Samuel Doe

===Capture===
Doe was captured in [[Monrovia]] on 9 September 1990 by [[Prince Johnson|Prince Y. Johnson]], leader of [[Independent National Patriotic Front of Liberia|INPFL]], a breakaway faction of Taylor's [[National Patriotic Front of Liberia|NPFL]]. [[Arnold Quainoo|General Quainoo]], the head of [[ECOMOG]], had invited Doe to the ECOMOG headquarters for a meeting and assured him of his safety from the rebels.<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Politics and Diplomacy of Peacekeeping in West Africa: The Ecowas Operation in Liberia |journal=The Journal of Modern African Studies |date=11 November 2008 |volume=33 |issue=4 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-modern-african-studies/article/abs/politics-and-diplomacy-of-peacekeeping-in-west-africa-the-ecowas-operation-in-liberia/637E4085ADC48A7099E8DEE7E50E8FA2 |access-date=12 October 2022 |archive-date=12 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221012070403/https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-modern-african-studies/article/abs/politics-and-diplomacy-of-peacekeeping-in-west-africa-the-ecowas-operation-in-liberia/637E4085ADC48A7099E8DEE7E50E8FA2 |url-status=live }}</ref> On the morning of 9 September 1990, Doe arrived at a precarious time during an ongoing change in guard duty from the well-armed and better equipped Nigerian team of peacekeepers to the weaker Gambian contingent.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ojoko |first1=Israel |title=On a momentous note, what has befallen our military? |url=https://www.thecable.ng/on-a-momentous-note-what-has-befallen-our-military |website=thecable.ng |date=31 August 2021 |publisher=The Cable |access-date=12 October 2022 |archive-date=12 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221012070403/https://www.thecable.ng/on-a-momentous-note-what-has-befallen-our-military |url-status=live }}</ref> The Nigerian team had just withdrawn from the scene when Doe's convoy of lightly armed personnel arrived. Doe was escorted to General Quainoo's office, where he was formally welcomed while most of his team of aides and guards waited outside. Johnson's rebels surprised everyone by suddenly arriving on the scene uninvited and heavily armed, overwhelming and disarming the entirety of Doe's team while encountering no resistance.<ref>{{cite web |title=Remembering the savage rise and Fall of Master Sergeant Samuel Doe of Liberia |url=https://www.maravipost.com/remembering-the-savage-rise-and-fall-of-master-sergeant-samuel-doe-of-liberia/ |website=The Maravi Post |publisher=Malawi 24 |access-date=12 October 2022 |archive-date=12 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221012071905/https://www.maravipost.com/remembering-the-savage-rise-and-fall-of-master-sergeant-samuel-doe-of-liberia/ |url-status=live }}</ref> They then started shooting Doe's team individually and later in groups. Upon hearing the gunshots from outside, Doe expressed concern to Quainoo, who assured him everything was fine. Quainoo later excused himself to check on what was happening outside and was followed by his aide, Captain Coker of the [[Gambia]]n contingent. Both men took cover upon assessing the situation. Johnson's men moved indoors, finished off Doe's remaining team, shot him in the leg, and took him captive.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ellis |first1=Stephen |title=The Mask of Anarchy Updated Edition |date=2006 |publisher=NYU Press |isbn=9780814722381 |pages=8–10 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hkY9DAAAQBAJ |access-date=19 March 2023 |archive-date=8 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408144848/https://books.google.com/books?id=hkY9DAAAQBAJ |url-status=live }}</ref> When the dust settled, over 80 of Doe's men lay dead. Coker characterized the incident not as a fight but a brutal massacre. Remarkably, none of the ECOMOG personnel were shot in the carnage.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}