Liberia: One of Liberia’s 2005 Presidential Candidates Dying Slowly from “Breast Cancer”

From our Africa correspondent

J. Cholo Brooks/Liberia

Rev.,Dr. Margaret Tor-Thompson the Standard Bearer of one of the defeated parties, the Freedom Alliance Party of Liberia (FAPL) and one of the two female candidates who contested during the 2005 general and presidential elections in Liberia is dying slowly from Cancer in the Breast.

During a visit by a our Correspondent at the Caldwell residence of praying man, a relative to the former presidential candidate, family members were seen in tears due to the seriousness of her illness.

One of the relatives who spoke to our Correspndent in Liberia said the condition of the former presidential candidate was horrible, adding, “We don’t know what is happening to our sister.

She is doing everything in bed; even to eat it is very hard for her. Just yesterday she went in coma for nearly five hours. We have to feed her daily through a rubber tube,” a lady only said her name Juah, in tears told our Liberia Correspondent.

When asked why she is not been taken care of by medical authority or a hospital, Juah in a low and slow tone said, “Maggie refused to be taken to the hospital. Saying to us every day God will heal her,” Ms. Juah further said.

During the visit, our Correspondent was prevented to see the sick former presidential candidate by family members, saying her condition was not “worth to see” , several visitors, mainly residents of the area who queued out to pay a visit to the sick lady were seen weeping.

During the 2005 general and presidential elections in Liberia, the FAPL Presidential Candidate, the Rev. Dr. Margaret Tor-Thompson was placed 13th out of the 22 candidates and won 0.9% of the vote.

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