MONROVIA – Grand Cape Mount lawmaker, Rep. Bob Sheriff (Unity Party), whose house and vehicle have been set ablaze allegedly by supporters of Senator Victor Watson, has told FrontPageAfrica that his house was shot at several times before it was set on fire.
Though he is currently in Monrovia, Rep. Sheriff in Monrovia, said being a member of the Collaborating Political Parties (CPP), the CPP’s candidate for senatorial election in the county, Mr. Simeon Taylor, often lodged at his house while on a campaign trail in the county.
Rep. Sheriff could not tell FrontPageAfrica about the whereabouts of Mr. Taylor, neither could he say anything about his well-being.
He narrated that Mr. Taylor had received reports that a huge number of Sierra Leoneans were crossing into Liberia for the sole purpose of voting in Tuesday’s election in Gangama, therefore, he had gone there to inform the Sierra Leoneans to stay away from the election. While at it, a pick-up belonging to a prominent businessman in the county who supports the ruling party’s candidate, Victor Watson, arrived on the scene and began to terrorize the CPP supporters which resulted in a tussle.
According to him, being that they know that Mr. Taylor would often lodge at his (Sheriff) residence, they moved on his house and began firing at the house.
“They fired at the house until they fired all the window glasses, they went into the house, took the icebox (refrigerator) and scattered everything in the house and set it ablaze, they also set my pickup ablaze, according to information that I received,” he explained.
He added, “When they started shooting at the house and my people called me, I asked all of them to leave the house before anyone gets hurt. That is why Simeon Taylor ran in the bush. I don’t know if he is still in the bush or left, I do not know.”
According to him, upon receiving report that his house was being shot at, he called the Inspector General of Police several times but to no avail. He said he also called the Deputy for Inspector General for Administration and the Deputy for Operation, but all his calls proved futile.
He said, the Police Commander in the district informed that the problem was bigger and that he (Rep. Sheriff) needed to call the attention of national government.
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