Samuel Komba Kambo is a retired captain in the

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. Kambo was one of six young soldiers in the Sierra Leonean Army that ousted president

Joseph Saidu Momoh Major General Joseph Saidu Momoh, OOR, OBE (January 26, 1937 – August 3, 2003) served as President of Sierra Leone from November 1985 to 29 April 1992. Early life and education Joseph Saidu Momoh was born on January 26, 1937, in Binkolo, B ...

and the

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government on April 29, 1992. (the

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) He later became Energy Minister in the Sierra Leone Government "Federal Judge Orders Detainee Released" by Michelle Roberts, The Associated Press, Thursday, October 18, 200
Washington Post
/ref> In August 1994, Kambo quit the NPRC and fled to the

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to study at the

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on a diplomatic visa, where he received a master's of business administration, and then worked as a fuels analyst for a Texas utility, In October 2007, he was arrested by United States immigration authority in

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for his alleged role in summary executions of 29 counter-revolutionaries in his home country. He denied any involvement, and an immigration judge agreed there was no credible evidence that he had any role in the suppression of counter-revolutionaries, and ordered him released and entitled to permanent residence. The immigration authorities appealed, and he was held in prison during the appeal. NPRC soldiers. He was ordered released on bond October 18, 2007 by U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez. The immigration authorities appealed this ruling to the Board of Immigration Appeals. On November 28, 2008 the appeals board ruled that though he may not have participated or ordered the killings, he has "aware of them and ... continued to serve in a leadership post", and ordered him denied residency."Without residency, Kambo in legal limbo" 12/1/2007 ny Heidi Zho
''News 8 Austin''
/ref> In 2009 the United States Board of Immigration Appeals ordered Komba Kambo removed from the U.S.

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