Falana Faults NBA Over George Weah Invitation

Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has criticised the Nigerian Bar Association for inviting former Liberian President George Weah to speak at its 66th Annual General Conference in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

Falana accused Weah’s administration of undermining judicial independence in Liberia during his presidency from 2018 to 2024, alleging that the judiciary was weakened to the extent that some Liberians had to seek legal redress through the ECOWAS Court.

He cited the case of the Mandingo people, whose landed properties were allegedly seized during the Liberian civil war, saying the ECOWAS Court ruled in their favour but Weah allegedly refused to comply with the judgment.

Falana said the new Liberian government under President Joseph Boakai has now established a committee to enforce the ECOWAS Court judgment.

He also alleged that an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia was removed from office without proper justification, urging the NBA to stop inviting African leaders he described as dictators to address its conferences.