ACTIVITIES OF AFL COLONEL NYEPU TILLEY

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• Publication Date: October 15, 1990

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_(S/I---44F)-SUBJ: ACTIVITIES OF AFL COLONEL NYEPU TILLEY
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Date Acquired: approximated undefined 13-Oct-1990
Date Published: 15-Oct-1990 18:39:00
Date Received: 15-Oct-1990 19:42:39
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CIA Country Code: LBR
Region: AFRICA, LIBERIA
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Agency Acronym: CIA
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(*SCINF) 1. ARMED FORCES OF LIBERIA (AFL) COLONEL NYEPU ((TILLEY)) AND
APPROXIMATELY EIGHT TO 10 AFL SOLDIERS, WHO FORM AN IRREGULAR UNIT UNDER
TILLEY'S COMMAND, KILLED SEVERAL HUNDRED UNARMED CIVILIANS AT THE ST.
PETER'S LUTHERAN CHURCH IN MONROVIA, LIBERIA, ON 29 JULY 1990. IN A
CONVERSATION WITH FORMER LIBERIAN PRESIDENT SAMUEL K. ((DOE)) ON THE SAME
DAY, TILLEY PROVIDED AN ACCOUNT OF THE EVENTS. HE STATED THAT HE AND HIS
MEN HAD RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT FORMER ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION (CID) JACOB ((NIMLEY)) AND ACTING DIRECTOR OF
POLICE (FNU) ((FORKPEH)) WERE ASSISTING NATIONAL PATRIOTIC FRONT OF LIBERIA
(NPFL) FORCES IN MONROVIA. TILLEY SAIl THAT EARLIER IN THE AFTERNOON OF 29
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JULY, HE HAD ARRESTED NIMLEY AND FORKPEH, AND CONCLUDED THAT FORKPEH'S
OFFICIAL POLICE RADIO WAS IN FACT A REBEL COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE. BECAUSE
OF THIS EVIDENCE AND A NUMBER OF GUARD UNIFORMS FROM THE BOOKER T.
WASHINGTON INSTITUTE, FOUND IN FORKPEH'S VEHICLE, TILLEY EXECUTED BOTH MEN
AT ST. PETER'S LUTHERAN CHURCH. TILLEY CHOSE THE CHURCH AS THE EXECUTION
SITE BECAUSE HE BELIEVED THAT IT WAS A CENTER FOR NPFL ACTIVITIES. HE ALSO
HAD CONCLUDED THAT THE REFUGEES ON THE CHURCH COMPOUND WERE IN FACT
NPFL SUPPORTERS AND THEREFORE ORDERED HIS MEN TO KILL THEM. ( (b)(3)
COMMENT: JACOB NIMLEY WAS NOT RELATED TO ACTING AFL CHIEF OF
GENERAL DAVID Q. ((NIMLEY)).)
NF) 2. DURING THE PAST THREE MONTHS, TILLEY AND HIS MEN HAVE FOUGHT
NPFL TROOPS DURING THE DAY AND LOOTED DURING THE NIGHT, OFTEN WHILE
INTOXICATED. IN LATE AUGUST, TILLEY AND HIS UNIT MOVED INTO A HOUSE ON 17TH
STREET IN SINKOR (06-18N, 10-48W). THEY EVICTED SEVEN FEMALE OCCUPANTS AND A
YOUNG BOY. AFTER THE WOMEN COMPLAINED ABOUT THEIR TREATMENT, THEY WERE
SHOT IN THE STREET. THE YOUNG BOY WAS WOUNDED IN THE ARM AND WAS ABLE TO
SEEK TREATMENT AT THE BARCLAY TRAINING CENTER (BTC) (06-18N, 10-48W). HE
PROVIDED AUTHORITIES THERE WITH DETAILS OF THE INCIDENT, PLUS A COMPLETE
DESCRIPTION OF TILLEY. THIS REPORT WAS PASSED TO FORMER PRESIDENT SAMUEL
((DOE)), WHO CALLED TILLEY IN FOR QUESTIONING. TILLEY STATED THAT THE WOMEN
WERE REBEL SUPPORTERS, AND HE WAS SIMPLY CARRYING OUT HIS ORDERS. DOE
ACCEPTED TILLEY'S ACCOUNT OF THE INCIDENT AND NO OTHER ACTION WAS TAKEN.
NF) 3. TILLEY WAS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MURDER OF ACTING LIBERIAN
FOREIGN MINISTER GEORGE ((WALLACE))'S WIFE, GRANDDAUGHTER AND FIVE OTHER
WOMEN IN MID-AUGUST. THE WEEK BEFORE, SEVERAL OF TILLEY'S MEN HAD STOLEN
TWO CARS FROM WALLACE'S COMPOUND AND HARASSED HIS FAMILY. WALLACE THEN
COMPLAINED TO PRESIDENT DOE ABOUT THE INCIDENT. TWO SECURITY GUARDS
WERE PROVIDED BY DOE FOR WALLACE'S COMPOUND, BUT THE ABUSIVE TREATMENT
BY PERSONNEL CONTINUED. SEVERAL NIGHTS LATER WALLACE SPENT THE NIGHT IN
THE EXECUTIVE MANSION, AND WHILE THERE WAS INFORMED THAT HIS WIFE AND
FAMILY HAD BEEN TAKEN FROM HIS COMPOUND; INCLUDED IN THE GROUP WERE TWO
TEENAGE GIRLS WHO WERE LATER RAPED BY TILLEY'S MEN. THE TWO GIRLS
SURVIVED AND LATER TOLD ANOTHER GOVERNMENT OF LIBERIA OFFICIAL THAT
MEMBERS OF THE WALLACE FAMILY WERE TAKEN TO A SWAMP NEAR SPRIGGS-PAYNE
AIRFIELD (06-18N, 10-44W) AND KILLED. DOE WAS INFORMED OF THIS INCIDENT, BUT DID
NOT TAKE ANY ACTION AGAINST TILLEY.
811JNF) 4. WITH THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT DOE ON 9 SEPTEMBER, TILLEY AND HIS
MEN HAVE CONTINUED TO ROAM FREELY IN THE DOWNTOWN MONROVIA AND SINKOR
AREAS. ACTING AFL CHIEF OF STAFF NIMLEY BECAME TILLEY'S MENTOR, BECAUSE
BOTH ARE KRAHN AND FROM THE TWABOE REGION OF GRAND GEDEH COUNTY. TILLEY
WAS AN ELEPHANT HUNTER IN GRAND GEDEH UNTIL MAY 1990, WHEN DOE ASSIGNED
HIM THE HONORARY RANK OF CAPTAIN IN THE AFL. HE REFERS TO HIMSELF AS A
COLONEL BUT TILLEY HIMSELF IS THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS "APPROVED" THESE
PROMOTIONS.
NF) 5. TILLEY'S VIOLENT BEHAVIOR AND DISREGARD FOR HUMAN LIFE ALSO
AF T CIVILIANS LIVING IN BTC. DURING THE WEEK OF 1 OCTOBER HE KIDNAPPED AN
EIGHT-YEAR OLD KRAHN BOY FROM BTC AND USED HIM AS A HUMAN SACRIFICE AT THE
EXECUTIVE MANSION. RESPONDING TO APPEALS FROM THE CHILD'S PARENTS WHO
WERE AWARE OF THEIR SON'S ABDUCTION BY TILLEY, GENERAL NIMLEY READILY
ACCEPTED TILLEY'S VERSION OF THE STORY THAT HE SIMPLY HAD TAKEN THE CHILD
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