It was a local group that crossed the northern border from Guinea to attack armed positions, mostly those of the United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy-Kromah faction (ULIMO-K), in early 1994.

Their mission was to protect their Lorma village from attack from the looting bands of ULIMO's ethnic Mandingo fighters.

Francois Massaquoi died on 16 April 2001 from gunshot wounds after the helicopter he was flying in came under fire in the troubled northern border region of Lofa county.

A government statement said that Francois Massaquoi was taking humanitarian supplies to the northern town of Voinjama, the capital of Lofa near Guinea when his helicopter was fired on as it came to a landing.

The Commission of ex-police director Joe Tate, who also died in a plane crash under mysterious conditions, is silent.