MONROVIA April 16 (LINA) – The prosecution third witness Thomas Doe Nah, a member of the Presidential Special Independent Investigation Body (SLLB), has linked defendant Moses Wogbeh to forging of signatures on community land deeds.

 
The forged deeds authorized logging companies to operate on 2.5 million hectares of farmland across the country.
 
Defendant Wogbeh, a former employee of the Forestry Development Authority (FDA)) along with four others were arrested by police on charges of economic sabotage, criminal conspiracy, forgery and counterfeiting, among others.
 
Witness Nah in his testimony said during the course of the investigation, they made a request to the management of FDA to provide the committee with copies of all the 63 Private Use Permits (PUPs) approved by defendant Wogbeh and Mr. John Woods.
 
He explained that of the 63 PUPs that the committee assessed, the management of FDA that signed these contracts was only able to provide the committee copies of 38 PUPs.
 
He added that in the process the committee expressed to defendant Wogbeh that it was the responsibility of his management to have in its possession all contracts in both original and photo copies that he as managing director signed.
 
He indicated that because of the failure of the FDA management under the leadership of defendant Wogbeh to provide the committee original copies of contracts that he signed, the committee made an announcement that companies and communities that had access to PUPs should present to the committee copies of the contracts.
 
Meanwhile, the trial in the US$6 million case of economic sabotage, criminal conspiracy, forgery or counterfeiting, among others, continues at the Criminal Court “C” at the Temple of Justice in Monrovia with more witnesses taking the stand.
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