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Bockarie to remain in exile until disarmament completed

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    Former RUF field commander Sam Bockarie, now in Liberia after fleeing Sierra Leone last week, will not be allowed to return home until the disarmament process is complete, Reuters reported a senior Liberian government source as saying on Tuesday.

    Bockarie was reported to have attended a meeting on Monday with the presidents of Liberia and Nigeria and RUF leader Foday Sankoh, where it was agreed that he would stay in Liberia until all the fighters in Sierra Leone had disarmed, according to Reuters.

    Bockarie recently announced through a spokesperson that he was
    dissatisfied with the implementation of the Lome peace deal and openly defied Sankoh by refusing to disarm to ECOMOG or Nigerian soldiers.

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