Vice President Moniba Dies In Car Accident
By J. Nagbe Sloh
Philadelphia, 11/25/04 (SIS) - A former vice president of Liberia, Dr. Harry Fumba Moniba, is dead. Confirmed reports reaching the Sloh Information Service this evening said Dr. Moniba died in a tragic motor accident in Detroit, Michigan.
The late Moniba was Liberia's ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Court of Saint James before being recalled in 1984 to become vice president of the Interim National Assembly, the transitional government that succeeded the People's Redemption Council. When Samuel Doe organized his National Democratic Party of Liberia, he picked Moniba as his running mate in the controversial 1985 elections.
When Doe was captured and killed by Prince Johnson and his Independent National Patriotic Front of Liberia, Moniba joined other Liberians to form the Interim Government of National Unity (IGNU). Moniba nominated Dr. Amos Claudius Sawyer to head the IGNU.
During the 1997 elections, he parted company with the NDPL, and formed the Liberia National Union (LNU). He became the LNU's standard bearer, but was one of several presidential candidates Charles Taylor defeated in the elections.
Recently, some former Liberian government officials in the United States were working with Dr. Moniba to merge the LNU and the NDPL for next year's elections.
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