Following months of legal battles between defendant Alfred Sieh, the ULAA National Chairman of the Board of Directors, and plaintiff Mr. J. Shiwoh Karama, the President of ULAA, a court order has been issued declaring Team Keita the winners of the ULAA elections.
Since March 2, 2024, after the Union of Liberian Associations in the Americas (ULAA) elections held in March, the incumbent President J. Shiwoh Karama filed a complaint against the entire ULAA electoral process. Previously, Karama had filed a lawsuit against Chairman Sieh last year in the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Due to this lawsuit, the ULAA elections were postponed to March 2, 2024, according to the Court of Common Pleas.
The court, at the time, ordered the holding of ULAA elections, an order agreed upon by both parties.
On March 2 of this year, plaintiff Karama and his Vice President refused to participate in the ULAA elections but filed an additional complaint against the entire electoral process.
Information gathered from ULAA indicates that some candidates on Karama’s ticket participated in the elections and were successful.
According to the Court of Common Pleas in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, a recent court order declared Mohammad Keita as the winner and National President-elect for a two-year term retroactive from January 2024 to September 2026 at the Union’s National Assembly Convention.
Other officials elected from the March 2 elections are Emmanuelle Nagbe, Vice President; Borbi Bropleh, Secretary-General; Williams Jallah, Financial Secretary; Cynthia Kargbo, Treasurer; Alpha Tongor, Vice President for the Northern Region; Morris Momo, Vice President for the Eastern Region. All elected officials are to serve a two-year term retroactive from January 2024 to September 2026 at the Union’s National Assembly Convention.