told reporters that Musa further informed her that he needed from her US$250 to pay defendant Kromah on grounds that he was to pay the amount before taking delivery of his bag. Madam Whyte said Musa informed her that the amount would be given back after he had retrieved his bag from defendant Kromah. She narrated that being a human rights activist and seeing the pathetic state of Musa at the time, she decided to help by giving him the said amount with the intention of getting her money back within a few days. Madam Whyte further explained that she escorted Musa to Defendant Kromah's place in Sinkor where the money was paid to her. She said while in the process of paying the US$250 to the defendant, she was informed by her that the bag did not contain a lap top but rather money. Whyte said at that point she informed them that she was not interested in the money but only wanted her US$250.000 paid back. She said, in the charge sheet, that she was later informed by Musa that he had nowhere to go and that he wanted her to assist in the process of helping remove his bag. According to Madam Whyte at that point in time she believed to be under what she described as 'evil spell' owing to the fact that everything that they said to her she obliged to the letter. In an interaction with the Daily Observer, Whyte said that she was later told by Kromah to contact one Johnson on telephone at Firestone for a chemical to clean the money that had been found in the bag. She added that when she did she was told by the said Johnson that he was in the business of providing 'universal stamp chemical removal'. “I later called Johnson in Firestone and we talked and I was instructed to send US$500 for the purchase of the first load of chemical which I did,” Madam Whyte told the Daily Observer Monday. The former INHRC Director further explained that the initial amount of US$500 was initially sent to Johnson, following which another US$2,500 was sent all channeled through defendant Kromah. Madam Whyte told this reporter that after she had spent all her office money, she began to ask for extra money from relatives and friends. She added that she had been able to collect US$12,000 altogether. She further explained to the Daily Observer that within three days a total amount of UD$25,000 was spent on said Johnson all aimed at purchasing chemical for the purpose of washing the money in the bag. She also informed this reporter that a few days later, she received an amount of US$100.00 from suspect Kromah as samples of the washed money. She said she was told that the rest of the money would be given to her in the next few days but, according to her, the said money was never brought. She said since then she lost contact with the defendants and had been in search of them for the past four months up to the time she spotted Defendant Kromah a few days ago on Center Street and asked police authorities to arrest her. When contacted, police authorities revealed that a police track record had revealed that defendant Kromah is a notorious criminal in the country and is well known for duping officials in government and other nationals in the country. According to the police authorities the defendant usually used 'evil medicine' or 'African science' to confuse individuals and dupe them of huge sums of money. According to the police charge sheet, owing to circumstances surrounding the case coupled with the voluntary confession by the defendant, they were left with no option but to charge Kromah and Musa with theft of property. The latter, they disclosed, was still at large. Meanwhile, the defendant was on Monday sent to court for a speedy prosecution. |
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