Liberia: 18 Ordered to Pay Back ‘Benefits’ from Oil Block LB13 Deal

May 30, 2018 | Leroy M. Sonpon, III, Observer
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The five-member Special Presidential Committee (SPC) constituted to examine the scandal allegations during the negotiation of the concession agreement between ExxonMobil and the Liberian Government over Oil Block LB13, has hooked 18 former officials from the Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf administration. The Committee was set up by President George Weah to examine the authenticity of the allegation contained in a report issued by Global Witness on Liberia in March 2018.