| Dr. Moniba is dead (Breaking News) By J. Nagbe Sloh and Sidiki Trawally November 25, 2004 Philadelphia, 11/25/04 (SIS) - A former vice president of Liberia , Dr. Harry Fumba Moniba, is dead. Confirmed reports this evening said Dr. Moniba died in a tragic motor accident in Detroit, Michigan. Reports also confirmed that Dr. Moniba, who was also standard-bearer of the Liberian National Union (LINU), was coming from a thanksgiving program when his vehicle got involved in a fatal crash that killed him. The fate of three other occupants riding with the deceased was not known up to press time. The late Moniba was Liberia's ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Court of Saint James before being recalled in 1984 to become vice president of the Interim National Assembly, the transitional government that succeeded the People's Redemption Council. When Samuel Doe organized his National Democratic Party of Liberia, he picked Moniba as his running mate in the controversial 1985 elections. Dr. Moniba joined other Liberians to form the Interim Government of National Unity (IGNU)when Doe was captured and killed by Prince Johnson and his Independent National Patriotic Front of Liberia. Dr.Moniba nominated Dr. Amos Claudius Sawyer to head the IGNU. During the 1997 elections, he parted company with the NDPL, and formed the Liberia National Union (LINU). He became the LINU's standard-bearer, but was one of several presidential candidates Charles Taylor defeated in the elections. Recently, some former Liberian government officials in theUnited States were working with Dr. Moniba to merge the LINU and the NDPL for next year's elections. Reports coming in said the presidential candidate was also in Detroit to campaign for his party. Details are still coming |
| Late V.P. Moniba(center) with WIMAM officials at a recent program |