Police in Sierra Leone say they have received no direct orders from the UN-backed war crimes court to arrest a former leader of a pro-government militia that operated during the country’s brutal civil war.
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| Moinina Fofana was conditionally released from a Rwandan jail last year |
Moinina Fofana, the former director of war for the Civil Defence Force (CDF) - known as the Kamajors - was convicted for war crimes and sentenced to 15 years in prison in 2007, backdated to the jail time he had served since 2003.
But in March 2015 he was granted conditional early release from a Rwandan prison.
On Wednesday, Justice Philip Nyamu Waki issued a public order calling for his arrest for the alleged breach of one of his conditions.
But Mustapha Kamara, the head of the police in southern Sierra Leone, where Fofana lives, says he is not aware of any order to arrest him.
The court says his trial is to start within seven days from the day the order was issued, and if convicted he could be sent back to jail until his prison term runs out in May 2018.
It is not clear what Fofana is alleged to have done but under the terms of his release he is to live in the city of Bo and is barred from engaging in any political activity or threatening witnesses who testified against him.
During Sierra Leone’s 10-year conflict, which ended in 2002, some saw the CDF as defending civilians against rebels.
BBC Africa
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