Source: Mail & Guardian Online
Former Liberian leader Charles Taylor was arrested on Wednesday in what many think is a bid to leave his tattered country. The infamous Taylor is wanted for crimes against humanity and faces a probable trial in the Hague.
Former Liberian leader and fugitive war crimes suspect Charles Taylor was arrested on Wednesday in a northern Nigerian town near the Cameroon border, police spokesperson Haz Iwendi said.
"Mr Taylor has been arrested. He was arrested in the early hours of today at Gamboringala in Borno State. He is currently with the security agents. He will be flown to Abuja later," Iwendi said.
On Tuesday, President Olusegun Obasanjo's government announced that Taylor had disappeared from his plush villa in the southeastern Nigerian city of Calabar, where he has lived in exile since he fled Liberia in August 2003.
The news sparked international condemnation and demands that Nigeria track him down and extradite him to Liberia's neighbhour Sierra Leone, where international prosecutors have accused him of crimes against humanity.
I hope this guy gets his in the end for the way he orchestrated the slaughter of thousands in his country. Up to 200,000 were killed, and 1 million were forced from their homes under a civil war that was encouraged when he was in charge. Ethnic cleansing was the order of the day, and many innocents died under his orders.
I'm not a huge fan of capitol punishment, but some guys like this Taylor are more than deserving.
Tags: [Charles Taylor], [President Olusegun Obasanjo], [Nigeria], [Taylor was caught fleeing to Cameroon], [it's funny how Bush said he wouldn't meet with Obasanjo unless he had answers about Taylor's disappearance, and boom! Taylor is back in less than 24 hours]
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