THE SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE, sentenced the former Liberian president to 50 years' imprisonment for aiding and abetting war crimes in Sierra Leone. TAYLOR WAS FORCED out of Liberia because so many people were dying, chaos, confusion and heartaches, had become the order of the day forcing Mr. Taylor succumb to pressure and agreed to leave Liberia. IT WAS US PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH who dealt the final blow when he warned that Taylor "must leave Liberia". ON JULY 9, 2003, NIGERIAN President Olusegun Obasanjo offered Taylor exile in his country on the condition that Taylor stay out of Liberian politics. THIS IS WHY IT IS important for us as a nation to remove ourselves from the thought of welcoming back Mr. Taylor in any reincarnate form.

Source: Front Page Africa February 01, 2017 17:37 UTC