The Inquirer (Monrovia)
D. Webster Cassell
3 October 2008
A former ULIMO-K general, Isaac Kamara has given Mr. Armah Youlu and Alhaji G. V. Kromah twenty-four hours ultimatum to reappear before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and provide the whole truth regarding the death of the late ambassador Albert Karpeh.
Speaking to the INQUIRER late yesterday evening, the former Lofa County representative said that the two individuals who he claimed narrated lies when they appeared should go back and explained the actual story surrounding the death of the late Ambassador.
Former General Kamara who appeared very upset over the presentations of the two witnesses claimed that they lied under oath and as such should reappear and provide the full and true stories.
According to him, the two witnesses with hidden and cruel motives excluded themselves from the death of the late Amb. Albert Karpeh.But according to him, they fully and jointly participated in the slaughtering of the late Ambassador.
The former UNLIMO General then threatened a L$100,000 law suit against the two individuals on grounds that if they do fail to reappear before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to provide in depth revelation of which he is full aware about the Ambassador's death and other heinous crimes perpetrated by Mr. Youlu and Alhaji G. V.Kromah.
The former ULIMO general pointed out that Mr. Armah Youlu was particularly jailed in Sierra Leone for his alleged involvement in the killing of Amb. Karpeh who was then the Liberian Ambassador accredited to Sierra Leone from 1986 to 1992 upto the time of his death. According to General Kamara, this fact is very obvious and plain.
In a very serious mood, he further alleged that the late Ambassador was cruelly executed by Alhaji Kromah and Armah Youlu in Sierra Leone but according to him, they have consistently denied their involvement into the death of the late Liberian ambassador.
The former Lofa County lawmaker also asked that the TRC request the two witnesses, Youlu and Kromah, while appearing to explain the "God truth" about the Sinje and the Tenne massacres which according to him resulted to the death of several innocent people.
"If they cannot explain the truth, the people of Cape Mount County are prepared and are in complete readiness to provide and narrate the entire truth. "We only want the TRC to invite under-men including the former generals and other guys who served as under- men instead of those war lords to testify before the TRC to make the Liberians know the truth," he noted with serious emphasis.
However, the former Lofa County lawmaker claimed that if the TRC failed to have those men reappear and to also invite some of the ex-generals who served with those guys, then true meaning of the TRC process will not be attainable.
He also said that he challenged the witnesses to say whether they are not aware of the claims. "He, Armah Youlu, trained 'K-5' and he also facilitated lots of wicked killings, how then will he say that they did not kill anybody," the former general grieved.
He claimed that his request comes as a result of continued fallacy provided by those so-called 'war lords after they have taken oath.
We wondered as to whether it would be possible for the two witnesses Mr. Youlu and Mr. Kromah, who had just completed their various testimonies according to the schedule of the TRC can use their own discretion to reappear before the TRC.
But what is very certain is the fact that General Kamara seems to differ with the testimonies of the two witnesses. It appears that another avenue of exploring the actuality seems to be on course.
Mr. Youlu testified Thursday, October 02, 2008 at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Liberia ongoing Thematic and Institutional Inquiry Public Hearing on the Contemporary History of the Conflict at the Centennial Memorial Pavilion in Monrovia.
Under the theme: "Understanding the Conflict Through its Principal Events and Actors," the ongoing hearings are addressing the root causes of the conflict, including its military and political dimensions.
The hearings are focused on events of conflicts between 1979 and 2003 and its national and external actors that helped to shape those sad events.
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