An American-trained bio-physician and Medical Researcher, Dr. John N. Zemou, is crying SOS to save the lives of his family from severe inflictions meted out on them by an Executive Mansion security officer in Monrovia.
It is observed that the security and health conditions of John Zemou’s family continue getting worse due to the exposure of their ordeal to the media for rescue.
“We need an intervention to take my family from here to any advanced country for medication and rehabilitation. No security, nor human rights protection for us here,” Zemou made the disclosure in an exclusive interview at the headquarters of the Press Union of Liberia on Clay Street, Monrovia, with special SOS appeal to goodwill ambassadors and other humanitarians for assistance.
According to John N. Zemou, his problem began on September 21, 2016 at about 11:00 p.m. when an Executive Mansion security officer, Josephine Santy, and her sister led attackers on his family at the Micro Biomedical Clinic and Research Center, which was located in Barnard’s Farm, Paynesville, in an attempt to take over their relative’s house (already rented out to the Zemou family). He revealed that, prior to the attack, the EPS officer forcibly took away from him his legal papers of the rent agreement, including receipts for money spent on the house and the original copies of his American/UN professional credentials on September 19, 2016 and damaged them. During the attack, his wife, over seven months pregnant, was hit on her stomach, leading to premature surgical delivery.
According to Dr. Zemou, when the omega police depot arrested and detained the attackers for their unlawful action against the Zemou family at midnight, officer Santy, dressed in EPS uniform, ordered the release of the detainees from further detention and later led them back to John Zemou’s residence, clinic and research center to further loot the entire building in broad day. He said officer Santy further chased his sick family at the Benson hospital, where the hospital security guards denied her violent demand to reach the patients.
He continued that officer Santy was later invited by the National Christian Council of Liberia (NCCL) based on the Zemou family’s request. At the NCCL meeting, he said, officer Santy confirmed that she has no fear for taking action against the Zemou family. At the end, he added, the council did nothing regarding the situation.
When the Zemou family’s plight reached to the EPS Director, Sam Gaye, he conducted a probe into the situation and adjudged officer Santy wrong. The EPS boss however later abandoned the Zemou family’s over seven months in the Benson Hospital in Paynesville.
On April 14, 2017 about 8:30 a.m., Zemou said took his family to then President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf for possible intervention, but regrettably officer Santy ordered police to beat on them, thereby making their health and security situations worse, even up to presence. “And so, present and past government officials, among others, are fully aware of this episode,” he said.