Monrovia — An audit by the General Auditing Commission (GAC) has uncovered a massive US$9.5 million gap between what the Liberian Judiciary says it spent and what the Ministry of Finance has on record from 2018 to 2023.

The mismatch—totaling US$9,531,920.92—raises red flags about financial mismanagement and possible fraud. The worst of it happened between 2018 and 2019, when more than US$7.3 million couldn’t be accounted for under then Chief Justice Francis Korkpor. His successor, Chief Justice Sie-A-Nyene G. Yuoh, inherited the system as the audit period came to an end.

The GAC points fingers at the Judiciary’s Budget and Accounting Departments, warning of risks like ghost budgeting, misreporting, and a serious lack of transparency.

Now, pressure is mounting on both the Judiciary and the Ministry of Finance to explain where the money went and take action to prevent future misuse.

This comes at a time when Liberians are demanding greater accountability and clean governance, especially from institutions meant to protect the law.