Monrovia, Sept. 10 -- Senator Nathaniel F. McGill has strongly rejected allegations by political commentator Henry Pedro Costa seeking to link him to an alleged drug cartel, describing the claims as false, malicious and unsupported by credible evidence.

By Gerald C. Koinyeneh, gerald.koinyeneh@frontpageafricaonline.com

The allegation comes amid heightened public scrutiny of Liberia's ongoing investigation and prosecution of individuals accused of involvement in the country's recent high-profile narcotics cases, with competing claims and counterclaims increasingly playing out in the media and political space.

In a recent podcast, Costa allegedly claimed that Gerald Smith told investigators that Senator McGill was linked to a drug cartel...