Company and Captino
Inc. Plaintiff further stated that
Exhibit
'1' and other
documents established that he sourced the cash in dispute from his legitimate
business in Nigeria.
19. Defendant called
four
witnesses,
Bala Camara, Alfred
Korleh, Johnton
Robertson Wolo Junior and Susanna Steve Blackie to give evidence on her behalf.
The substance of the evidence of all four witnesses .is that plaintiff arrived with his
money strapped to his body.
This evidence
was uncontroverted under
cross
examination. Plaintiff failed to produce any evidence to dispute the claim that the
money was strapped to his body. The Court finds that the plaintiff strapped the
money to his body.
20. As earlier pointed out defendant contends that this fact of strapping the
money to his body is evidence of the fact that plaintiff did not intend to use the
money for any legitimate purpose, and did not prove that he had any legitimate
business in Liberia and therefore entitles her to confiscate same. However,
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plaintiff argued that he had legitimate business interests in both Liberia and
Nigeria and that the money was intended to be used to expand his business in
Liberia. Exhibit R-3 ··of defendant's pleadings is a Status Report issued by her
officials during the investigation and confirms that
legitimate business
interests in Liberia. The
indeed the
Report
listed
plaintiff had
the
documents
submitted by the plaintiff to the investigative team for review which included a
notarized article of incorporation of Captino Inc. dated 26th August 2005 and
marked exhibit "C" as well as a Memorandum of Understanding between Pleebo
Rubber Corporation, represented by its Director Moses Collins, and Captino Inc.
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represented by Valentine Ayika (plaintiff) dated August 31, 2005 concerning
Cavalla Rubber
Farm, marked as Exhibit
"H" and another Memorandum of
Understanding between Firestone and Captino Inc. for the purchase and sale of
unprocessed rubber.
21. A notarized Article of Incorporation is prima facie evidence of the existence of
a business entity. A public
contrary
document is presumed to be authentic until the
is established. Further, the Article
of Incorporation was
issued by
defendant's agents and she did not allege that this document was fraudulently
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