Monrovia, Liberia – The Circuit Court of Montserrado has issued a double writ, directing the former ruling party, CDC, to vacate their Congo Town headquarters. Following the court’s ruling, Martha Stubbiefield Bernard will be deemed the owner of the property, via Ebrima Varney Dempster.
This comes after the Supreme Court previously ruled against the CDC in an ejectment action brought by Ebrima Varney Dempster on behalf of Martha Stubblefield Bernard. The high court upheld the lower court’s decision against the former ruling party.
Judge Golda Elliot of the Circuit Court issued a warrant of possession on March 7, 2024, directing the Sheriff to remove the defendant’s Congress of Democratic Change from its headquarters.
In the second writ issued by Judge Bonah Elliot, the Sheriff was directed to apprehend the defendants’ corporate officials and administrators if they did not provide the Plaintiff with the requested amount of $54,000 in US dollars and over 13,000 in Liberian dollars as payment for the property.
The judge’s order was part of an action brought by the Martha Stubberfield Bernard Interstate, through its administrator, Ebrima Varney Dempster, to enforce the judgment and enactment. The defendants in the action were the late William Thomas Bernard’s interstate, represented by Archibald F. Bernard, Nancy Freddy Bernard Freeman, Murary Bernard, Vivian Bernard, William Bernard, Leona P. Bernard, and Congress for Democratic Change, through its chairman, Nathaniel F. McGill.
The judge ordered the sheriff to confiscate the defendants’ property, belongings, and chattels including the CDC and put them up for auction in the Writ of Execution.
The order states that the property should be seized and sold if the sheriff discovers that US$54,170.00 and US$13,250, plus addition, are not available. If the sheriff is unable to locate any land, goods, or chattel, he must arrest the corporate officer and administrator of the CDC and bring them before the court to be dealt with by the law.
According to the court, the CDC officials could receive a pardon if they pay the judgment’s amount or pledge property for sale to raise it. In addition, the plaintiff’s expenditures must be reimbursed by the CDC when it pays the stipulated amount under the verdict.
The plaintiff was also directed to take possession of the property in accordance with her deeds by the court in the separate Action of Ejectment, which was followed by a writ of possession.
The land extends to Bernard Beach from the Tubman Boulevard interchange in the southeast.
