Alie Koblo Queen Kabia II (born Alhaji Alie Osman Kabia) was a

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierr ...

paramount chief A paramount chief is the English-language designation for the highest-level political leader in a regional or local polity or country administered politically with a chief-based system. This term is used occasionally in anthropological and ar ...

. In 1986, he succeeded

Bai Koblo Pathbana II Bai Koblo Pathbana II, was a paramount chief and politician in Lunsar, Port Loko District, Sierra Leone. He was crowned the 43rd Paramount Chief of Marampa-Masimera Chiefdom in 1943. In 1946, he married Ella Gulama, the daughter of Julius ...

and was crowned the 44th Paramount Chief of

Marampa Chiefdom Marampa Chiefdom is a chiefdom in Port Loko District of Sierra Leone. Its capital is Lunsar Lunsar is a town in Marampa Chiefdom, Port Loko District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. It is the largest town in Port Loko District by popu ...

. He ruled from his seat at

Lunsar Lunsar is a town in Marampa Chiefdom, Port Loko District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. It is the largest town in Port Loko District by population. The Britannica estimate of the population of Lunsar is 36,1 The town is one of the main ...

Port Loko District Port Loko District is a district in the North West Province of Sierra Leone. It is the most populous District in the North and the second most populous District in Sierra Leone, after the Western Area Urban District. As of the 2015 census, Port Lo ...

Sierra Leone Civil War

In 1991, the

Sierra Leone Civil War The Sierra Leone Civil War (1991–2002), or the Sierra Leonean Civil War, was a civil war in Sierra Leone that began on 23 March 1991 when the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), with support from the special forces of Liberian dictator Char ...

broke out. The National Provisional Ruling Council (NPRC) deposed Chief Koblo and seized

in order to control the iron ore mine. Chief Koblo was in exile until 2002 when he was reinstated.

Legacy

He was succeeded by his son Osman Ali Kabia assumed the

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Bai Koblo Queen Kabia II. He is regarded as one of the richest men in Sierra Leone name="Harvard" />

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Sierra Leone Civil War

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