ZWEDRU, Grand Gedeh County – Officials of the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) in Grand Gedeh County have accused Vice President Jeremiah Kpan Koung of attempting to interfere with the party’s planned activities marking the CDC’s 22nd anniversary and Militants Day celebration in the county. However, the Vice President’s Office has strongly denied the allegations.
In a communication addressed to the Chairman and members of the CDC National Executive Committee, S. Sampson Bossoe Williams, chairman of the party’s Grand Gedeh Anniversary Subcommittee, alleged that senior government officials were working to frustrate the June 26–27 celebrations.
“I write to formally alert the National Executive Committee to a deliberate act of political sabotage by Vice President Jeremiah Kpan Koung, Sr., acting through his surrogate, Senator Zoe E. Pennue, to disrupt our event,” Williams stated in the communication.
According to Williams, the organizing committee notified local authorities on June 13, 2026, of its intention to use the public space in front of the Tubman Palace for the celebrations. He said the committee subsequently held discussions with county authorities and members of the joint security team regarding the request.
Williams said organizers were informed on June 17 that approval had been granted for the use of the venue.
“To our shock, a few days later, authorities attempted to reverse that decision, citing a mandate from Vice President Jeremiah Kpan Koung through Senator Zoe E. Pennue,” he alleged.
The CDC official argued that the venue has historically been used by various groups without controversy.
“Interestingly, this same space was recently granted to other groups, including our Islamic brothers and sisters, without issue. This is a public space that has been used by everyone regardless of political persuasion or religion,” Williams said.
He described the alleged move as “a calculated and premeditated political provocation” intended to disrupt the anniversary celebration.
The organizing committee has called on the CDC National Executive Committee to intervene, warning that the dispute could heighten tensions in the county.
“We request the National Executive Committee to intervene immediately to avoid the impending violence and chaos that Vice President Jeremiah Kpan Koung, Sr., is allegedly fueling in Grand Gedeh through Senator Zoe E. Pennue,” the statement said.
Williams further emphasized that Grand Gedeh has historically remained peaceful and warned against what he described as outside political interference.
“Grand Gedeans are peaceful people who have coexisted without violence. Seeing Vice President Jeremiah Kpan Koung, a prominent son of Nimba County, interfering in our county with the intention of instigating violence is deeply concerning. His actions represent a potential conflict in motion, which we, as peace-loving people of Grand Gedeh, strongly resist,” he said.
However, the Office of the Vice President has dismissed the allegations as false.
Prince Gbeiu, Chief of Staff to Vice President Koung, told FrontPage Africa that the Vice President has no involvement in the CDC’s activities in Grand Gedeh.
“This claim is entirely untrue. In my view, it reflects assumptions arising from the CDC’s declining support base in the county,” Gbeiu said. “The Vice President would never involve himself in obstructing a CDC convention and would never instruct local authorities to prevent any political party from using public facilities in that part of the country.”
Gbeiu maintained that Vice President Koung has no interest in interfering with the internal activities of any political party.
Attempts to obtain comments from Senator Zoe E. Pennue were unsuccessful, as his mobile phone was switched off.
As of press time, Senator Pennue had not publicly responded to the allegations.
