Liberia’s Top Govt Official under Fire For Allegedly Assaulting Girlfriend

There’s outrage in Liberia following allegations that a deputy government minister badly assaulted his girlfriend in public.

Eyewitnesses alleged that Isaac Doe stopped the young woman, pulled her out of her vehicle and assaulted her, before taking away the vehicle’s keys.

Photos of a heavily bruised woman have been published in local newspapers.

The alleged assault happened before a leading entertainment centre on the road between central Monrovia and the neighbourhood of Congo Town.

Mr Doe, a deputy minister at the ministry of youth and sports, has denied any wrongdoing, adding in a press statement that he is a respecter of campaigns to end violence against women.

The office of President George Weah has not yet commented.