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INTERPOL Issues Warrant for Yeaten's Arrest For Murder, Felony of First Degree, By David Kolleh Courtesy: Liberian Observer April 24, 2009  MONROVIA,INTERPOL
has issued a writ of arrest for Benjamin Yeaten, former aide de camp of
ex-president Charles Taylor on charges of murder and first degree
felony. This follows on the heels of an indictment by First Judicial Circuit, Criminal Assizes “A” for Montserrado County. In the indictment, Defendant Yeaten violated Chapter 14 Section 14.1(a&b) of the New Panel Law of Liberia, Title 26, Liberian Code of Laws Revised, which states: “A person is guilty of murder if he: (a) purposely or knowingly causes the death of another human being; or (b) causes the death under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life. A rebuttable presumption that such indifference arises if the defendant is engaged or is an accomplice in the commission of, or attempts to commit, or flights after committing or attempting to commit, treason, offenses defined in Section 11.2 or 11.3 of this title.” The indictment indicated that between the period of November 1997 to June 5, 2003 and June 8, 2003, Defendant Yeaten, former director of the Special Security Services (SSS), committed the crime of murder by killing John W. Yormie, who was at the time deputy minister for operations at the Ministry of National Security, Isaac Vaye, who was serving as deputy minister for technical services and Samuel Dokie, former minister of Internal Affairs and members of his family. The international security agency’s arrest warrant also indicated that former SSS director Yeaten, during the National Patriotic Party-led administration, confirmed to the wives of the two men (Yormie and Vaye) on June 7, 2003 , in the presence other women from Nimba County, that their two arrested husbands were in his custody and that he would release them the next day which was June 8, 2003. The indictment further disclosed that both men were never seen alive by their families but were instead killed on the orders and directives of Benjamin Yeaten by people the indictment said were believed to have been three Special Forces. The Plaintiff (the Government of Liberia) further said that Defendant Yeaten also killed and ordered the killngs of Mr. Samuel Dokie, his wife Janet Dokie and other relatives in November 1997, in Bong County while they were en route to Nimba County for a wedding ceremony. The indictment further stated that Mr. Dokie along with his relatives were arrested and detained by former Inspector of Police for Bong County, one Ernest Mulbah (now deceased), but were later turned over to the Special Security Service (SSS) detachment in Bong County, upon the directive of Yeaten, then Chief of Staff. “It was while Dokie and family were in the custody of SSS in Gbarnga that Defendant Yeaten ordered that they be killed, which they were, with their heads beheaded and their bodies burnt,” the indictment maintained. This is not the first time that Benjamin Yeaten has been declared wanted. Yeaten 'AKA 50' left Liberia in 2003 after rebel forces loyal to Sekou Damente Konneh of the Liberia United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) made advances on the Liberian capital, a move that forced former Liberian leader Charles Taylor into exile in Nigeri |
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