Liberia’s President George Weah’s biographer has arrived in the United States after attempting to flee the nation last week due to controversy over the book.
After the president stated that he was free to stay or live in the nation, Isaac Vah Tukpah flew away.
Because of “family anxieties,” the co-author, who owns both Liberian and US passports, says he is unsure about returning home anytime soon.
The issue erupted with the publication of an unofficial biography of the first lady that included certain “indecent” portrayals of her.
The president is quoted in the book George Weah: The Dream, The Legend, The Rise to Power, published last month, as discussing his wife’s sexual practices.
Mr. Tukpah has dismissed public disapproval of the publishing, claiming that the culprit is “clearly, the president who said terrible things to confidantes and is known to say much worse things about people he was involved with.”
He and his co-writer informed the BBC that they tried in vain to contact President Weah for his approval before the book was published. The author, a long time ally of Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, expressed regret for the president’s usage of several sexually graphic phrases.
He urged people to read the book, saying, “I am confident they will find that the president was truly praising his wife after reading it.”
The book is still being widely panned, although it has been selling well on Amazon since the outrage began.
The Liberia Council of Churches is one of the most recent to criticize it, and the authors have been urged to apologize to the first lady.
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