After months of protests by women’s rights groups over the ‘careless’ approach to rape allegations involving suspended Deputy Minister for Youth Development Bryant McGill, investigative reports revealed his innocence. On November 15, 2025, media reports accused the former Deputy Minister of allegedly raping a 14-year-old minor.
Speaking at the headquarters of the Liberia National Police in Monrovia on Monday January 12, 2025, Police Inspector General Gregory Colman said the independent investigative reports uncovered the following: GSM analysis, GPS location analysis, CCTV camera surveillance, and the international DNA investigation showed no signs of former Deputy Minister Bryant McGill with the allegedly abused victim.
According to him, the findings from the GPS and GSM investigations conclusively exonerated the former Deputy Minister at the alleged crime scene at the time, and CCTV footage did not support claims of his presence. Additionally, international DNA results could not recover biological material from the victim’s clothing.
The Police Inspector General said after identifying DNA on the victim and matching it with that of McGill, the results came back without any connections. The Inspector General noted that based on all of the digital and physical evidence, the Liberia National Police exonerated the former Deputy Minister from all investigation into this rape allegations.
Meanwhile, the Liberia National Police has formally charged and forwarded to court Peter Bon Jallah, an official of the NSA, for allegedly sodomizing a 16-year-old male minor. He has been charged under the following penal codes: revised chapter 14.7 (rape/sodomy), chapter 14.7.2 (kidnapping), and chapter 14.5.6 (rape). The Inspector General stated that preliminary medical and witness testimony, along with an investigation that uncovered time-specific CCTV footage and physical evidence, all corroborate the statements of the victim at the location of the alleged perpetrator, Peter Bon Jallah.
He, however, informed the public that the investigation is open to find the actual match of the DNA that was found on the victim. During the investigation, the Inspector General of Police reassured the public of the LNP’s commitment to conducting investigations and maintaining the integrity of the police in protecting lives and property, and according to every citizen their rights to justice.
