Because of the authoritarian and anti-Muslim policies of the President François Tombalbaye, he lived in exile in Sudan when the explosion of bloody riots in the Guéra Prefecture in 1965 opened him new chances. For this reason, he formed in his country of exile on September 7, 1965, the Liberation Front of Chad, the first insurgent group formed against Tombalbaye. A small group, at the Congress of Nyala Musa and his FLT united in 1966 with the Chadian National Union (UNT) of Ibrahim Abatcha to form the powerful National Liberation Front of Chad (FROLINAT).
Due to President François Tombalbaye's authoritarian and anti-Muslim policies, he went into exile in Sudan. The riots in Guéra Prefecture in 1965 provided him with a chance to return home and start a new movement. He formed the Liberation Front of Chad (FLC) on September 7, 1965, as an insurgent group against Tombalbaye. In 1966, he joined forces with Ibrahim Abatcha's Chadian National Union (UNT) to form the powerful National Liberation Front of Chad (FROLINAT).