-For Alleged Falsification of Documents During LNP Recruitment
CESTOS CITY, Rivercess County — Police in Rivercess County have forwarded a police recruit applicant, Annie Foko, to the Cestos City Magisterial Court after investigating alleged falsification of documents she submitted during the ongoing Liberia National Police recruitment process.
Police forwarded Foko to court on Saturday, October 3, 2026, accusing her of presenting a falsified document as part of her recruitment application. Rivercess County Police Commander ACP Elton Gofa told Tech News that the recruitment exercise in the county has concluded, but the alleged document-falsification case remained pending before the recruitment team departed for Monrovia.
ACP Gofa said the recruitment team detected what he described as an attempt to compromise the verification process after discovering discrepancies in documents Foko submitted. According to him, the documents contained inconsistencies, including differences in the ages stated and questions surrounding the authenticity of the certificates.
He said the recruitment process verifies applicants’ age, educational qualifications, citizenship, and other required documents. ACP Gofa explained that authorities subject documents to verification, including through QR-code systems where applicable, to determine their authenticity. He said further verification allegedly established that the document Foko submitted was not authentic and was originally associated with a male individual.
The police commander described the alleged falsification as a criminal matter under Liberia’s penal and criminal procedure laws. He said the case is intended to demonstrate that applicants seeking to join the police force must comply with the requirements established for recruitment.
ACP Gofa further warned that allowing falsified documents into the police recruitment system could have serious implications for public safety, given the responsibilities and authority granted to police officers. He said the Rivercess case should serve as a warning to prospective police applicants across Liberia’s 15 counties to ensure that all documents submitted during recruitment are genuine and meet the established requirements.
Annie Foko, for her part, denied knowingly submitting falsified documents. Speaking following her detention, Foko said she did not know that the documents in her application were allegedly incorrect. “I never knew. I didn’t open the documents. The person who did my work gave them to me. I came to Rivercess before I realized that the documents in my files were the wrong ones,” Foko said.
Foko also told Tech News that she did not graduate from high school, stating that she stopped at 12th grade. She said she had been living in Montserrado County and was brought to Rivercess for the recruitment exercise. Authorities have now forwarded the case to the Cestos City Magisterial Court, where the allegations against Foko are expected to be addressed through due process.
