-Doldeh Movement describe the motive behind their member’s death, link the cousin of Unity Party vice standard bearer to it.
The leadership of the Doldeh Movement in Nimba County and sympathizers across Liberia have strongly described the brutal stabbing which resulted to the death of Mr. Aloysius G. Bahn, a staunch member of the Movement since 2008, as a heartless act of insanity calculated and perpetrated by monstrous elements of nature who have no heart, conscience and sense of reasoning.
A press release issued on Wednesday, August 23, 2023, says Mr. Aloysius G. Bahn was maliciously, purposefully and dangerously stabbed by two sons of Mr. Baccus Sayeh, cousin of Jeremiah Kpan Koung, Vice Standard Bearer of the Unity Party in Vayenglay Town, Soe Chiefdom, Twah River Administrative District, Nimba County, over simple political argument.
The release further maintained that the chairperson of the Movement Dempster Vonleh expressed absolute dismay and frustration over what he termed as the inhumane monstrosity with which the killers of Bahn viciously ended his life.
The statement is quoted as saying that the political leader of the movement Atty. Garrison D. Yealue and his family are terribly troubled by this unfortunate situation and have thus instructed the entire membership of the Doldeh Movement to stand in solidarity with the bereaved family, whilst the killers are being frantically pursued to answer for their crime.
It reveals that Atty. Yealue has promised to do all within his means to ensure that all those responsible for the perpetration of this gruesome act of barbarity meted out against a peaceful member of their Movement are apprehended and made to face the full weight of the law.
Doldeh Movement has also called on the family of Mr. Bahn to remain calm and peaceful, while the issue is being looked into.
The Movement notes that the exercise of calmness in a matter like this where a loving member of a family is killed out of what it terms as stupidity can be a grievous situation to handle, but called on the family to remain stable, as the matter is being drastically pursued.
“Members of the press, we want we call you here to inform the Liberian people about the barbaric act meted against one of our supporters who has supported this movement since 2011, Mr. Aloysius G. Bahn on August 21, 2023.
“He was stabbed by relatives of UP vice standard bearer Jeremiah Koung on grounds that he supports the presidential bid of president Weah. This act, we believe is barbaric, undemocratic, malicious and violates the Farmington declaration,” Chairman Vonleh asserted.
Meanwhile, the Movement is calling on the Liberia National Police to vigorously launch a manhunt for the killers of Mr. Bahn, so that they are made to answer for their crime.
“We are calling on the Liberian National Police to investigate the killing of our comrade. We are also calling on all well-meaning Nimbaians to rally forces, join efforts and build grassroots surveillance, especially along the border lines between Liberia and Cote dIvoire, with the purpose of instituting citizens’ arrest for the suspects who are cowardly running into hiding”.
The Doldeh Movement chairman maintained that the recent inciting statement made by leaders of the Unity Party, especially former Vice President Joseph Nyumah Boakai, may have prompted the actions of their followers. It is quite unfortunate that the former ruling Unity Party and its Standard Bearer who claim to be peaceful and law abiding, would now provoke their followers into stabbing peaceful citizens on accounts of mere political disagreements.
“We want to conclude by saying whilst the quest for political power is ongoing, the Unity Party and their followers must note that no amount of blood sharing can compensate for their election to political offices in Liberia. We therefore call on former Vice President Boakai and his followers to campaign on the merits of the issues and stop inflicting harm and destruction on the very people they claim their quest is intended to rescue”. The release concluded.
