Majority members of the House of Representatives have finally expelled Representative Yekeh Kolubah of Montserrado County District #10 from the 55 National Legislature.
The expulsion followed a complaint filed by Montserrado County District #3 Representatives- Sumo K. Mulbah and another on April 9, 2026, by Police Inspector General Gregory O.W. Coleman.
The decision was sealed last Friday following the submission of a report from the House’s Committee on Rules, Order and Administration in line with Rep. Mulbah’s complaint which sought the expulsion of Rep . Kolubah from the House of Representatives, on allegations of misconduct in office, violation of his oath of office, violation of the House’s Rules and Procedures, and consistently bringing the House in particular and the Legislature in general into public disrepute and also the concerns about national security, public safety, and national stability pointed out by Inspector General of the Liberia National Police.
According to the report, the matter was formally referred to the Committee on Rules, Order and Administration (ROA), on April 9, 2026, during the 2026 First Extraordinary Session of the Honorable House of Representatives, with a mandate to review, analyze, deliberate, and provide recommendations for appropriate legislative actions within ten days.
To do due diligence to said matter, and in fulfillment of its mandate, the Committee officially mandated the Acting Chief Clerk of the House to communicate with the parties, including Rep. Sumo K. Mulbah and Inspector General Gregory O.W. Coleman and the respondent, Rep. Yekeh Y. Kolubah on April 9, 2026, inviting them to appear before the Committee on April 13, 2026, in the First-floor Conference Room of the House of Representatives, at 10:00 AM for proceeding and further deliberations.
At same time, on April 9, 2026, a communication was served on Rep. Kolubah, which he duly received to appear before the Committee on Monday, April 13, 2026, to face his accusers, Rep. Mulbah and Inspector General Coleman.
The Committee further met on April 13, 2026, in the First-floor Conference Room, of the House of Representatives.
During the hearing, Rep Kolubah submitted a written communication to the Committee, requesting a five-day excuse to enable him adequately inform and consult with his legal counsels, in preparation for the proceedings.
The Committee maintained that following the receipt of the complaints and subsequent communications to all the parties, it observed the following: That a formal complaint was duly filed by Rep. Mulbah and the Inspector General of the Liberia National Police, alleging gross misconduct, constant violations of the House’s Rules and Procedures, among others, against Rep Kolubah, both the complainants and the respondent were duly notified to appear before the Committee on April 13, 2026, to present their respective positions on the matter, where Rep. Kolubah, formally requested a five-day postponement to enable him to secure and consult with his legal counsels, of which the Committee acknowledged the importance of due process, fairness, and the constitutional rights of the respondent to adequate and fair representation and thus granted Kolubah two additional business days.
The Committee said it carefully reviewed the complaints, took into consideration the principles of justice, particularly the right to a fair hearing, which the request submitted by Kolubah for additional time to engage his legal counsels is consistent with established legislative and legal practices that guarantee every accused individual the opportunity to adequately prepare a defense.
The Committee further noted that proceeding in the respondent’s absence or denying him a reasonable time to prepare could undermine the credibility, transparency, and fairness of the investigative process, That the Committee dropped the complaint filed by the Inspector General of the Liberia National Police, because he is a member of the Ministry of Justice and could possibly be involved into future prosecution. At the same time, the Committee disregarded the complaint of the complainant of District 10, because he wrote as an individual, instead of a complainant of District 10. In the mind of the Committee, such compliant should have been done in a form of a class action.
During the course of the hearing, on April 15, 2026, at 10:00 AM, Rep Kolubah appeared along with his legal team and during the inquiry, the legal team requesting the Committee to allow them to speak on their client’s behalf but later walked out.
The Committee said upon this backdrop, House of Representatives has the right to expel any of its members for cause; and such action is supported by law and precedence in this jurisdiction, stressing that the terms of precedence, past history of the House of Senate of the Legislature of the Republic of Liberia, revealed that on October 23, 1998, the Liberian Senate passed a resolution to expel Senator Sampson Bedell Fahn, Il from the Senate. The action took place during the leadership of the late Senate Pro Tempore, Charles W. Brumskine.
