Monrovia – A writ of Arrest has been issued for former Presidential Candidate in the 2017 elections, Wendell McIntosh, over the alleged crime of Criminal Facilitation and Criminal Conveyance, following a complaint filed by one Emmanuel Cole, a Liberian Businessman, based in the USA through his representation in the country.
By Willie N. Tokpah, [email protected]
The Writ of Arrest was issued after McIntosh failed to face an indictment issued against him by the Grand Jury of the 13th Judicial Circuit Court of Margibi County.
According to the indictment, McIntosh, with criminal intent committed the crime of criminal conveyance of land, by receiving from the complainant, Emmanuel Cole the amount of US$20,600.00 (Twenty Thousand Six Hundred USD) and issued him a warranty deed bearing the name, Wendell, Jessica, Gabriel, and Portia McIntosh, when they knew that they had no title to said land and thereby issued the complainant a document that has no source to the Republic of Liberia in any way or manner.
The court noted that before Cole was coerced by McIntosh to buy said “fake land,” which the defendants claimed to have by then.
As a result, Mr. Cole has craved the court’s determination on the matter, in which Judge Ciapha Carey issued the writ of arrest on September 10, but McIntosh is yet to be found to face justice.
“You are hereby commanded to arrest the living body of Wendell, Jessica, Gabriel, and others to be identified in Margibi County, who are charged with the crime of Criminal Facilitation and Criminal Conveyance of Land and forthwith, bring them before the 13th Judicial Circuit Court, Margibi County, in it’s August Term, A.D.,” the court document in the possession of FrontPageAfrica noted.
Accordingly, Cole had purchased the two acres of land from another Individual, but the defendants came in claiming legitimacy to the property, bringing along one individual who claimed to be a land commissioner, making Cole believe that the defendants were the original owner at the time, and stopping the plaintiff ongoing work on the land located at Tower Hill, in Margibi, thus forcing them to rebuy from them.
The document reported that Jessica McIntosh, in particular, received the amount of US$20,600 from the defendant and issued him a receipt, noting that said amount would be presented to the McIntosh Family, which indicates criminal facilitation.
According to the court document, based on the agreement entered into by the defendants and Mr. Cole, the complainant, who invested more than US$100,000 (Hundred Thousand USD) into bricks, sand, crushed rock, and cement into the foundation of the property on the land that the defendants claimed to own.
He had reportedly purchased all his materials to begin work when he was stopped a stay order from the Margiserial Court in Lower Margibi County, upon a complaint filed by one Evelyne Hadge, who claimed that she was the original owner of the said property.
Since said amount was received by the defendants in 2018, they have allegedly become very difficult, adamant, militia, rebellious, and unreasonable in providing audience or supporting documents, including copies of the grantor deed or source deed to the complainant, and have since refused to respond or answer to calls.
Also, the complainant noted that the property in question was also claimed by one Evelyne Hage, upon which a writ of summon was issued on Wendell McIntosh on April 27th, but he failed to show up, leaving Cole without a guarantor deed.
Complaint Cole further maintained, that since the stay order, he is unable to face Ellen Hadge in court, due to the refusal of his administrator, McIntosh, to present to him the copy of the Mother Deed, Degree of Sale, and Letter of Administration of the property he bought from the McIntosh.
Therefore, he has raised contention with Wendell McIntosh, his wife, Jessica McIntosh, his son, Gabriel McIntosh, and his daughter Portia McIntosh.
As a result, Cole, through his legal counsel, Amara Kanneh, through the court, has issued an indictment and Writ of Arrest against McIntosh, comparing him to defend himself against “Criminal Conveyance and Criminal Facilitation.
The act by McIntosh, according to the court document, contradicts Chapter 20, Section 15.22, and Chapter 10, Section 10.2 of the Criminal Conveyance Law of Liberia.
The indictment against McIntosh and his family was drawn by the Grand Jury of Margibi County in its May Term of Court.
Wendell McIntosh is the founder of The African Development Aid (ADA) Commercial Incorporated. ADA was established in 1990. The company undertakes commercial agribusiness and related activities to increase food security in Liberia and the West African sub-region.
He contested the 2017 elections on the ticket of the Change Democratic Action.
Wendell J. E Mcintosh participated in the 2017 presidential and legislative elections and obtained 1,646 of the 1,553,348 accumulating to 0.1%.
This is not the first time McIntosh has gone into legal conflict in Liberia.
In May 2020, the Paynesville Magisterial Court in Montserrado County has ordered the arrest of the living bodies of the former presidential candidates of the Change Democratic Action (CDA) in the 2017 presidential and legislative elections, Wendell Mcintosh, and his wife Weekie Mcintosh.
According to a court document in possession of this paper, Mcintosh and wife are charged with the commission of the crimes of ‘felonious restraint and disorderly conduct’ and were allegedly on the run.
According to the court’s order signed by the Associate/Stipendiary Magistrate (George Smith) to the Liberia National Police on May 24, 2018, the CDA’s political leader and his wife when arrested after working hours, Sunday or holiday, were ordered to be detained at the nearest police station to be brought to the Paynesville magisterial court during the next working day.
“Based upon a complaint filed by the private prosecutor after he has sworn upon oath, the Republic of Liberia through the Ministry of Justice has charged you the herein-named defendants with the commission of the crime of felonious restraint.
Early Allegations Against Mcintosh:
Before his matriculation into the 2017 presidential and legislative elections, Mcintosh was accused by former Vice President Joseph Nyumah Boakai of soliciting a bribe of US$30,000.00 for the smooth implementation of the rice project in Lofa County, an allegation vehemently denied by Mcintosh.
McIntosh was alleged of hugely influencing the ADA Lofa Rice Project to fail when he reportedly served as the coordinator between LABSWISS and the project.
CORRECTION: This version of the story corrects the previous version that only featured the Paynesville Magisterial Court’s arrest order for McIntosh.
