Former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Liberia's government has banned 15 people, including the son of
former President Ellen Johnson
Sirleaf, from leaving the country while it investigates the alleged disappearance of tens of millions of dollars intended for the central bank, the Ministry of Information has said in a statement.
Sirleaf, from leaving the country while it investigates the alleged disappearance of tens of millions of dollars intended for the central bank, the Ministry of Information has said in a statement.
Border posts have been informed that
Charles Sirleaf, the deputy governor of the central bank, and Milton
Weeks, the former governor of the bank, are among those barred from
travelling abroad, the statement added.
Mr Sirleaf and Mr Weeks have not yet commented.
Bank notes
However, Mrs Sirleaf was quoted by the Front Page Africa
news site as saying that the bank had given "full evidence and
clarification" to refute allegations that the money had disappeared.
The
government has ordered an investigation into the alleged disappearance
of the newly printed bank notes that had reportedly come from abroad
between November last year and August this year.
"The government... takes the ongoing investigation seriously
because it has national security implications," the statement added.
The
statement did not say how much had allegedly gone missing. Some reports
put the number at around $60m and others at around $100m.
Stunning victory
The
central bank had flatly denied that containers packed with the money
had disappeared from the port in the capital, Monrovia, Liberia's Daily Observer news site reported.
Mrs Sirleaf, a former Nobel Peace Prize winner, stepped down as president in January after her two terms ended.
She was succeeded by former football star George Weah, following his stunning victory in elections a month earlier.
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