He said his boss president Sirleaf maintains she only contributed $10, 000 for “humanitarian services” in the early days of the war. Thus, Taylor’s assertion is a categorical “falsehood and a diabolical lie meant to implicate the sitting president of Liberia”.

He said this is a plot to besmear the president’s character so as to put her and others “in a deep ocean that he [Taylor] is already in”.

The Liberian leader recently told the country’s Truth Commission she gave initial, support in kind and cash, to the movement in its early days but withdrew her involvement when the warfare became atrocious.

Sirleaf had also in the past admitted to calling on Taylor to level the Executive Mansion (the official seat of the Liberian presidency) and that they would rebuild it after the war.

Ex-Liberian president Charles Taylor continuing his testimony Wednesday, told judges of the special court for Sierra Leone president Ellen Sirleaf was not just a mere supporter of his rebel war but a fundraiser and a founding member for the NPFL “in the early days and during combat”.

On the same day, he also accused the American government of masterminding his unorthodox release from a maximum prison in the US in November 1985 before launching his bloody war in 1989. Taylor also accused American CIA’s of being behind the failed coup d'état of November 12, 1985 against the then Samuel Doe junta.

More testimonies came Thursday, when Taylor continued his denial of every accusation of human rights abuses during his period of atrocious warfare.

In his recent denial Thursday in The Hague, Taylor refuted any iota of truth in the alleged recruitment of child soldiers during the Liberian civil meltdown.

He said children seen around battle areas were either children or relatives of his fighters. He bragged his National Patriotic Front organization was disciplined and conducted itself conventionally.

When pressed by his lead counsel Courtenay Griffiths of the usage of human skulls as check points, Taylor said they were those of enemy combatants. He said he was not bother about them. He said he saw human skulls at American Universities.

The landmark case is gaining momentum but yet to touch the core, charges allegedly committed in neighboring Sierra Leone. Legal pundits believe no amount of sidetracking would help Taylor unless he counters allegations of his complicity in the Sierra Leone crisis.

The former Liberian leader continues his testimony next Monday in The Hague.