– Moriah Yeakula’s Accusers Go Silent After Her Public Rebuttal
By Jerromie S. Walters
MONROVIA — A sustained public attack on prominent opposition figure Madam Moriah Yeakula appears to have collapsed last week after she broke her silence, rejected days of smear campaigns targeting her marriage and private life, dismissed what she called “weak propaganda,” and vowed to remain a fierce government critic.
Since Yeakula’s response, many of those who led the assault—and even those who facilitated its spread—have neither challenged her position nor produced any evidence, including the images and videos they claimed to possess, to substantiate their allegations.
The episode marks an unexpected departure from similar cases in which Liberians faced such accusations but could not overcome them due to vivid evidence often circulated across social media.
In Yeakula’s case, none of that material emerged. Her accusers went completely silent after her public rebuttal. Yeakula first responded to the situation on Thursday, May 14, 2026. “No nude video. No nude pictures. No divorce filed. No COS appointment made. Propaganda ball lorse. . .Aye Allah.” She attributed the allegations to supporters of the administration“
Yeakula, an eminent member of the opposition Alternative National Congress (ANC), has been a major critic of the government. Her words: “Water bag still $10LD. LEC still unstable. Gas price still high. Guinea still at the border. Samuel Tweah still not guilty. Cost of living still rising. Taxes still increasing. Free speech still under attack. Water & Sewer pipes still bust. Generator still making more than employees. Nothing has changed.”
She declared that she would remain “that critical voice,” advocate for good governance and women’s rights, and continue her work as a family lawyer. “Still be Mo Fiyah. Still be Political VAR,” she added.
“I won’t be silenced. I won’t be tamed. I’m not easily broken. I’m made of steel,” Yeakula said. “I stand on truth. I stand on the shoulders of giants before me.”
The opposition figure described her recent silence not as weakness but as a deliberate decision to allow others to speak on her behalf. “The support has been overwhelming,” she said, thanking her family, sororities, church, legal colleagues, women legislators, Nimbah County residents, opposition allies including the CDC Coalition and the CMC, and even former detractors.
“Ahhhhhh y’all full my mouth and filled my heart,” she said.
Yeakula directly addressed government-aligned critics: “Nice try. Now take all that energy and focus on governing; on providing jobs for our people and improving their lives, on actually ‘rescuing’ them as promised. Your obsession with me won’t reduce the cost of living for Liberians nor put food on their tables.”
To women in politics, she offered a warning and encouragement: “The status quo always fights back with everything, so stay strong, stay grounded in your truth and never ever let them break you.” Quoting poet Maya Angelou, Yeakula closed with a defiant promise: “Still I rise.”
In the heat of the attack early last week, Liberia’s Former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor defended Yeakula, declaring that propaganda “will fail to destroy the legacy of a woman who refuses to be silent.”Madam Howard-Taylor issued her statement on Wednesday amid criticism targeting Yeakula, a prominent member of the opposition Alternative National Congress (ANC).
The former VP called them products of “political desperation” and part of an old playbook designed to break women leaders. “When a woman rises in power, the first weapon thrown at her is not truth—it is propaganda,” Howard-Taylor wrote. “No allegation—especially one born from political desperation—can erase a lifetime of service. No rumor can undo decades of courage.”
In her defense, Madam Howard-Taylor accused political rivals of weaponizing misinformation. She argued that when opponents cannot defeat a woman’s record, they target her reputation; when they cannot challenge her competence, they attack her character; and when they cannot match her strength, they manufacture scandal. “This is not accountability. This is not justice. This is an assault on women in leadership,” she wrote.
Madam Howard-Taylor also highlighted a double standard in Liberian politics. “A woman can serve her nation faithfully for years—uplifting communities, mentoring young women, breaking barriers—yet the moment a controversy surfaces, she is dragged before the court of public opinion while men walk free from far greater sins.”
Cllr. Moriah Kou Dwehde Yeakula (also known as Moriah Yeakula-Korkpor) is a prominent Liberian lawyer, political activist, feminist, and civil society leader. She is widely recognized for her advocacy in good governance, women’s political participation, and legal aid. She served as Chief of Staff to Alternative National Congress (ANC) leader Alexander B. Cummings.
She is a member of the Liberian National Bar Association, Association of Female Lawyers of Liberia (AFELL), and Liberia Feminist Forum. She was selected as an Amujae Leader by the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Center for Women and Development, recognizing her for leadership in public life. Yeakula holds an LL.M. from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles.
