[1] Born into a family of diamond collectors on 25 February 1970 in Bria,[2] Said joined the Convention of Patriots for Justice and Peace (CPJP) rebel group in 2008 to avenge his nephew's death.
After the victory of Séléka in March 2013, the Minister of Public Security, Noureddine Adam, appointed Said as the director of the Central African Bureau for the Repression of Organised Crime (OCRB) on 12 April 2013.
He was brought to Camp de Roux, Bangui and transferred to the ICC headquarters in Den Haag on 24 January 2021.
[3][5] The Office of the Prosecutor alleged that in 2013 he had ordered and participated in the illegal imprisonment and torture of those he suspected of supporting former President François Bozizé, in his capacity as director of OCRB.
[4] His brother, Kousko Abdel Kani, was a former FPRC general and was arrested in November 2021 by Wagner Group in Bria.