15/10/2025
Update!
By Melvin Jackson
Landowner Expresses Disappointment Over CDC's Groundbreaking Request Without Agreement.
Monrovia – A landowner, Safee Edwardson, has expressed deep disappointment over what he described as a premature move by the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) to conduct a groundbreaking ceremony on his property in Congo Town without concluding a purchase agreement.
According to Edwardson, officials of the CDC reached out to him with interest in purchasing two lots of land he owns in the Congo Two area. He informed them that the land was being offered for sale at a price of over US300,000.
However, Edwardson said he was taken aback when the party proposed giving him only US$5,000 to allow them to proceed with their groundbreaking ceremony, slated for October 18, 2025, while promising to continue negotiations afterward.
“I’m disappointed,” Edwardson said. “They came to me, expressing interest in buying the land, and I told them clearly that it was valued at over US$300,000. But what disappointed me more is that they offered only $5,000 to do the groundbreaking and said we would talk about the rest later.”
He described the approach as disrespectful and lacking transparency, noting that no binding agreement had been reached to justify any public ceremony on the property.
Edwardson has issued a writ before the Monrovia City court against the CDC for alleged criminal trespass and other crimes.