-As Corruption Case Proceeds
MONROVIA, Liberia – A formidable contingent of women, clad predominantly in white and identifying as “prayer warriors,” escorted former Chief of Protocol Nora Finda Bondo to Criminal Court “C” at the Temple of Justice on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, demonstrating spiritual and moral solidarity with the former government official.
The women accompanied Bondo and her legal team into the courtroom and remained with her up to the time of the scheduled proceedings, only to learn that the scheduled hearing had been postponed.
Judge Osman F. Feika convened the court to hear a motion seeking to qualify the sureties who had signed the bond submitted on behalf of Bondo and her co-defendants. Attorneys representing both the Government of Liberia and the defense appeared and announced their legal representation.
Counsel for the movant requested that the court qualify the proposed sureties—Cllr. Abraham W. Simpson, Rev. Fayiah Falambo, and Mrs. Tina Falambo—so they could testify regarding their eligibility and financial capacity to guarantee the defendants’ bond.
Following consultations between lawyers from both parties, Judge Feika suspended the hearing and rescheduled the matter for Thursday, June 25, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. The court ruled that the parties’ presence during the proceedings constituted official notice of the new hearing date.
Grave Allegations of Financial Misconduct
The Assets Recovery and Property Retrieval Task Force (AREPT), through its Chairman Cllr. Edwin K. Martin, and the Ministry of Justice have brought the case against Bondo and more than 40 co-defendants. The charges include money laundering, theft of property, misuse of public money, property and records, criminal conspiracy, forgery, criminal facilitation, economic sabotage, and abuse of office.
Investigators from AREPT allege that Bondo accumulated significant unexplained wealth between 2020 and 2023. According to the task force, over US$6.7 million and L$457 million in public funds were funneled through companies linked to Bondo and her daughter, Pamela Anita Jallah.
Businesses including Gracious Ride, a taxi transport service, and Anita Group allegedly served as fronts to launder state resources, authorities claim.
Bondo returned to Liberia in June 2026 after a period abroad. Her legal team secured a US$435,560 property valuation bond through Criminal Court “C” to avoid incarceration.
However, state prosecutors have challenged the sufficiency and validity of her bail, filing a motion questioning the legal and financial capacity of her listed sureties.
The case remains one of the most closely watched corruption-related prosecutions in recent Liberian history, with authorities pursuing accountability over allegations involving the systematic misuse of public resources and financial misconduct at the highest levels of government.
