Liberia: Ford Says Kanmoh Letter Only Assigned FIA Code, Not NJS Membership

Monrovia, April 29, 2026: Defense witness Stanley Ford, on Tuesday, told the court that a July 2023 communication from then National Security Advisor Jefferson Kanmoh did not admit the Financial Intelligence Agency (FIA) into the National Joint Security (NJS), but rather assigned the institution a radio/communication code for operational coordination.

Ford, the defense’s second witness after former Finance Minister Samuel Tweah, challenged the prosecution’s assertion that the FIA was…