GANTA – Police in Nimba County have arrested, charged, and sent to court a woman identified as Nohn Flomo, 57, for allegedly murdering her sister, Koo Yalamah, 52, in the College View Community in Sanniquillie, Nimba County.
According to police reports, Flomo gruesomely killed her sister on the night of February 2, allegedly believing that Yalamah had bewitched her with epilepsy. The deceased and her husband, David Mantor, had traveled from their hometown, Makinto, to visit Flomo in Sanniquillie when the incident occurred.
Eyewitness accounts indicate that Flomo used a cutlass to repeatedly hack her sister while she and her husband were asleep. At the time of the attack, all four occupants—Flomo, her husband Paye Suah, Yalamah, and Mantor—were sharing the same room.
Mamie Blagaye, a resident of the College View Community, told police investigators that she was awakened by Flomo’s loud confession. “You can carry me to the police, I have killed my sister,” Flomo allegedly shouted.
Alarmed by the cry, Blagaye and other neighbors rushed to the scene, apprehended Flomo, and turned her over to police in Sanniquillie.
During police interrogation, Flomo admitted to the crime, claiming that she had long suspected her sister of causing her decade-long illness. She alleged that Yalamah had previously confessed to being responsible for her suffering but refused to find a cure. Driven by this belief, Flomo devised a plan to kill her sister and saw her visit as the perfect opportunity to carry out the act.
According to the police charge sheet, Flomo recounted that at midnight, while the others were asleep, she grabbed a cutlass she had prepared for the attack and struck Yalamah twice on the head and other parts of her body before severing her right ear, leading to her death.
The two men in the room reportedly woke up and attempted to rescue the victim, but by the time they intervened, Yalamah was already dead.
The head of the Crime Services Division (CSD) of the Liberia National Police in Nimba County, along with Coroner Lemeo Bleemie, visited the crime scene. A coroner and jurors’ examination confirmed foul play in Yalamah’s death.
Following the investigation, Flomo was formally charged with murder and forwarded to the 8th Judicial Circuit Court in Sanniquillie for prosecution in accordance with Liberian law. Yalamah’s remains were handed over to her family and later buried in Makinto, District 2, Nimba County.
Meanwhile, Nimba County CSD Commander Emmanuel Gruasie has urged residents to refrain from taking the law into their own hands. He disclosed that six murder cases have been recorded in the county between January 1 and February 2, emphasizing the need for citizens to seek legal recourse rather than resorting to violence.
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