Liberia, Sept. 22 -- Court action comes hours after Police IG Coleman rejected VP Koung's plea for Wrato's release and moved to prosecute him on four cybercrime charges

By: Willie N. Tokpah

Monrovia-Criminal Court "B" of the First Judicial Circuit has released Jerry Nyantee Wrato from police custody following a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by his legal counsel, Cllr. Garrison Doldeh Yealue Jr.

The release came Tuesday, September 22, after Judge Pape Suah issued a writ directing that Wrato be released from further police custody and turned over to the Sheriff of the court.

The development marks a significant turn in the case, coming only hours after Liberia's Police Inspector General, Gregory O. W. Coleman, rejected Vice ...