Bedell Fahn was accused of engaging in gross misconduct considered by the Senate as desecrating the sanctity of the Liberian Senate and refusing to appear before a Senate Committee after being cited.
The Committee also stated that in terms of the constitutional backing, Article 38 of the 1986 Constitution of Liberia states: “Each House shall adopt its own rules of procedures, enforce order and with the concurrence of two-thirds of the entire membership, may expel a member for cause…. “All rules adopted by the Legislature shall conform to the requirements of due process of law laid down in this Constitution. And maintained that if the Senate could expel a member for refusing to attend a committee investigative hearing, what more about Rep Kolubah who walked out of the Committee and continue to make denigrating statements against the House and other public officials, consistent with Kolubah’s inimical posturing against the House and other public officials require decisive action because he continues to recklessly desecrate the sanctity, prestige, dignity and authority of the House of Representatives. This will be a fair and just action to deter any lawmaker from indulging into similar gross misconduct.”
“The precedence and constitutional quotation above give us the authority and right to expel any of our member caught in violation of our standing rules and procedurals,” Committee said.
In consideration of the above, the Committee requested Plenary to impose the most decisive and appropriate disciplinary measures available under their Rules and Procedures and the Constitution of the Republic of Liberia. This action is said to be necessary to uphold the dignity, integrity, and authority of the Legislature.
Meanwhile, the question is who to follow next when experts are saying the expulsion of Rep. Kolubah was not constitutional but political, due to the House’s refusal to adhere to the Supreme Court’s stay order issued on Thursday following a complaint filed by Kolubah’s lawyers.
It can be recalled that Rep. Kolubah’s lawyers representing him walked out of the Rule and Order Committee hearing and alarmed that the House was proceeding wrongly and as such they could not continue a process that lacks due process.
Below is the full list of lawmakers (signatories) by county:
Bomi County
- Jahkpakpa Obediah Varney — District 1
- Manah Bishop Johnson — District 2
- Sam P. Jallah — District 3
Bong County
- Prince K. Koinah — District 1
- James M. Kolleh — District 2
- Robert Womba — District 4
- Moima Briggs Mensah — District 6
- Foday E. Fahnbulleh — District 7
Gbarpolu County
- Mustapha Waritay — District 3
Grand Bassa County
- Isaac G. Bannie — District 1
- J. Clarence T. Banks — District 2
- Alfred H. Flomo — District 4
Grand Cape Mount County
- Gbessie Sonni Feika — District 3
Grand Gedeh County
- Jeremiah Garwo Sokan Sr. — District 1
- Marie G. Johnson — District 2
- Jacob C. Debee II — District 3
Grand Kru County
- Nathaniel N. Bahway Sr. — District 1
Lofa County
- Thomas P. Fallah — District 1
- Julie Fatorma Wiah — District 2
- Momo Siafa Kpoto — District 3
- Gizzie K. Kollince — District 4
- Augustine B. Chiewolo — District 5
Margibi County
- Ellen A. Attoh-Wreh — District 3
- Emmanuel Yarh — District 4
Maryland County
- P. Mike Jurry — District 1
- Anthony F. Williams — District 2
- Austin Blidi Taylor — District 3
Montserrado County
- RugieYatu Barry — District 1
- Sekou S. Kanneh — District 2
- Sumo Kollie Mulbah — District 3
- Michael M. Thomas — District 4
- Prescilla A. Cooper — District 5
- Emmanuel Dahn — District 7
- Prince A. Toles — District 8
- Richard Nagbe Koon — District 11
- Bernard Blue Benson — District 17
Nimba County
- Samuel N. Brown Sr. — District 1
- Nyahn Garsaye Flomo — District 2
- Nehker E. Gaye — District 3
- Ernest M. Manseah Sr. — District 4
- Kortor Kwagrue — District 5
- Dorwohn Twain Gleekia — District 6
- Saye S. Mianah — District 8
River Gee County
- Alexander Poure Isaac B. Choloplay Wuo — District 2
- Johnson S. N. Williams Sr. — District 3
Rivercess County
- Alex J. Grant — District 1
- Steve Tequah — District 2