Liberia, Aug. 27 -- Martin Kollie, Alex Williams Ordered to Pay Additional US$ 50 Thousand Each, Over Damages to Wilmot Smith

By Willie N. Tokpah

Monrovia-The Supreme Court of Liberia has ruled in favor of Wilmot Smith, former Deputy Director General for Information Coordination at the Liberia Institute for Statistics and Geo-Information Services, LISGIS, ordering Ecobank Liberia Limited to pay him US$250,000 (Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand) in special damages over the handling and disclosure of confidential LISGIS banking information.

At the same time, the Supreme Court also ordered activist Martin K.N. Kollie and former LISGIS Deputy Director General for Statistics and Data Processing, Alex M. Williams, to pay US$50,000 (Fifty Thousa...