Liberia History & Information

Mr. Ruel Dempster, former board member in the Lloyd Administration, presents what he considers "a dossier of information" to Ms. Yvonne Nelson, member of the ULAA fact-finding team, and president of the Liberian Community Association of Maryland

[Washington, DC, Jan. 12, 2002] — In what appears to be a serious political quandary in the Liberian Community of Washington, DC, coupled with charges of financial impropriety by community leaders, Mrs. Mydea Karpeh-Reeves, president of the Union of Liberian Associations in the Americas (ULAA) has commissioned a panel of former ULAA presidents and Ms. Yvonne Nelson, president of the Liberian Community Association of Maryland, to ascertain facts of the case and submit its recommendations to the Union for a fair, impartial and just decision.

Members of the commission are Leslie Abayomi Cole, former ULAA president and board chair; Toe Blamo Gbi, former ULAA president; Dr. Joseph Korto, former ULAA president; Dr. Jesse Cooper, former ULAA president; and Ms. Yvonne Nelson, local president of the LCA of Maryland. Cole heads the team.

“All parties to the situation in Washington, DC were formally invited to participate today, but some refused to come,” said Cole. He specifically pointed out the absence of Mr. John Lloyd, immediate past president of the Washington, DC chapter, Henrique Caine and Dave Garnett, who was allegedly installed as president last week to succeed Lloyd.

For 12 consecutive hours in Beltsville, MD, the hearing was had with each invited speaker presenting what he considered to be the facts of the political turmoil in the Liberian community of the greater Washington, DC metro environs. More …