What seems like usurpation of functions at the Liberia Drugs Enforcement Agency (LDEA) is said to be brewing tension between Director Abraham Kromah and his Deputy for Operations, Al Hassan Fadiga.
Director Kromah has reportedly instructed Fadiga not to raid any area suspected to be drug infested except he (Kromah) gives the go ahead, a mandate that Fadiga has rejected.
“You cannot tell me how to do my job. I am the deputy for operations here and to say I should raid areas based on your approval, is not possible,” Fadiga reportedly told Kromah, an inside source hinted this paper Monday, March 25, 2024.
As it stands, the operations department of LDEA is not functioning due to kromah’s instruction. Most of the officers are on ‘stand down’ order.
Recently Director Kromah led a group of LDEA officers at Sayon Town, Bushrod to raid a hard core Nigerian drug dealer. Several persons were arrested during the raid but the prime suspect along with accomplices have since been released.
When contacted for comment via mobile phone, Director Kromah did not answer as our reporter’s call was diverted to voicemail. To further ensure that he provided his response, a WhatsApp message was sent but he also did not reply up to press time.
With this looming tension between the two LDEA’s chiefs, it might stall President Joseph Nyuma Boakai’s quest to clamp down on drug dealers and users.
At his first State of the Nation’s Address to the 55th Legislature on Monday, January 29, 2024, President Boakai declared drugs as a public health emergency, mandating all public officials take drug test beginning with himself and Vice President Jeremiah Kpan Koung.
