Monrovia, Aug. 27 -- Nimba County Senator Samuel Kogar has sharply criticized the government's handling of former Vice President Jewel Howard Taylor's arrest, describing the manner in which she was taken into custody as humiliating and traumatic, while calling for the resignation of Liberia National Police Inspector General Gregory Coleman over what he described as an alleged conflict of interest.

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

Kogar also called for an investigation into Joseph N. Boakai Jr., son of President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, amid continuing questions surrounding Liberia's multimillion-dollar cocaine investigation.

The senator made the remarks Wednesday when he appeared at the Center for Intellec...