By Moses M. Tokpah|Margibi Contributor
It was an unfortunate scene in Kakata, Margibi county when an officer of the Executive Protection Service (EPS), Gabriel Samuel Kamara allegedly stabbed a car washer.
Abraham Mulbah alias Ayo was reportedly stabbed to death during the morning hours of Saturday July 11, 2020 World Bank Bridge along the Kakata-Gbarnga Highway.
Kakata city is about 73km away from Liberia Capital Monrovia.
However, the death of Abraham Mulbah has triggered violent protest in the city leading to the setting ablaze of at least one vehicle.
The city has been tense because of the incident.
The head of the local car wash, Forkpa Mensah told Liberia Public Radio correspondent that the incident occurred when the victim and three of his colleagues attempted to resist an arrest by the EPS officer.
Mr. Mensah said during the tussle, the EPS personnel took his knife from his side and stabbed the car washer from the back.
“We afraid to go around our own colleague because we were not many this morning” he explained.
He asserted that the deceased after being stabbed was rush to the only referral hospital in the City, the C.H. Rennie Hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
The alleged murderer, Gabriel Kamara, has turned himself over to Police in Kakata for fear of reprisal from hungry crowd.
The reason behind the action of the EPS officer is yet to be known.
Efforts by the Liberia National Police, the County Superintendent, Jerry Varnie and Margibi County Representative Ivar Jones to stop the protesters from burning the EPS Officer vehicle did not materialize as they were throwing violent stone.
The crowd also threw stone at Journalists and threatened to damage their gadgets if they remain on the frontline of the protest.
Meanwhile, Car Washers in Kakata are calling for immediate justice in the death of Abraham Mulbah.
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