After being removed for embezzlement, he eventually arrived in Libya, where he was trained as a guerilla fighter.
The skills of a military engineer and a guerilla fighter were equally employed.
His first task was to ensure the release of Indonesian soldiers and guerilla fighters which had been caught during Confrontation.
The 200 guerilla fighters he raised carried out ambushes on Japanese troops and captured weaponry.
After the two guerilla fighters were handed over to police, they escaped killing two police officers.
Marley's music was the inspiration for the guerilla fighters whilst they were in the bush fighting.
Tekere retained his government post when he went on trial together with seven bodyguards who were all former guerilla fighters in the independence war.
There are of course wide-scale human rights abuses, both by the government troops, the paramilitaries and the guerilla fighters.
Consequently as soon as they left guerilla fighters were back in the towns and reestablished control over the town.