In a fiery and defiant response, former Monrovia Mayor and prominent opposition figure Jefferson Koijee has blasted the Executive Protection Service (EPS) for what he calls “an empty bluff” and “a betrayal of the Republic.” His statement comes barely 5 hours after the EPS warned it would withdraw security protection from any high-profile individual advocating rebellion or violent protest against the government.
Koijee, speaking on behalf of what he described as “the revolutionary forces and conscious community of the opposition,” didn’t mince words. He labeled the EPS’ April 30 memo as politically motivated, legally baseless, and a sign of desperation from a regime “frantically clinging to power.”
“This is a cowardly threat from a morally bankrupt puppet and a spineless bureaucrat,” Koijee said, taking aim at EPS Director Sam Gaye, whom he described as a “classical joker” serving loyalty over law.
The opposition stalwart declared that they are “fully prepared” to provide protection for their leaders and supporters, accusing the current administration of turning state institutions, including the EPS, into tools for intimidation. He described the EPS not as a national security body, but as a “private militia” for what he called “a blood-stained Unity Party regime.”
“This system is decaying, and it now serves thieves and political parasites,” Koijee stated. “We will not tremble.”
The former mayor’s statement frames the EPS directive not only as unconstitutional but also as a dangerous precedent, one that reduces public service to partisan enforcement. He warned all state security institutions to reconsider their loyalties, urging them not to become “pawns in the hands of political criminals.”
As tensions grow in Liberia’s political space, this exchange between a key opposition figure and the state security apparatus signals a deepening rift. Koijee, never one to hold back, made it clear that resistance will not be silenced by what he calls “laughable shows of force.”
“The Liberian people have resisted tyranny before. We will do it again, stronger, louder, and more determined,” he vowed.
With chants of “Viva the resistance! Viva democracy! Viva Liberia!” Koijee’s message was both a political counterpunch and a rallying cry. The battle lines, it seems, have been drawn not just between parties, but between the definition of security, and who it’s really meant to serve.
