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ECOMOG unaware of rebels refusing to surrender

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    Olukolade also told IRIN he was not aware of instances of rebels refusing to surrender to Nigerian soldiers as reported by news organisations.

    A news agency had quoted a 25 year-old rebel "major" as saying that the rebels would not give up to Nigerians and wanted the United Nations to disarm them. Olukolade said he had heard a report to that effect "although I am not aware of it myself".

    "I don't know if it's just an isolated incident or a more official stance," he said.

    Under the terms of the peace agreement signed last Wednesday in Lome, a neutral peacekeeping force comprising ECOMOG and the UN Observer Mission in Sierra Leone (UNOMSIL) will disarm all combatants of the RUF, the Civil Defence Force, the Sierra Leone Army and paramilitary groups.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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