Santigie canoe
Santigie Borbor Kanu (born March 1965 in Chiefdom Maforki ), known as Five-Five , is a former Sierra Leonean military man in the Sierra Leone Army . He was a leading member of the rebel organization Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC; 1997-1998) in the civil war in Sierra Leone , which overthrew the elected government of Ahmad Tejan Kabbah in May 1997 under the leadership of Johnny Paul Koroma .
Kanu had been a member of the Sierra Leone Armed Forces since November 27, 1960 and reached the rank of sergeant by the May 25, 1997 coup . Like Alex Brima and Brima Kamara , he was convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity on June 20, 2006 by the Special Court for Sierra Leone . Kanu was sentenced to 50 years in prison in Mpanga Prison in Rwanda . In 2012, he was sentenced to an additional one year and 50 weeks in prison for disobeying the court.
Web links
- Official site to canoe the Special Court (English)
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| SURNAME | Canoe, Santigie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kanu, Santigie Borbor (full name), Five-Five |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | sierra-leonian military |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Maforki , Sierra Leone |