Boniface Ihiasota
Snakes have been found in the office of Liberian President George Weah, forcing him to vacate his office and work from his residence.
Press secretary Smith Toby announced this development in a report on Wednesday that two snakes were discovered in the foreign affairs ministry building, the President’s official place of work.
The office of the president has been based in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since a fire in 2006 gutted the nearby presidential mansion.
As a result of this development, all staff who currently work in the building have been told to stay away until 22 April.
“It’s just to make sure that crawling and creeping things get fumigated from the building,” Mr. Toby said.
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosts the office of the president, so it did an internal memo asking the staff to stay home while they do the fumigation,” he said.
A residential defense team as well as the police have been seen guarding Mr. Weah’s residence in Monrovia. A fleet of vehicles including escorts jeeps were also seen parked nearby.
According to Mr. Toby, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has started to fumigate the president’s office on Friday.
“That building’s been there for years now, and [because of] the drainage system, the possibility of having things like snakes crawling in that building was high,” he said.
The president is definitely returning to his office on Monday after the fumigation whether or not the snakes are found and killed, Mr Toby said.
