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force. 364
For example, ECOMOG and the Nimba Redemption Council (NRC) had discussed plans to
launch a second front against the NPFL in early 1993. 365 Upon deployment, the NRC’s spokesman
issued a statement announcing the formation of the NRC and calling for support for ECOMOG’s
deployment. 366 To his surprise, however, ECOMOG forces were not deployed alongside the NRC
combatants as planned:
It turned out that the ECOMOG soldiers were not in place. It turned out
that Nigeria had borne too heavy of burden, and we found [this out] after
the fact that Nigeria had borne a heavy burden for the ECOMOG effort
in Liberia. And in order for them to deploy the troops, they would have
to move a lot of conventional weapons, tanks, artillery from Conakry to
Sinkor, which is I believe is about six or seven hundred miles and the road
was largely unpaved…So, they made a decision against it, that they were not
prepared to commit those resources…I got to find out from the ECOMOG
commander…that they didn’t attempt to deploy anymore…they are taking
the option off the table. And at that point I was really furious and a lot of
us were furious because this was not what we signed onto. What we signed
onto was to see that the peacekeepers would be deployed with our help to
minimize the resistance from the Taylor fighters. 367
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As a result, Taylor had forewarning of the
attack, which enabled him to engage in
combat and kill eight of the NRC fighters
while they waited for the arrival of their
ECOMOG allies. 368
In 1994, division within the NPFL arose,
leading Tom Woewiyu, Sam Dokie, and
Lavelli Supuwood to form the NPFL-
Central Revolutionary Council. 369 By 1995,
there were seven different fighting factions,
including the NPFL, NPFL-CRC, LDF,
ULIMO-K, ULIMO-J, AFL, and LPC.
The exclusion of the newer, non-signatory factions from the Akosombo negotiations remained
contentious. 370 Thus, the factions convened to sign two more agreements on December 21, 1994. 371
The Accra Agreement enabled, inter alia, accession to the Akosombo Agreement, a ceasefire to begin
midnight of December 28, 1994, and the establishment of a new Council of State composed of five