Rare Interview Of Adolphus Benedict Tolbert (A.B. Tolbert) Son Of Liberia President William Tolbert

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Rare Interview Of Adolphus Benedict Tolbert (A.B. Tolbert) Son Of Liberia President William R. Tolbert son
Adolphus Benedict (A. B.) Tolbert was the son of William Tolbert (1913 – 12 April 1980, the 20th President of Liberia from 1971 until 1980, when he was killed in a coup d'état led by Samuel Doe).

A.B. Tolbert was married to Côte d'Ivoire's President Houphouët-Boigny's foster-daughter.
He had been the Chairman of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee.
A.B. Tolbert had sought refuge in the French Embassy at Monrovia on 14 April 1980, from which he was taken by soldiers on 14 June 1980.
Although a fair trial for him was publicly promised, by 1981 he was presumed dead.
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