Abakar Sabone have family connections with Déby's son General Mahamat Idriss Déby now in charge in Ndjamena...
Some are made up of bandits who occasionally take advantage of political instability to act as mercenaries such as the Front démocratique du peuple centrafricain (FDPC) of Abdoulaye Miskine (aka Martin Koumta Madji) and the Mouvement des libérateurs centrafricains pour la justice (MLCJ) of Abakar Sabone and Adoum Rakhis Abder Razul...
FPR leader Baba Laddé (‘Bush Daddy’ his real name is Omar Abdul Kader) is a Peulh of Chadian origin as are militia leaders Abdoulaye Issène Abdoulaye Miskine (his real name is Martin Koumta Madji Nadingar) Maradas Lakoué Abakar Sabone and many others...
The Sudanese rebels pushed out of Darfur when Chad and Sudan patched up their quarrels early this year have linked up with Abdoulaye Miskine’s Rassemblement démocratique du peuple centrafricain (RDPC) and the 500 men of Captain Abakar Sabone’s Mouvement des libérateurs centrafricains pour la justice...
Mouvement des Libérateurs Centrafricains pour la Justice was under the UFDR umbrella with its leader Abakar Sabone imprisoned in Cotonou Benin...
Its titular head is Zacharia Damane who signed a peace deal with the government in April and was made a presidential advisor; Damane's rivals are Abakar Sabone a former pro-Bozizé man who led protests in Bangui in 2004 and Michel Djotodia...