Published: August 29, 2025
MONROVIA — Former Montserrado County District 9 representative candidate Fubbi F. A. Henries has leveled accusations against incumbent Rep. Frank Saah Foko, branding him a “ritualist” and claiming he has survived three separate attempts on his life allegedly orchestrated by the lawmaker.
Speaking Thursday on Punch FM, Henries — who has unsuccessfully contested the District 9 seat four times — alleged that Foko’s lifestyle and choice of clothing were tied to ritual practices.
“Representative Saah Foko attempted to take my life on three different occasions,” Henries said. “Why do you think a man who wore all colors of clothes when he was not a representative cannot wear them anymore? He has been instructed to wear only black or white. He is a ritualist.”
Henries dismissed the possibility of reconciliation.
“That can never happen. I can’t reconcile with someone who wants to take my life. I can only reconcile with him if he changes the color of clothes he wears often — white and black,” he added.
Foko Declines to Respond
When contacted by The Liberian Investigator, Rep. Foko declined to address the allegations directly.
“I got too many things in my district. I got work to do, and I’m not responding to that man,” he said.
October 2023 Complaint
Henries filed a formal complaint with the Liberia National Police on Oct. 16, 2023, days after the presidential and legislative elections. In the letter to the Salem Depot in District, he alleged “assault and attempted murder” by a group of men linked to Rep. Foko.
According to the complaint, on Oct. 10, 2023, Henries and his team were attacked at the Voct Christ Academy (Ma Nora Polling Center) in Lakpazee by individuals armed with stakes, cutlasses, and stones. He identified one alleged attacker, Akie G. Cooper, who reportedly struck him in the face after declaring: “We already planning to kill you, then you come here tonight! We will finish you.”
Henries alleged the remark followed a phone call Cooper had with Rep. Foko. He said he sustained injuries along with his district coordinator and bodyguard before escaping into a shop, where attackers hurled stones that shattered a glass counter while demanding his phone.
Pattern of Alleged Attempts
Henries linked the October incident to earlier attempts on his life, including one at the Don Bosco Youth Center in January 2020 and another during the March 2023 voter registration period at Nancy B. Doe School in Matadi, where he said his team was threatened with cutlasses.
He further accused motorcyclists and local youths some of whom he said he had supported with food and money of being mobilized by Rep. Foko to attack him.
“Imagine, people you help to eat are the same people hitting you with cutlasses and stakes on the orders of Frank Foko,” Henries said.
Police Response and Public Trust
Henries criticized the Liberia National Police for failing to act on his complaints.
“If we are not safe when police are around, then we are gradually moving into a lawless state,” he said after the October attack.
Police have not announced any findings from his complaint, and no arrests have been reported in connection with the allegations.
Faith in Survival
Despite what he described as repeated threats, Henries insisted his survival is a sign of divine protection.
“They practically had the opportunity to kill me, but God saved me,” he said.
He added:
“We all have people to carry out violence, but some of us have taken the path of Jesus and not Moses. Moses said, ‘eye for an eye,’ but Jesus said, ‘do unto others as you would have them do unto you.’ This should not be taken as weakness.”
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