MONROVIA, Aug. 19 -- Former Assistant Minister of Public Works, Minister J. Jefferson Chesson, one of the more outspoken political voices surrounding Liberia's controversial drug-trafficking crisis, has now found himself on the other side of the criminal-justice system after the Monrovia City Court issued a writ of arrest accusing him of making death threats and intimidating a private prosecutor.

By Willie N. Tokpah

Chesson's latest legal trouble stems from his appearance on the Spoon Night Talk Show on July 8, 2026, where, according to a criminal complaint filed before the Monrovia City Court, he allegedly made explosive accusations linking private prosecutor Anthony Z. Deinuka and Vice President Jeremiah Kpan Koung to Liberia's drug c...