MONROVIA, May 19 -- The state-run University of Liberia student-based political party, the Students Unification Party (SUP), has condemned what it described as a political witch-hunt against former Finance Minister Samuel D. Tweah.

By J.H. Webster Clayeh

Speaking during a press conference on the main campus of the University of Liberia on Capitol Hill on Monday, SUP Chairman Odicious Mulbah accused the Boakai administration of using state institutions to target political opponents and undermine the rule of law.

The student group said the prosecution and investigations involving former Minister Tweah were politically motivated and not part of a genuine fight against corruption.

SUP also defended the not-guilty verdict in Tweah's case b...