By Domingo Dargbeh
The Corporation, according to court’s record, has refused to honor judgment from the lower court in the amount of over US$364,000 owed ELTEL Network Liberia, a Swedish Company.
The Supreme Court has affirmed the ruling of the Debt Court for Montserrado County, authorizing the enforcement of the closure of the headquarters of the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC).
The Corporation has refused to honor its judgment in the amount of over US$364,000 owed ELTEL Network Liberia, a Swedish Company.
The high court decision followed Associate Justice Jamesetta H. Wolokollie’s decision to lift her January 6, 2026, stay order imposed on the enforcement of the lower court’s judgment.
“You are hereby mandated to resume jurisdiction, and proceed in keeping with law, as the justice has declined to issue the writ prayed for. The stay order of January 6, 2026, is hereby ordered lifted, “Justice Wolokollie letter dated January 20, 2026, addressed to Judge James E. Jones noted.
The Debt Court’s decision to close LEC’s headquarters resulted from the arbitration panel findings, declaring the Corporation liable in the amount of US$364,929.40, as unpaid debt for electrical materials supplied by ELTEL Network.
The panel was established to assist the Court to reconcile the 2016 agreement between ELTEL Network and LEC for the Swedish Company to supply the electricity company with Low Voltage (LV) materials.
But, LEC challenged the court’s decision to affirm the panel report, arguing that it is not indebted to ELTEL Network Liberia. And, later filed for a writ of Prohibition before Justice Wolokollie, which writ was denied.
It was based on claims and counter claims that led to ELTEL Network, Attorney-In- Fact, Hans Armstrong, a British national to file a debt action before the Debt Court.
The panel’s decision followed a four-month arbitration with the LEC and ELTEL Network, reviewing invoices, purchase requests and delivery notes.
Initially, Hans Armstrong sought US$434,459, as unpaid debt, but, after careful consideration, the panel reached the agreement of US$309,929, 40.
The money in question resulted from a 2016 agreement between ELTEL Network, and LEC for the Swedish Company to supply the electricity company with Low Voltage (LV) materials, which they did.
LV applications are diverse and include control rooms, distribution systems, lighting, communication systems, and security systems.
LV wiring is often used in these applications, as it is designed for smaller currents and offers increased safety compared to regular wiring.