Monrovia — Joseph Boakai and Benoni Urey’s recent flight to Nigeria on a private jet has reawakened and shifted the criticisms of President George Weah’s preferment for private jets to the opposition community, with President Weah himself also throwing shade at the opposition figures.

Speaking to a group of Liberians during a town hall meeting in Washington, D.C., President George Weah described the opposition leaders who often criticized him as “jokers” and “not serious”.

“The people argue that when the President travel on a private plane, they tell him that it’s wrong, but these are the same people – they’re all in private jet, taking pictures and posting them on Facebook. When I get in a private plane, it’s to go work for you… “

President Weah’s comments come in the wake of a recent trip to Nigeria by former Vice President Joseph Boakai of the Unity Party and his closest political ally and businessman Benoni Urey of the All Liberian Party (ALP). According to the Unity Party, the pair and their associates had gone to meet some Nigerian businesspeople and politicians to discuss their plans for the Liberian presidency and the 2023 elections.

They had traveled to meet Nigerian politician and businessman Prince Nduka Obaigbena who owns the This Day newspaper in Nigeria.

Details of the discussions have not been made public, but reports say the Liberian politicians from the opposition block were invited over to discuss their plans for the country and the 2023…