Lithonia’s chief municipal court judge has been indicted in Liberia for economic sabotage, theft and other charges, and the Liberian government is seeking his extradition from the United States.
But Chief Municipal Court Judge Melvin Johnson told the Daily Report this week that he and co-defendant Ellen Corkrum, the former managing director of the Liberia Airport Authority in Monrovia, were framed by the government of 2011 Nobel Peace Prize winner Ellen Johnson Sirleaf after they attempted to curb corrupt practices at the airport.
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