By Blamo N. Toe
MONROVIA– Eric W. Wowoh, the Liberian business person charged in connection with a contested US$ 30,500 home deal including a Liberian-American couple, has actually broken his silence, highly rejecting claims of scams and illegal land conveyance while challenging the monetary claims and home ownership files at the center of the criminal case.
Wowoh, who is related to Change Agent Network, kept that he neither misused funds nor unlawfully offered home coming from Rebekah Acquah and her spouse, John Acquah, both locals of Rhode Island, United States.
In an official action to the accusations, Wowoh contested the cops account of the deal, firmly insisting that the matter ought to be figured out through documentary proof and the judicial procedure instead of public allegations.
“I deny the allegations that I misappropriated money or sold property belonging to the Acquahs. These claims must be evaluated against the evidence presented in court, where I intend to respond fully,” Wowoh mentioned.
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His action follows criminal charges brought versus him by the Liberia National Police (LNP) for theft of residential or commercial property, getting cash under incorrect pretenses and criminal conveyance of land in connection with a challenged home in the Rock Church Community, Duazon, Margibi County.
According to a cops charge sheet dated Oct. 6, 2026, Wowoh apparently participated in an arrangement in December 2024 to offer the couple 2 great deals of land valued at US$ 5,500 and an incomplete property structure valued at US$ 25,000, bringing the overall deal to US$ 30,500.
Detectives declared that Wowoh got payments from the couple, offered home files and consequently recovered those files before offering the very same residential or commercial property to another purchaser.
Wowoh turned down the tip that the deal amounted to criminal conduct, keeping that the complete purchase cost was never ever paid and that no deed moving ownership to the Acquahs was carried out by him.
While acknowledging that the concurred purchase cost was US$ 30,500, he contested claims that he got US$ 18,741 towards the deal, arguing that the reported figure needs documentary confirmation.
According to Wowoh, he has actually not existed with a total accounting developing the dates, quantities, receivers and functions of the payments presumably made by the couple.
He kept that cash paid straight towards the residential or commercial property needs to be identified from payments made to companies or for different tasks, cautioning versus integrating unassociated monetary deals to develop the quantity apparently owed.
Wowoh required a thorough reconciliation of all payments before any conclusion is reached concerning the monetary conflict.
The authorities charge sheet itself consists of varying figures worrying the deal. While the problem shows that the Acquahs paid US$ 18,741, private investigators reported that Wowoh acknowledged getting US$ 9,200 from Rebekah Acquah as part payment.
The inconsistency stays a main problem in the contending accounts of the deal.
Attending to accusations that he unlawfully communicated the residential or commercial property to another purchaser, Wowoh acknowledged that conversations worrying a possible brand-new sale contract had actually happened however kept that no brand-new contract was settled with the Acquahs.
He stated he consequently notified the couple that he would no longer continue with the deal before offering the home to another buyer.
According to him, he never ever signed a deed moving ownership of the challenged residential or commercial property to the Acquahs, a position that straight challenges the claims consisted of in the cops examination.
Wowoh likewise contested claims surrounding the handling of the residential or commercial property files.
He kept that the guarantee deed at first supplied to the couple was neither signed nor dated by him and for that reason questioned whether it might develop a finished transfer of ownership.
He even more divulged that Rebekah Acquah had actually notified him that the initial residential or commercial property files were missing out on in the United States, although he acknowledged that he did not personally witness their disappearance.
According to Wowoh, he consequently utilized readily available copies of the files and his recognition to acquire replacement home records based upon the info offered to him.
He preserved that he had actually not gotten the initial files and was prepared to send pertinent records to clarify the situations surrounding their replacement.
“I am prepared to provide the records in my possession, including receipts, bank or transfer records, written communications, property documents, and other relevant materials that can help clarify the transactions and the circumstances surrounding this dispute,” he stated.
The entrepreneur likewise validated that he and his legal agent appeared at the Monrovia City Court at 9 a.m., as directed, to resolve the claims.
He declared that the Acquahs’ legal agents were not present when he appeared, based upon his observation at the time, however decreased to hypothesize about their lack.
Wowoh stressed that the court stays accountable for figuring out the next actions in the procedures.
In spite of challenging the claims, he revealed determination to attend to any validated monetary commitments occurring from the deal.
He stated he was prepared to supply records of payments got and go over the return of quantities developed to have actually been paid particularly towards the home.
He firmly insisted that any payment needs to be based on an appropriate reconciliation of the deals rather than challenged or unproven figures.
The debate has actually brought in attention following the cops choice to charge Wowoh under Chapter 15, Subchapter A, Sections 15.5 and 15.23 of Liberia’s Revised Penal Code.
The Acquahs, through their legal agent, Atty. Stephen B. Lavelah of Kailando and Associate Law Firm, reported the matter to the cops Crime Services Department on Sept. 11, 2026.
Cops consequently detained Wowoh on Sept. 16 at LNP head office in Monrovia before finishing their examination and submitting the charges.
Detectives preserve that the proof collected supports accusations that Wowoh got cash for the residential or commercial property and consequently communicated it to another purchaser.
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Wowoh, nevertheless, firmly insists that the cops claims do not precisely show the scenarios surrounding the deal which the proof need to undergo judicial examination.
He likewise interested reporters and media organizations to work out care in reporting the case, stressing the value of identifying claims from recognized truths.
According to him, declarations credited to 3rd parties, challenged monetary records and claims worrying ownership must not exist as definitive proof before the court makes its decision.
Wowoh even more kept that he plans to secure his individual track record which of Change Agent Network, worrying that the company ought to not be linked in claims emerging from the contested deal without proof developing its participation.
The offered cops account does not develop that Change Agent Network took part in the residential or commercial property deal or the supposed offenses.
While the cops have actually kept that their examination supports criminal charges, Wowoh’s reaction presents completing claims worrying the quantity paid, the status of the residential or commercial property files and whether ownership was ever lawfully moved to the Acquahs.
Those concerns are anticipated to form part of the proof analyzed throughout judicial procedures.
It stays uncertain whether the celebrations have actually reached any contract worrying payment or whether the contested residential or commercial property has actually gone through extra legal action.
Wowoh preserves that he will work together with the judicial procedure and present offered files to support his defense.
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