In the shadows of Paynesville’s City Hall community, a man known to friends as “WeWe” and to the streets as “AIR” has built a 25-year empire—not in oil, not in banking, but in cocaine. Arthur B. Abdullai, CEO of EHS Africa Logistics, is no ordinary businessman. He is the central figure in a new bombshell dossier released by activist Martin Kollie, one that accuses him of personally picking up multiple shipments of cocaine—including six boxes valued at $19.2 million—from the homes of GLS executives Paul Jamaal King and Peter Malcolm King.
This is not a one-time mistake. This is a system.
The Man Behind “AIR”: Wealthy, Unmarried, and Surrounded by Teenagers
Abdullai, now middle-aged, lives alone in his late parents’ home, unmarried for decades. Yet neighbors say he uses his wealth to seduce local teenagers, handing out small sums of money to appear generous while quietly building a reputation as a “good man.” In reality, he is the aggressive, wealthy core of an old-school cartel that includes politicians, lawyers, businessmen, and bankers—all meeting in secret at known spots like the former greenhouse porch near ELWA Junction, Seasons & Daughters, GSA Road, and New Look Town Hall.
These are not street dealers. These are professionals with expensive cars, private warehouses, and connections high enough to move drugs through Liberia’s official logistics and cargo system for years without interruption.
The Logistics Cover-Up: How Cocaine Entered Liberia Disguised as Cargo
The dossier makes a damning claim: Abdullai has been using EHS Africa Logistics—and likely other cargo and warehouse companies—as a front to import and export tens of thousands of young Liberians’ lives in the form of cocaine. For over two decades, he has received drug consignments at the Kings’ GLS residence, stored them in his personal warehouse next to his home, and transported them elsewhere for distribution.
His own son, Andy Barmolee Abdullai, recently confirmed that his father picked up the six cocaine boxes from the Kings’ house. But he then argued his father “didn’t know what was in the boxes.” That claim, Kollie says, is foolhardy.
“For anyone to think that you will use a so-called logistics company… as a coverup for many years to drug tens of thousands of Liberian youth and go with impunity, you have to think again,” Kollie writes. “We will get at the bottom of this.”
The Family Network: Sons in the Ministry, a Daughter Famous, a Sister at UNICEF
Abdullai’s family is deeply embedded in Liberia’s public and private institutions:
Oldest son, Zoebon B. Abdullai: Worked at the Ministry of Transport, allegedly part of a cartel issuing unofficial license plates and Driver IDs. Daughter, Ma Massa Roselinque Abdullai: Born with former footballer Alvin Macaulay, University of Liberia graduate, lives independently. Abdullai loves her more than anything. Younger sister, Miatta Abdullai: Works with UNICEF, currently assigned outside Liberia.
Mother, Euphemia Abdullai: Former University of Liberia employee, now deceased. Brother, Sandi Albert Abdullai: Lives with him in the family home. Neighboring accomplice, Maxwell Welwolie (“WeWe”): Drives a black Jeep, lives close to Abdullai’s residence.
The dossier says Abdullai has lived in the City Hall community for over 40 years, a distant neighbor of key figures including Maxim Blatant (Communications Director, Ministry of Education), Amb. Dee Max Kemayah, Efforts Baptist Church, and Paynesville City Court.
The Source Who Risked Everything: “They Fear You, Martin”
The new information comes from a whistleblower who says he is “among them” but no longer satisfied with what’s going on. He writes: “You are fiercely dismantling the Cartel. I am among them and I know them. They fear you, and they have been contacting some people to reach out to you to slow down.”
He confirms Abdullai has been involved in drug trafficking for over 25 years, knows the entire network, and has transported illegal consignments for more than 20 years. He says naming and shaming Abdullai—publishing his family details and personal life—will pressure him to speak out because he is known publicly as a “respected family man.” “These people have damaged our country, destroyed the lives of thousands of our brothers and sisters, and yet provided comfortable lives for their own children.”
The Call: Dismantle the Cartel Before More Youth Are Lost
Martin Kollie’s message is direct: “The Cartel MUST be dismantled.”
He urges the public, the Ministry of Justice, and law enforcement to treat Abdullai as a top person of interest. The dossier includes photos of Abdullai standing with James Bon—a notorious drug addict in Paynesville Hall Town—with boxes of substances reportedly entering Abdullai’s house for many years.
Kollie warns: if the government thinks this is isolated, it is wrong. This is a multi-million-dollar, multi-decade operation using legitimate companies as cover. And it is destroying Liberian youth while building comfortable lives for the cartel’s children.
The activist is now challenging anyone in the network to refute these claims. He says the evidence is already far ahead.
The question now is: will Liberia’s justice system act before another generation is lost to “AIR” and his cartel?
