Minister Brown told the Liberia News Agency in Monrovia Friday that the government “does not and will not sympathize with anyone or group who take the law into their own hands.”

The Information Ministry boss was part of a high-power official government delegation led by Justice Minister Benedict Sannoh that went to Ganta Thursday to assess the situation following a violent demonstration by some unlawful citizens.

“We will ensure that no one group of people can take the law into their own hands; we are making sure that our investigation is well conducted, and when we find the perpetrators, they will be punished with the maximum force of the law,” Brown emphasized.

He indicated that government is pleased with the level of professionalism exercised by officers of the Liberia National Police (LNP) in calming the situation in Ganta, and reiterated government’s commitment to provide training and logistics to officers of the LNP to enable them effectively fight crimes.

It can be recalled that on Wednesday morning, September 30, violence erupted in Ganta, Nimba County when some residents of the Bligaye Town Community discovered the body of an unidentified motorcyclist who was gruesomely murdered on the Ganta United Methodist High School sports pitch.

The late motorcyclist, apparently in his early 20s, was believed to have been murdered for ritualistic purposes, a situation which reportedly led to some angry citizens, most of whom were motorcyclists, to set ablaze, loot and destroy properties and kill a man.
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