Published: August 27, 2025
MONROVIA — Nimba County Senator Samuel Kogar has accused Vice President Jeremiah Koung of straining their relationship by entertaining gossip that he, Kogar, harbors ambitions to become vice president.
Kogar, speaking candidly on BKS TV on Monday, said the vice president has increasingly relied on hearsay rather than the trust and political solidarity they once shared.
“The vice president is listening to people gossiping to him that Kogar wants to be vice president,” he said. “But he is not looking at the time he himself became representative and the things we used to do together. People now who want to get close to him, he is listening to them more.”
Appointments and Betrayals
The senator lamented that despite their long-standing alliance, he has been shut out of key appointments and decisions in Nimba County since Koung took office.
“Since he got his seat as vice president, how many persons have I recommended in this government as presidential appointee? Zero,” Kogar said. “Every appointment in Nimba was done by him.”
He accused Koung of bypassing him on candidates they had discussed privately, leaving him embarrassed before his own constituents. “When we agree on something, he deviates from it,” Kogar noted.
A Rift in Nimba Politics
Kogar warned that the discord risks undermining unity in Liberia’s second most populous county, a key battleground in national politics.
“We’re supposed to be knocking our chest and saying we will turn Nimba County over to our political party,” he said. “If the Vice President wants to treat me like a bag boy, I won’t agree. I was duly elected by the people of Nimba, not by the Vice President or the President.
Hurt But Not Undermining
Despite his frustration, Kogar said he has no intention of undermining Koung or the ruling Unity Party.
“I will never undermine anybody in my life. When you do me wrong, I’ll tell you straight,” he said. “But on the contrary, they will not see my face because I’m not happy with the way I’ve been treated.”
Kogar emphasized that he remains committed to serving Nimba with “dignity,” but warned that continued marginalization could fracture the county’s political bloc and weaken the party’s national standing.
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